Green New Deal

Former Greek Finance Minister hopes to convince EU leaders to back ambitious carbon reduction investment plan, as Labour puts climate action at heart of new manifesto

Vote share up in mining regions after deal to transition away from coal, manifesto calls for 'consideration of planetary limits as conditions for economic progress'

Philip Hammond Chancellor will use key World Bank and IMF meetings in US over coming days to push for climate action, Treasury signals

Labour's shadow treasury minister Clive Lewis and Green Party MP Caroline Lucas to jointly table Green New Deal private members bill in Parliament today

Rebecca Willis explores how in the space of a few short months the proposed Green New Deal has shifted the global climate policy conversation

Party says Labour government would tackle climate change by starting economic revolution

Hugely ambitious legislation seeks to transform the US into a 'carbon neutral' economy in a decade

Trump's failure to mention climate change in his State of the Union address only underlines how political realities are shifting around the US President

David Powell of the New Economics Foundation argues the time is right for the UK to revive the Green New Deal concept

State Governor Andrew Cuomo sets out 2019 agenda targeting a doubling of solar capacity by 2025 and a quadrupling of offshore wind capacity by 2035