Policy

White House appointments, low carbon cement partnership, and national hydrogen grant plans all feature in this week's Global Briefing

Shipping body's new boss sets out plans to make agency more 'transparent', as he argues industry is making progress towards climate goals

Simon Stiell delivers speech in Baku calling for new agreements on climate finance and urging governments to stop 'hiding behind loopholes in decision texts'

Just hours after Keir Starmer reiterated his commitment to the target, fresh reports suggest the Party is preparing to drop the goal in favour of a plan focused on specific investments

Planning reforms and green investment at heart of Labour's new 'business partnership for growth'

Irish consumers can now return empty drinks bottles and cans in exchange for money off their supermarket shop - yet plans for such a system in the UK have been dogged by dither, delay, and disruption

University of Oxford research highlights just 10 per cent of Covid-19 recovery spend went towards schemes that boosted climate resilience

Industry-led, nationwide recycling scheme for plastic drinks bottles and aluminium cans begins operating across Ireland today, offering consumers money off their supermarket shop

In the past few days the British Chamber of Commerce, the IMF, and the CCC have all urged the government to strengthen decarbonisation policies - but will the message get through?

Decision to award 24 new North Sea oil and gas licences shows government still has 'fingers in their ears', campaigners claim