Politics

UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary calls for Belém Summit to deliver progress on climate finance, national climate plans, and a fossil fuel transition roadmap

Host nation proposes splitting negotiating agenda in hopes of gavelling through a decision on some of the more contentious issues well ahead of the scheduled close of the summit

From climate finance and national decarbonisation plans to fossil fuel roadmaps and carbon border taxes, a raft of issues remain in play as the UN climate talks enter their crunch final week in Belém

Success of Clean Power 2030 mission depends on using renewables ‘intelligently’, not just building more capacity, report warns

Scores of countries have backed plans for a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels, but it remains to be seen if a deal can be finalised

New initiative launches with aim to halve global food waste and slash methane emissions by 2030, as negotiating teams and lobbyists face off over plans to transition away from fossil fuels

China's CO2 emissions have plateaued, a new analysis claims, plus Gates Foundation pledges $1.4bn in climate resilience funding and Octopus Energy's Zero Bills homes arrive in France

Reports heat pump grants are to be cut, and the way the proposed changes have been communicated, will dent confidence across the green economy

Budget could see heat pump funding diverted to efficiency programmes, in a move experts fear would deal major blow to heat decarbonisation efforts

Making the case for climate action - the economic case and not merely the environmental case - has never been more relevant and important than now, writes former UK Energy and Clean Growth Minister Chris Skidmore