Politics

There is a lot of fear new trade deals could undermine UK environmental protection, but as the CBI's Rain Newton-Smith argues, there are also significant opportunities to drive climate action

Net zero means separating climate action from traditional Left / Right priorities, writes Ed Birkett

As XR activists block roads into Westminster, Defra fears the UK may also be blocking chances of an EU trade deal by compromising with the US on environmental standards

As part of the Covering Climate Now initiative António Guterres issues a fresh call for more businesses and government's to join the fast-expanding climate movement

Following a visit to one of the UK's first Citizens Assemblies on climate change, Trewin Restorick questions whether the approach can deliver the transformative impact campaigners hope for

Prime Minister uses Conference Speech to rail against 'sceptics', including himself, who have in the past thought clean technologies cannot deliver

University of York's Thomas Nicholas warns the project touted by the Conservative's this week 'isn't a power station, it's an experiment'

With both Brexit and the net zero transition, the government has a clear goal and no clarity on how it intends to deliver

Ed King reflects on seven lessons from a bruising UN Climate Action Summit that ultimately failed to deliver the breakthrough that was both desperately hoped for and urgently needed

We have a clear plan to meet the demands of the climate strikers, argues Green MEP Molly Scott Cato