Policy

Environment Agency scraps £250,000 cap on fines as it looks to crack down on sewage, agricultural, illegal waste, and air pollution offences

Nations at COP28 are at risk of greenlighting carbon trading rules that 'lack any meaningful oversight or transparency', observers warn

Sultan Al Jaber voices frustration at negotiations' sluggish progress on contentious issues such as fossil fuels, finance, and climate adaptation

High Ambition Coalition of nations is continuing to push for a commitment to 'phase out' fossil fuels, but fierce opposition from OPEC has fuelled fears a compromise deal could prove elusive

Environment Secretary Steve Barclay defends UK's record on nature protection at COP28, as Defra confirms list of commodities targeted by proposed rules to combat deforestation in supply chains

Amid the stocktakes, sticking points and skyscrapers, We Mean Business' Andrew Prag hails the versions of the future being envisioned at COP

EU reaches deal on fossil fuelled boiler phase out, Brazil ramps up rainforest fund, and Orsted kicks off CCS project in this week's round up of stories from around the world

Latest draft of crucial Global Stocktake text released, as negotiators seek to iron out numerous competing proposals and deliver consensus agreement ahead of Summit close

The credibility of an ambitious new climate accord could rest on one word - assuming governments can reach a workable compromise in Dubai

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber refuses to be drawn on calls for a fossil fuel phase out, but insists there is 'a sense that something unprecedented is possible' from Dubai Summit