Legislation

Analysis of 2024 General Election manifestos from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth reveals the 'good, the bad and the ugly' contained in the main party's climate and nature pledges

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Four-in-five respondents to unprecedented global survey want their governments to take stronger action to tackle the climate crisis

New law promises to restore at least 20 per cent of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, as bloc pushes back against opposition to ambitious environmental goals

Stockholm Environment Institute report flags 'huge' scope for EU to cut global climate impact by targeting consumption-based emissions

BBC investigation finds evidence of thousands of sewage discharges during dry weather conducted by every major English water company in 2022

Lib Dems provide more details on manifesto pledge to tackle sewage crisis and reform water industry by axing Ofwat in favour of new 'Clean Water Authority'

Liberal Democrats set out raft of green pledges in policy package headlined by £9bn plan to revive NHS and social care

National climate action plans reflective of COP28 policy pledges and latest tech innovation could achieve 18GT of CO2 mitigation a year by 2035, new report argues

Conservatives propose new 'Backing Drivers Bill' to reverse ULEZ expansion and block local authority clean air and road safety measures, sparking angry response from green groups