Legislation

BREAKING: Days before leaving office, Theresa May moves to secure climate legacy by amending legislation to deliver historic and world-leading net zero emissions target

'UK business stands squarely behind the government's commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050'

Committee on Climate Change said Wales should target 95 per cent cut in emissions by 2050 - but Welsh government says it would rather go net zero

As speculation continues over whether Theresa May will deliver a new net zero goal for the UK economy, all the candidates to replace her - bar one - publicly back new 2050 target

New SEG will guarantee payments for homes and businesses generating their own renewable power and exporting to the grid

Long term net zero target looks set to be tabled next week, but previously banked emissions savings could yet be used

Theresa May will push back against cost warnings and bring in net zero emissions goal before her successor takes over in Downing Street, reports suggest

Joe Biden, who tops opinion polls in the Democratic primaries, pledges to build a coalition of nations to scrub dirty energy from China's belt and road programme

FT reports government is planning to roll over surplus in previous carbon budgets to make it easier to meet future targets, in direct defiance of CCC advice

Incoming prime minister Antti Rinne presented the climate goal as part of a package with increased welfare spending on Monday