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Commonwealth leaders pledge to pursue 1.5C temperature goal
Flurry of green announcements from London Summit ends with renewed pledge to 'pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels'
Michael Bloomberg pledges $4.5m to help plug UNFCCC funding gap
UN climate secretariat says funding commitment comes at 'a critical time' given level of outstanding contributions from governments
Getting the Paris Agreement to hit ground level needs clarity from government and backing from business
Governments have an important role to play in simplifying the message of the Paris Agreement to investors, argue AECOM's Lawrence Avery and Cambridge Econometrics' Hector Pollitt
The UK should stand firm on high standards to maximise post-Brexit global trade
Low-carbon innovation will be key to bolstering UK-India trade, argues Anirban Ghosh from the Mahindra Group
CHOGM 2018: UK pledges £8m in climate innovation cash, joins solar alliance
Climate change is emerging as a hot topic at this week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting taking place in London
Green Brexit? Not unless the prime minister stands up to her grey ministers
Green Alliance's Shaun Spiers argues Theresa May needs to face down the Ministers blocking progress on a Green Brexit
May announces £60m fund to clear oceans of plastic 'scourge'
Prime Minister will urge other nations to join the fight against ocean plastic at a Commonwealth meeting today
As leader of the Commonwealth, is the UK pulling its weight in the climate fight?
May under pressure from campaigners to do more on climate ahead of high level Commonwealth Summit this week
EU will seek 'non-regression' clause to tie UK to environmental standards
Michel Barnier says any trade deal will not rely on the UK's pledges, but should include a clause to uphold the bloc's high standards
UK promises to help protect coral reefs from climate change
UK government joins the Coral Reef Declaration which co-ordinates scientific research and conservation work for reefs around the world
Powering Past Coal: Bloomberg Philanthropies and Drax join forces with UK's anti-coal push
Bloomberg Philanthropies and energy giant Drax become latest organisations to signal support for Powering Past Coal Alliance
Poll: British public overwhelmingly back post-Brexit retention of food and environmental standards
Survey suggests over 80 per cent of people want UK keep current food safety regulations, even if it killed prospects of a US trade deal
UK to step up Powering Past Coal push
EXCLUSIVE: Claire Perry to tell New York Energy Summit 'the time for unabated coal fired electricity has well and truly passed'
The UK needs a political revival - Could the environment hold the key to a centrist resurgence?
The British political landscape is in desperate need of renewal, and full spectrum climate prioritisation could offer the sense of direction Westminster craves
Costa Rica president-elect promises to lead the country towards an oil-free future
Carlos Alvarado Quesada is promising to replace petrol and diesel in the transport system with clean energy, comparing the task to abolishing the army
With a year to go until Brexit, green businesses must make their voices heard
The government has talked a good game on 'Green Brexit', but key details are still absent - the low carbon economy is right to be concerned
UN secretary general: 'Climate change the most systemic threat to humankind'
António Guterres admits he is "beginning to wonder how many more alarm bells must go off before the world rises to the challenge"
The Climate Change Act: 10 years on
A decade of bold decision making has delivered - but this is just the start
'Extreme' fossil fuel investments have surged under Donald Trump, report reveals
Sharp rise globally in the dirtiest fossil fuel investments reverses progress made after the Paris agreement, with tar sands holdings more than doubling in Trump's first year in office
Does Brexit make UK decarbonisation more difficult?
As government pursues 'Green Brexit' vision, new research from Economist Intelligence Unit warns UK's task of cutting emissions could become more difficult and expensive after Brexit
Defra's Brexit workload to swell to 70 workstreams
Michael Gove admits Defra is likely to have to hire thousands of new staff to keep up with Brexit-related planning demands
Set 2030 zero carbon standard for new homes, construction sector urges
Letter from 50 construction and property business leaders calls on government to deliver long-term green building policy certainty
Government launches £260m Clean Air Fund
But latest move from Defra disappoints campaigners by failing to move forward with plans for nationwide diesel scrappage scheme
EU leaders demand 2050 roadmap by early 2019
EU Council call on the European Commission to produce mid-century roadmap for emissions reduction
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