Joe Biden

Newly appointed US Climate Envoy provides further evidence President-elect Biden intends to prioritise climate action on the world stage

From the UK and EU to China and Japan, even those major economies that are committed to net zero emissions remain far from delivering the green recovery measures required to rapidly accelerate decarbonisation efforts

From international co-operation on climate change to tougher regulation of financial markets, a Biden administration has the potential to turbocharge a massive new global wave of green investment

America's departure from the Paris Agreement will be short and sweet, and with Joe Biden's victory the global consensus on the urgent need for climate action suddenly looks stronger than ever

But experts warn that without control of the Senate the President-elect may struggle to deliver on his promised net zero strategy and green recovery package

Democrat says he is confident campaign is on course for victory, as Donald Trump launches legal action to contest results in key states

The nail-biting US election has clarified one thing: the truly gargantuan scale of the climate challenge in an age of populism and division

Hopes for a Democrat landslide have evaporated as a close race continues to offer both Donald Trump and Joe Biden hope of victory

The world stands at a crossroad: one path keeps the global 2C goal and net zero hopes within reach, the other could deal a perhaps mortal blow to global climate efforts

Whoever wins the 2020 election will steer the world's biggest economy through the start of a critical decade for green business