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New National Low-Carbon Strategy features ambitious plans to end oil use between 2040 and 2045 and phase out fossil gas by 2050

New report shows Germany has committed the highest level of state aid to support low carbon steel development, as 'the rest of the world lags' behind

France orders oil giant to take down climate neutrality claim, MEPs back new soil monitoring law, and electric aircraft head for Korea

Plus: Ørsted to slash 2,000 jobs, Mars invests in 100 Polish solar projects, and Octopus Energy joins €200bn European industry decarbonisation drive

Poll of more than 2,500 European business leaders reveals continued support for robust corporate sustainability and due diligence rules

The Global Solar Council extends its remit, plans advance for France's largest renewables project, and Kazakhstan moves forward with its first SAF plant

Solar generation in the UK hits 14GW, providing nearly 40 per cent of the electricity mix

Wind and solar projects continue to prosper in the US, Vinted celebrates in France, and calls grow to tackle bottom trawling

Plus EU Parliament and Council agree rules tackling microplastic pollution, Germany's likely coalition government agrees on climate platform, and Benin partners with VCMI to harness carbon credit revenues

Plus hydrogen storage boost for Sweden's HYBRIT green steel project, hundreds fired at US climate science body NOAA, and French insect protein start-up Ÿnsect files for insolvency