Politics

Australia looks set to ditch its climate-laggard global status after voters strongly backed more ambitious green policies – but can the change in government help reignite global climate action, as geopolitical challenges escalate?

New research details how current pace of heat pump deployment puts 2050 decarbonisation target in peril

G20 nations hold the key to capping temperature rise at safe levels - so it is critical they ramp up their climate ambition ahead of COP27, argues the ECIU's Gareth Redmond-King

Holyrood reveals the six islands have signed up to Carbon Neutral Islands project, which aims to reach net zero emissions 10 years ahead of the rest of the UK

The government had promised a seamless transition to the next iteration of its flagship ECO scheme, but ECO 4 is still nowhere to be seen, writes Labour's Alan Whitehead MP

International Trade Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan argues green trade has critical role to play in enhancing energy security and delivering on net zero goals

In speech to mark sixth month anniversary of Glasgow Summit, COP26 President argues 'net zero means security, prosperity, and preventing the problems of the present from growing inexorably'

Government should work to focus nearly a fifth of total energy technology investment on energy storage, Cornwall Insight modelling shows

Long-awaited publication of government's environmental principles for policymaking triggers warnings from NGOs that green protections could now be watered down

Brussels considers strengthening clean energy plans, India ramps up offshore wind ambitions, and all the green business news from around the world