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Hydrogen UK this week called on the government to step up its efforts to develop and deploy hydrogen projects, as RenewableUK urged Ministers to ensure green hydrogen projects are not sidelined

Oil and gas giant proposes simplified share structure as it faces growing investor and activist pressure to decarbonise

Green Hydrogen Organisation launches new push to deliver global green hydrogen standard

New report from PwC models a tiered carbon pricing framework proposed by the IMF earlier this year and finds it would broadly pay for itself, while slashing carbon emissions

On the eve of the climate conference, influential actors from around the world call on governments to deliver climate action pledges that are in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement

Calls mount for Treasury to scrap VAT on energy efficiency products, tweak stamp duty for lower carbon homes, and embed ‘polluter pays’ principle across the economy

Government to launch £1.4bn fund to attract more overseas investment in UK economy, with particular focus on electric cars and life sciences

Move will protect consumers from volatile gas prices, bring down the cost of solutions critical to curbing household emissions, and create new jobs, coalition argues

The CBI is among a group of trade associations calling on the government to reform the business rates system ahead of this autumn's Budget

But agency calls on policymakers to ramp up green policies and investments, noting that existing decarbonisation pledges still leave the world on track for dangerously escalating climate impacts