Policy

Admitting the Woodland Carbon Code into the UK-ETS would prove a 'major win' in making afforestation economically viable and boosting net zero efforts, policy paper claims

New research explores how government can 'design out inequalities' in net zero policymaking, as it warns current climate policies could hurt some of the UK's poorest households

More than half of London's black cabs are now electric or plug-in hybrid models, according to government figures

Environmental group Feedback granted initial hearing to present case that the government failed to adequately assess climate implications of trade agreement with Australia

Conservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee submits witness statement in support of legal action accusing government of breaching Climate Change Act

Carbon Budget Delivery Plan risk assessment released as government faces legal challenge over its decarbonisation strategy in the High Court this week

European Parliament, Council and Commission reach initial agreement on first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals

Package of new measures set to be unveiled include further grant funding for agritech and clean energy, extensions to the Sustainable Farming Incentive, and plans to cut red tape to ease on-farm developments

Think tank seeks to calculate the full extent of UK's gas bill since energy crisis and Russia's invasion of Ukraine began

Major behavioural research finds widespread support for climate action worldwide, but that many significantly underestimate their fellow citizens' willingness to act