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'Exasperating': Government delays Environment Bill, again
'Exasperating': Government delays Environment Bill, again

Environment Minister Pow argues delay to landmark legislation does not diminish government’s environmental ambition, but green groups have panned the move, claiming it is at odds with Ministers repeated promises to deliver a 'green Brexit’

  • Legislation
  • 26 January 2021
Adaptation Action Coalition: UK joins clutch of countries in climate resilience drive
Adaptation Action Coalition: UK joins clutch of countries in climate resilience drive

UK, Egypt, Bangladesh, Malawi, the Netherlands and Saint Lucia among nations endorsing new principles for climate adaptation as world leaders gather for first ever summit focused solely on issue today

  • Risk
  • 25 January 2021
Thousands of England's flood defences in 'poor' condition last year, investigation finds
Thousands of England's flood defences in 'poor' condition last year, investigation finds

Flood infrastructure in particularly poor state in areas across northern England which have faced major flood alerts in recent days, Greenpeace finds

  • Politics
  • 25 January 2021
President Biden signs order confirming US return to the Paris Agreement
President Biden signs order confirming US return to the Paris Agreement

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

  • Policy
  • 21 January 2021
Presidential possibilities
Presidential possibilities

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

  • 21 January 2021
'A cry for survival comes from the planet itself': Joe Biden issues climate action rallying call as he is sworn in as 46th US President
'A cry for survival comes from the planet itself': Joe Biden issues climate action rallying call as he is sworn in as 46th US President

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

  • Politics
  • 20 January 2021
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy
Covid and climate: Annual Davos report raises alarm over escalating, intertwined risks facing the global economy

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

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2021
Trade Bill: MPs vote against greater post-Brexit trade deal scrutiny
Trade Bill: MPs vote against greater post-Brexit trade deal scrutiny

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

  • Policy
  • 20 January 2021
'Slight tension': From coal mines to nuclear, new Business Secretary hints at delicate decisions at heart of UK's net zero ambitions
'Slight tension': From coal mines to nuclear, new Business Secretary hints at delicate decisions at heart of UK's net zero ambitions

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

  • Politics
  • 19 January 2021
Trade Bill: Business leaders and green NGOs urge PM to back greater scrunity of trade deals
Trade Bill: Business leaders and green NGOs urge PM to back greater scrunity of trade deals

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

  • Policy
  • 19 January 2021
Allowing climate change progress to stall this year is not an option
Allowing climate change progress to stall this year is not an option

The world is expecting a turning point in support for a green economy this year, writes National Grid's COP26 director Duncan Burt

  • Politics
  • 18 January 2021
Poll: Two-thirds of adults believe UK government should do more to combat climate change
Poll: Two-thirds of adults believe UK government should do more to combat climate change

New survey reveals 60 per cent of voters agree UK should strive to be a global leader on climate action, as Labour sets out 'crunch test' for government's COP26 climate diplomacy efforts

  • Policy
  • 17 January 2021
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery
Keir Starmer: Climate action must be 'at the heart' of Covid-19 recovery

Labour leader promises climate change and the green economy will be central to Party's plans 'now and at the next election'

  • Politics
  • 13 January 2021
UK joins 50 nations in pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030
UK joins 50 nations in pledge to protect 30 per cent of land and oceans by 2030

New High Ambition Coalition for Nature and People established in support of '30 by 30' goal, which comes ahead of crucial COP15 biodiversity summit this year

  • Biodiversity
  • 12 January 2021
Boris Johnson: 'Tackling climate change must be part of overall agenda to protect the natural world'
Boris Johnson: 'Tackling climate change must be part of overall agenda to protect the natural world'

The Prime Minister says nations most 'go further' to protect nature, in addition to fighting carbon emissions, in his address to world leaders at the UN-backed One Planet Summit hosted by the French government on Monday

  • Biodiversity
  • 12 January 2021
Honouring the Paris Agreement Goals: A way forward
Honouring the Paris Agreement Goals: A way forward

While clean tech progress narratives dominate, less attention is being given to adaptation, resilience and finance for climate vulnerable countries, writes lawyer and activist Farhana Yamin

  • Politics
  • 12 January 2021
Alok Sharma takes on COP26 Presidency full-time
Alok Sharma takes on COP26 Presidency full-time

BREAKING: Kwasi Kwarteng promoted to become Business Secretary, as Sharma to step up his focus on preparations for crucial Glasgow Summit

  • Policy
  • 08 January 2021
COP26: Five key questions for a crucial year of global climate diplomacy
COP26: Five key questions for a crucial year of global climate diplomacy

Much is at stake in 2021 to deliver the much needed framework for the global net zero transition, with all eyes on the UK, USA, China and Covid-19

  • Politics
  • 08 January 2021
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux
The Boy Who Cried Wolf: Redux

The real message from the parable of the boy who cried wolf is that there was a wolf

  • 07 January 2021
Could Democrat's Georgia victory and Trump's disgrace trigger the 'Decade of the Green New Deal'?
Could Democrat's Georgia victory and Trump's disgrace trigger the 'Decade of the Green New Deal'?

Amidst historic chaos in Washington, the Democrat's Senate victory has provided a major boost to hopes for a new era of global climate action – but can they be realised?

  • Policy
  • 07 January 2021
Blow for climate campaigners as government refuses to block controversial Cumbrian coal mining project
Blow for climate campaigners as government refuses to block controversial Cumbrian coal mining project

Decision not to intervene in planning process for coal mine draws widespread condemnation from politicians and green campaigners amid concerns over project's climate impact

  • Policy
  • 06 January 2021
No hugging, no learning
No hugging, no learning

The government's chronic mishandling of the pandemic does not bode well for the challenging net zero transition it now has to navigate

  • 06 January 2021
We must not be naive about the societal disruption of the net zero transition
We must not be naive about the societal disruption of the net zero transition

Former MPs Caroline Flint and Dame Caroline Spelman, co-chairs of the new cross-party Getting to Zero programme, argue the UK's net zero journey must take into account vastly differing regional concerns

  • Work
  • 06 January 2021
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal
Green Brexit or race to the bottom? Five key green business takeaways from the UK-EU trade deal

On Christmas Eve the UK and EU averted a damaging no-deal scenario, but the resulting trade deal still leaves many outstanding questions about the UK's environmental policy prospects unanswered

  • Policy
  • 05 January 2021
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