Climate change

Business leaders call on G7 to redouble efforts to deliver on COP28 promise to transition away from fossil fuels

MEPs back Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive requiring large firms to take steps to guard against environmental and human rights violations in their supply chains

Outgoing CCC boss Chris Stark fears the term 'net zero' is becoming 'unhelpful', but any alternative framing for decarbonisation would face precisely the same political and structural challenges

Climate standards-setting body confirms it is pressing ahead with plans to consult on potential changes that could see companies expand the use of carbon credits to tackle value chain emissions

New partnership aims to help smaller businesses halve emissions by 2030, and ultimately hit net zero by 2050

Coffee prices continue to climb, Coca-Cola launches a major new recycling campaign, and the White House calls for action to tackle 'carbon dumping'

BusinessGreen reports from Baku, where the Azerbaijan government is gearing up to host the next round of global climate talks this autumn

Prize aims to showcase novels of powerful literary merit and celebrate fiction which engages with the climate crisis

Public Accounts Committee warns government efforts to enhance climate resilience lack leadership and urgency

Statement on national emissions targets expected from Holyrood later today, following recent advice from Climate Change Committee that sluggish policy progress has rendered ambitious 2030 climate goal 'no longer credible'