Policy

World leaders, top businesses, and investors unite in welcoming new US administration's commitment to global climate action, as return to Paris Agreement is backed by raft of new green policy measures

President Biden is committed to kick starting a new era of global climate action at a time when clean technologies have never been more competitive and public engagement with the environment is at all time high - myriad possibilities abound

Joe Biden delivers stirring speech as he is sworn in as the 46th President of the US and prepares to sign order for US to return to Paris Agreement on his first day in the White House

A pair of new reports on global economic risks and water shortages highlight the urgent need for coordinated action to tackle interlinked and worsening threats to global stability

MPs voted 353 to 277 against an amendment that would have ensured greater democratic oversight over agreements that could have major impacts on food standards and environmental issues

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But Kwasi Kwarteng defends decision not to intervene in controversial project, arguing it was up to local council to approve or reject the project

Groups argue that giving parliamentarians more say over trade deals will ensure proper democratic oversight of agreements that could have a big impact on the public

Banque de France to axe investment in firms generating more than half of their revenue from gas, 10 per cent from oil, and any revenue from coal by 2024

Firm claims carbon reduction targets are most ambitious unveiled to date in hugely energy-intensive aluminum sector