Climate change

Business leaders, politicians, climate experts, and campaign groups welcome government's tabling of legislation to adopt Seventh Carbon Budget

Government formally tables legislation in Parliament to adopt Seventh Carbon Budget goal to reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87 per cent below 1990 levels by 2040

Statutory measures to reduce methane emissions could both strengthen Britain's energy security and accelerate the shift to clean power, writes Kim O’Dowd from the Environmental Investigation Agency

Regulator formally proposes plan to rescind 2024 rule requiring listed companies to report on climate-related risks

May temperatures in Saudi Arabia reaching extremes previously confined to summer , report finds countries can ‘dramatically impact’ plastic pollution without global consensus, and Spain earmarks €9bn for energy transition

Luxury fashion house cites lagging 'speed and scale' of wider industry decarbonisation in climate target shake-up

UN's World Meteorological Organisation warns it is 'very likely' that global temperatures will temporarily exceed 1.5C for at least one year by 2030

Irreversible shift in Arctic Ocean chemical make-up driven by climate change has disrupted the region’s food chain for more than a decade, study suggests

Former Labour Prime Minister derided for joining Conservative Party and Reform UK in calling for 2050 net zero target to be scrapped

Research from Changing Markets Foundation finds only three of 23 companies assessed have methane targets in place