Policy

Executives to meet president Obama as calls increase for company to suspend dividend and set up ring-fenced oil spill fund

Meeting in South Korea approves proposal for Intergovernmental Science Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

Letter calls on energy and climate change secretary to honour Lib Dem manifesto pledge to push for a more ambitious climate deal

Surveys on both sides of Atlantic reveal support for efforts to curb carbon emissions remains more robust than expected

Away from the media spotlight, climate negotiators in Bonn this week have delivered real progress towards an international deal

Resolution to strip the EPA of its right to regulate greenhouse gas emissions defeated by 53 votes to 47

Business groups support calls for new 30 per cent EU carbon target

International meeting discusses plans for new independent scientific panel to study biodiversity loss

Negotiators accused of time-wasting, as rumours emerge that China wants to host pre-Mexico climate talks

British Prime Minister David Cameron expected to speak with Barack Obama as rhetoric around BP oil spill escalates