"A lame duck" or "an important first step to restoring investor confidence" - leading green figures on today's announcements
"Ambitious" package agreed as European Commission confirms plan for binding renewable energy targets
Everyone from the CBI to the New York Times agrees that ambitious EU climate policies are critical to the future of Europe's economy and the world's ability to overcome its environmental challenges
Draft text suggests officials could duck decision on binding emissions targets for 2030
Leading investor groups urge Brussels to deliver the ambitious long term strategy needed to drive low carbon transition
Businesses including Siemens and Philips warn Commission it would be missing a trick to omit an energy saving target from new climate package
Wave and tidal sectors predict government plans to ring fence support under electricity market reforms will be insufficient to kick start the market
Reports suggest ministers have overplayed benefits of fracking for communities as Green Party threatens State Aid investigation over incentive scheme
REA Chief Executive Dr Nina Skorupska asks what life would be like without binding 2030 renewables targets
Potsdam Institute research suggests economic cost of meeting ambitious climate change targets would be less than 0.7 per cent of GDP