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UPDATED: Scores of top businesses and organisations voice deep concern about 'lack of progress and focus' at UN climate talks in Azerbaijan, as new climate finance text released

Multi-billion-pound link between Scotland and County Durham aims to help power up to two million homes with wind power

Frustrations grow at Baku Summit, as leading former diplomats declare COP process is 'no longer fit for purpose'

Rachel Reeves will this evening announce a wide-ranging package of financial services reforms and consultations designed to drive growth and boost clean energy investment

Negotiations over new collective climate finance goal remain at an impasse in Baku, as report claims proposed $1tr by 2030 target is both feasible and cost effective

New research claims climate fintech is performing better than the wider tech sector in attracting early stage investors

Despite warm words and some encouraging funding pledges, the first phase of talks in Baku have made little progress towards agreeing a new global climate finance target

Securing climate finance on the necessary scale relies on unlocking private investment in climate solutions and change in the real economy, write WWF's Manuel Pulgar Vidal and Aaron Vermeulen

Value of commercial opportunities identified from addressing climate crisis more than double in five years, corporate disclosure platform claims

Proponents insist Article 6.4 carbon market standards contain robust environmental and human rights safeguards, but campaigners want 'back door deal' risks opening door to widespread greenwashing