Politics

All the top reaction from diplomats, businesses, environmental groups, and nature experts to the hard-fought final agreement at the COP17 UN Biodiversity Summit in Yerevan

Decisions reached on nature finance, tackling harmful subsidies, and halting biodiversity loss after fraught negotiations in Yerevan, but fears remain progress towards global targets remains far too slow

Review of climate risk disclosures from 31 public bodies reveals a 'mixed picture' when it comes to tackling escalating climate-related threats

Closing plenary gets under way in Armenia despite deep divisions on contentious issues surrounding biodiversity funding, nature-harming subsidies, scientific evidence, and nature genetics

Middle East crisis helps fossil fuel giants more than double year-on-year profits, which campaigners decry as a 'kick in the teeth' for UK billpayers

World witnessing 'the makings of one of the largest movements for nature in recorded history’, but system-wide action still needed to rescue flagship goals, according to UN report

Government promises 'root-and-branch' water sector reform after regulators publish first-of-a-kind joint performance review

Chancellor moves to ensure new data centres support communities, create jobs, and protect local water supplies - but sparks fears over fossil fuel generation

Green businesses and campaigners reflect on a Budget that promised a major revamp of the UK's clean energy plans, but also fuelled fears of continued fossil fuel reliance

John Healey promises 'government remains unshakably committed to net zero by 2050', but signals significant changes to clean energy transition plans and offers support for gas-fuelled data centres