Greg Barker urges financiers to play key role in planned increase in climate funding for developing world

Bidding process gets under way for right to run flagship energy efficiency fund

Coalition of insurance firms issue statement urging governments to support public-private initiatives designed to accelerate rollout of climate-related insurance policies

South West RDA announces successful installation of pioneering marine-energy test device off the Cornish coast

Oil firm reckons it could finally plug ruptured Macondo well within two weeks

Chancellor says new energy plans will make German power generation the most efficient and environmentally friendly in the world

Reports claim government is leaning towards small-scale tidal energy project that would ditch proposals for ambitious Severn Barrage

Energy and climate change secretary insists government remains committed to shifting taxation on to polluting activities

City official reveals plans to produce 100,000 electric vehicles a year by 2012

Auto giant plans to use fear of being stranded with a flat battery to highlight benefits of Chevy Volt plug-in hybrid