Policy

Often overshadowed by larger and busier UN climate summits, this year's COP17 desertification summit felt more important than ever - yet countries still failed to agree on what needs to be done, according to University of Leeds academic Susan Ann Samuel...

BBC reports Number 10 is expected to give green light to controversial project within weeks, sparking fresh questions over how increased emissions will fit into UK carbon budgets

Tackling climate change is not a story about sacrifice - it is a story about progress, and about finally turning off the oil tap, writes Polestar's Fredrika Klarén

Government promises to support high profile forest fund that aims to help protect more than a billion hectares of tropical rainforest

RenewableUK and ScottishRenewables are pushing for more support to almost double onshore wind capacity inside four years, estimating new wind farms could unlock £3bn in savings for billpayers

New report argues heat risks and the policies and investments required to combat them are now well understood, but ‘delivery is absent’

Sewage pumped into England's bathing waters for more than 2,000 hours over the summer, Surfers Against Sewage finds

Mongolia Summit delivers billions of dollars in new financing, fresh private sector partnerships, and a range of new government commitments - but critics warn progress fell far short of what is needed to meet land restoration goals

Defra touts £13m funding pot aimed at turning 'cutting-edge research into practical tools for farmers'

ADE: Demand report find low-income homes could be paying five times more for clean heat than higher-earners