Policy

Stand-off over the role of the International Energy Agency intensifies, as White House ramps up calls for the influential agency to stop tracking climate and clean energy progress

Illegal forest clearing in Brazil hits record low, plus Mumbai picked to host Earthshot Prize 2026, and Denmark to offer farmers €1bn to return land to nature

Conservative Environment Network accuses Labour, SNP, and Reform of 'letting Scottish workers down' by failing to adequately plan for North Sea transition

Campaigner and broadcaster Chris Packham backs policy and says sometime 'hard choices' are needed

Rhun ap Iorwerth admits flagship emissions target is no longer realistic, but expresses confidence Wales can still reach net zero ahead of the UK-wide target date of 2050

There are encouraging signs the government’s clean power plans are starting to deliver on their considerable promise, but concerns remain over costs, delivery, and the continuing 'spark gap'

Scotland's Just Transition Commission warns policymakers in Holyrood and Westminster that 'there is no just path to net zero through deindustrialisation'

Expanding freeports with designated clean energy zones and offering up more Permitted Development Rights to renewables could help accelerate the UK energy transition, writes Elinor Bale from the Conservative Environment Network (CEN)

António Guterres argues dedicated global platform for policymakers and businesses producers is needed to help accelerate clean energy transition

Insurance giant urges government to publish flood data and strengthen planning laws, warning that number new homes at risk of flooding could reach one-in seven by 2050