Politics

The government has signalled it wants the Budget to reduce energy bills - reforming the system of green levies should be the obvious mechanism for doing so

Experts warn proposal to remove VAT from energy bills would disproportionately benefit richer households and could result in higher emissions

Business groups representing more than 100,000 firms worldwide call for realignment of public finance and policy frameworks to accelerate clean energy transition

Plus: G20's widening 'CDR gap', IKEA's largest solar project in India, and a 'world first' deep mine carbon storage project in Georgia

UK Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus aims provide a forum in Parliament to champion climate and nature, resist division, and hold government to account on its environmental pledges

Business leaders, campaigners, and climate experts react to the government's new Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan

A failure of most countries to submit new national climate plans ahead of COP30 has left the UN struggling to calculate the likely trajectory for global greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade

The Tony Blair Institute has attempted to spark a debate over whether the government's clean power goal should be dropped - green businesses and investors are unlikely to welcome another unnecessary political row

IEA executive director reflects on the emergence of electricity as the world's 'dominant energy source', even as the consensus on climate action comes under fire

Government signals it is prepared to miss goal if costs prove excessive, as influential think tank recommends target should be kept but with a sharper focus on cheaper energy