Latest draft of crucial Global Stocktake text released, as negotiators seek to iron out numerous competing proposals and deliver consensus agreement ahead of Summit close

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber refuses to be drawn on calls for a fossil fuel phase out, but insists there is 'a sense that something unprecedented is possible' from Dubai Summit

European Commission offers to delay imposition of 'Rules of Origin' on electric vehicles and batteries made outside the EU for three years, as UK touts £70m motorway chargepoint trial

National Audit Office takes the microscope to the government's preparations for droughts, heatwaves and flooding - and finds them badly wanting

NatWest and Boston Consulting Group urges government, business, and investors to cooperate to overcome barriers to mobilising capital spending to transform UK electricity system

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However PLSA survey shows 27 per cent of members still have no net zero goal in place at all, as cost of living crisis takes priority over ESG for many pension funds

With many forecasts signalling declining oil and gas demand by 2030, Carbon Tracker warns petrostates face an $8tr drop in revenues by 2040

IEA warns pace of annual energy efficiency progress must double this decade to deliver on Paris Agreement, but that doing so would slash bills and deliver millions of new jobs

Gas network firms such as Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, and SGN to leave ENA, as debate over gas industry's role in the net zero transition intensifies