Policy

Proposed Act would avoid narrow focus on greenhouse gas emissions and promote action to preserve wider natural systems, argues think tank

The average person in England now buys just 10 single-use plastic bags a year, compared to 140 in 2014

Outlets around the world including The Guardian, CBS News, and The Huffington Post are to deliver a week of climate crisis coverage to coincide with September UN summit

Senator Kamala Harris teams up with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to table Climate Equity Act, as leading candidate up decarbonisation plans

Ellie Goulding, Charles Dance, and Lucy Siegle among group writing to the new Prime Minister to call for immediate introduction of 10 year climate action plan

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn calls on the government to ban fracking 'once and for all'

Ministers warn government is now "operating on the assumption" of no deal Brexit, raising fears it could seriously erode environmental standards

Clarke will serve as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and Goldsmith will work across Defra and DFID as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Institution claims it is the first in the world to adopt emissions reductions target in line with science based on a 1.5C warming pathway

BEIS Committee Chair Rachel Reeves writes to new Business Secretary urging her to urgently set out new policies for EVs, carbon capture, and energy efficiency