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President Trump is now actively dismantling mechanisms designed to identify and manage systemic financial and climate risks, writes Eliot Whittington, executive director of the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary expected to hit back at 'global network of right-wing billionaires' and launch renewed push for unionisation across the clean energy industry

Chancellor steps up attacks on Reform and hails Labour's support for new nuclear, carbon capture, and rail projects, but makes no mention of wider climate and net zero strategy

Sustainability is increasingly considered a core value by European citizens and consumers, but 'greenwashing' fears remain

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: September 2025 part two

President Xi Jinping urges international community to 'stay focused on the right direction’, as more than 100 countries submit new climate goals

Antonio Guterres hits back at President Trump's dismissal of climate science and clean tech, arguing 'science compels climate action' and 'clean energy is powering jobs, growth and sustainable development'

Liberal Democrat complaints over media bias and the failure to take the threat posed by Reform's climate denialism seriously appear more justified than ever

Green groups respond angrily to US President's rambling speech to the UN General Assembly, in which he labelled climate change "the greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world"

Aerated taps, efficient showerheads, and dual flush toilets promise to enable thousands of new developments in support of government plans to to build 1.5 million new homes during the current Parliament