Politics

The Burnham administration's devolution and cost of living agenda has a lot to recommend it, but why is it not being clearly linked to the government's decarbonisation efforts?

Emissions embedded in international trade have grown faster than global emissions since 1995, new tracker from the European Climate Foundation and Matière finds

Changes to Green Book and new National Wealth Fund regional partnerships promise to make it easier to deliver public transport and low carbon infrastructure projects

Paul Polman makes the case for climate scientists to be given seats at boardroom tables and cabinet meetings

Protestors unfurl 'burn the planet' banner to draw attention to Reform UK's £24m in donations from fossil fuel interests

Falling oil consumption cuts China's Q2 carbon emissions, US and UK to chart 'Pink Corridor' for nuclear-powered shipping, and Spain pushes for oil and gas tax to fund climate adaptation

Often overshadowed by larger and busier UN climate summits, this year's COP17 desertification summit felt more important than ever - yet countries still failed to agree on what needs to be done, according to University of Leeds academic Susan Ann Samuel...

BBC reports Number 10 is expected to give green light to controversial project within weeks, sparking fresh questions over how increased emissions will fit into UK carbon budgets

Government promises to support high profile forest fund that aims to help protect more than a billion hectares of tropical rainforest

Sewage pumped into England's bathing waters for more than 2,000 hours over the summer, Surfers Against Sewage finds