Policy

Funding expected to generate £400m-£600m of new investments in businesses tackling climate change and poverty across emerging markets, according to Foreign Office

Analysts forecast drop in fossil-fuelled power output, Ecuador signs deal for $30m in climate finance, and the DRC is set to create Earth's largest protected tropical forest reserve

A new review from Green Alliance concludes that despite post-Brexit legislation delivering progress in some areas, leaving the EU has 'weakened protections for the environment and public health'

Major consultation exercise aims to shape new strategy to ensure UK delivers on food security, clean energy, nature, and housing goals, but government promises it 'will not tell people what to do'

Ed Miliband confirms submission of 'early and ambitious' target to slash greenhouse gas emissions by 81 per cent against 1990 levels

The government has taken a raft of positive steps to try and escape the Conservatives' economic doom loop, but Heathrow expansion represents a gamble that could quickly backfire

Experts are sceptical the government will be able to show that a third runway is compatible with legally-binding emissions targets

Court declares significant emissions caused by burning Rosebank's oil should have been taken into account during its approval, dealing a further blow to plans for new carbon intensive infrastructure

By tackling air pollution, business leaders can drive sustainable growth while contributing to a healthier, less polluted planet, write Clean Air Fund's Jane Burston and ReNew's Vaishali Nigam Sinha

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