Policy

Government expands heat pump scheme to include heat batteries and 'air-to-air devices' that can cool homes in summer, despite speculation over budget cuts

From climate finance and national decarbonisation plans to fossil fuel roadmaps and carbon border taxes, a raft of issues remain in play as the UN climate talks enter their crunch final week in Belém

Supermarket giant calls on policymakers to develop enhanced approach for establishing an environmental baseline for the UK's farms

Success of Clean Power 2030 mission depends on using renewables ‘intelligently’, not just building more capacity, report warns

Letter signed by organisations representing more than six million small and medium businesses warns dearth of policy support risks them being left behind in net zero transition

Scores of countries have backed plans for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, but it remains to be seen if a deal can be finalised

Environmental Audit Committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ that environmental protection is blocking development

New initiative launches with aim to halve global food waste and slash methane emissions by 2030, as negotiating teams and lobbyists face off over plans to transition away from fossil fuels

China's CO2 emissions have plateaued, a new analysis claims, plus Gates Foundation pledges $1.4bn in climate resilience funding and Octopus Energy's Zero Bills homes arrive in France

Reports heat pump grants are to be cut, and the way the proposed changes have been communicated, will dent confidence across the green economy