Politics

Green Alliance warns skills gap is already hampering climate action, as separate study from Centre for Policy Studies urges government to integrate net zero and levelling up agendas

Separate law suits filed by ClientEarth and Friends of the Earth allege the government's flagship Net Zero Strategy focuses too heavily on unproven future technologies and could breach carbon budgets

With no time to waste in building the green economy of the future, the UK needs an independent body to lead on policy delivery and strategic planning, argues Policy Connect's Verity Winn

COP26 President tells peers the team working on the government's COP26 agenda will fall from around 220 to under 150

Sarah Golden explores the critical political battles which could unleash a major new wave of US clean energy development

MPs on Public Accounts Committee warn farmers are being 'left in the dark’ about reforms to post-Brexit agricultural subsidies

By the end of 2022 the world will be nearly a third of the way through the decade when global emissions are supposed to start falling sharply - the emissions gap needs closing before it becomes a chasm

Climate crisis should take diplomatic priority even where there may be fraught geopolitical tensions over challenging issues such as human rights, former UN Secretary-General suggests

After a hugely dramatic year, the green economy faces a uniquely challenging few months as the opponents of climate action prepare to ramp up their opposition to the net zero transition

Farmers and environmental groups hit out at terms of free trade deal they warn risks undermining UK environmental standards