Climate change

Climate and extreme-weather records tumbled last year as Europe cemented its place as the world's 'fastest-warming continent', annual State of the Climate report warns

Re-elected NatWest chair agrees to meet investors concerned at bank’s climate policy, after AGM hit by protests

Worcestershire-based greenhouse aims to cut imports and boost resilience, while reducing inputs and delivering year-round, locally grown produce that can tackle climate and supply chain pressures

Sixteen institutional investors back AGM statement expressing concern at bank's approach as energy transition reaches critical point

Ahead of meeting to advance plans for global roadmap away from fossil fuels, more than 250 legal experts claim 'multiple sources of international law' place obligation on governments to phase out fossil fuels and prevent climate harm

Stimulating ecosystem recovery, transforming social-ecological systems, and changing consumption patterns can help regenerate the environment and tackle the drivers of nature loss, new analysis claims

Plus: Madagascar's 30x30 Biodiversity Plan; Aviva Investors backs carbon removal project in Colombia; and Tata Steel to pilot blast furnace decarbonisation technology in India

New partnership to identify deforestation risks and support landscape restoration in a first for the coffee industry

Courts no longer focus on whether firms acknowledge climate change, but how considerations are embedded into governance, according to World Economic Forum and law firm Baker McKenzie

Report warns of 'dangerous feedback loop' where climate driven production shortfalls fuel expansion of damaging practices