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Concerns about the efficacy of net zero targets are justified, but could condemnation of the concept from Greta Thunberg and others inadvertently serve to undermine efforts to decarbonise?

Major investor engagement campaign clinches a number of climate commitments from fast food giants but warns progress on water scarcity and TCFD disclosures remains slow

Influential credit ratings agency predicts proliferation of net zero targets will increase credit risks and costs for carbon-intensive activities

Insurance giant's stress test of 48 major economies finds climate impacts are on course to make world trillions of dollars poorer

Influential pension fund lifts the lid on sweeping new climate strategy

Three major new reports raise alarm that for all the talk of a green recovery on the national and international stage net zero transition plans remain badly underpowered

Influential analyst firm publishes Paris Agreement compatible scenario that would see oil prices plummet over the coming decades

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including China coal fleet concerns, ultra-white paint and Brazil's rainforest funding demands

Clean Air Zones deliver an average 18 per cent reduction in polluting nitrogen oxide in cities that will significantly reduce local rates of pollution-related illness, new research finds

Latest update from investor-backed Transition Pathways Initiative reveals number of 'credible' net zero targets have doubled over the past year, but warns the majority of high-carbon companies are yet to establish climate plans in line with global climate...