Net zero

Environment Secretary Therese Coffey urges government to publicly back climate action, as Priti Patel claims net zero ambitions should be diluted

Politicians, business leaders, scientists, doctors, and lawyers all step up pressure on government to reconsider plans to approve new oil and gas projects and weaken air quality schemes

Activists stage protest at Prime Minister's Yorkshire constituency home, as row over new oil and gas licenses continues to escalate

'Productive' meeting dominated by fresh warnings over clean energy investment prospects, as government touts 'immense opportunities ahead' as it works to deliver on net zero goals

New collaborative cost-benefit analysis concludes cost of climate mitigation broadly matched by benefits, but taking account of health and biodiversity gains tips the scales in favour of rapid decarbonisation

Over 600 scientists write to Rishi Sunak in protest at recent watering down of climate policies, as Ministers prepare to meet with oil and gas industry bosses

The combination of performative hostility to environmental issues and contradictory decarbonisation policies only serves to undermine the economic goals the government purports to care about

New report from Energy Transitions Commission assesses feasibility of mineral, land, and water requirements resulting from the global shift to a clean energy system

When not juggling some 20,000 daily changes to Britain’s geographic database, Ordnance Survey helps build green roadmaps for the likes of emergency services, utilities and local authorities. Here sustainability lead, Donna Lyndsay explains why everyone...

Letter marks latest public criticism of government's failure to deliver sufficient progress towards UK climate goals