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Donald Trump's victory has triggered fresh calls for a rolling back of climate action, but such arguments are based on lazy and dangerously flawed assumptions - in an end of year essay BusinessGreen editor James Murray asks, what next for the climate...

The government's clean power plans point to a 12-month period of critical policy activity that should unlock a huge wave of green investment

Environmentalism is by far the most popular ideology in the UK, businesses and politicians should build on that natural advantage

The accusations that Labour has U-turned on its clean power target are wide of the mark, but the government needs to be clearer in communicating its genuinely ambitious plans

Green groups have condemned the COP29 finance package as a betrayal of developing nations, but it has the potential to provide a big chunk of the trillions of dollars of climate investment the world needs

Governments will have to recognise eventually that flows of climate finance have to increase and the transition away from fossil fuels is inevitable - it is in their interests to do it now, rather than later

It was only a few years ago that the UK was aiming for an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050 - now the goal is an eminently achievable 81 per cent cut by 2035

A Trump presidency will slow US decarbonisation efforts, but he will not be able to reverse the fundamentals that are driving the global clean tech boom

The Budget contained some significant risks, but it should help unlock the green investment the UK economy is crying out for

The government urgently needs to resolve the row over proposals for zonal pricing - Labour's clean power target and its promise of lower bills depends on it