Policy

Government confirms popular tax breaks will continue past next April

Energy and Climate Change Secretary tells MPs agreement is an important "stepping stone" to a global legally binding deal

Petition containing 17,000 signatures handed to Downing Street urging prime minister to intervene in feed-in tariff row

Environment Minister insists new roadmap agreed in Durban represents "the way forward"

James Murray weighs up what the opposing reactions to the Durban Summit mean for green firms

Vince Cable announces priority sectors for £3bn bank and £100m fund to kick-start investment prior to EU state aid approval

"Environmental regulation doesn't have to be a burden for business"

Support for $100bn Green Climate Fund will help overhaul the UN's carbon market and financing for forestry projects

Report questions cost and effectiveness of renewable energy

Agreement broadly welcomed, but business leaders warn there is a long way to go to deliver sufficiently ambitious treaty