Climate change

Nike and Target among those backing a new Manufacturer Climate Action Program to help clothing giants measure emissions and set science-based targets

Firefighters issue urgent call for UK-wide standards, coherent strategy, and investment to protect communities from wildfire risks

Study from Energy Systems Catapult sets out Direct Air Carbon Capture and Storage deployment plan, as it warns that reaching net zero requires negative emissions projects

When businesses come together to discuss joint climate challenges and opportunities, their suppliers take note, writes AECOM's Robert Spencer

Three new polls suggest the government's watering down of climate policies could backfire with voters

Plus a landmark ruling in favour of Indigenous land rights in Brazil, new EU anti-greenwashing rules, and Kenyan direct air capture news

Anger over Rishi Sunak’s watering down of net zero policies escalates, as CCC warns announcements are ‘likely to take the UK further away’ from being able to meet its legal emissions targets

Letter coordinated by Global Renewables Alliance calls for governments to establish firm clean power target at COP28 Climate Summit

Executives from Toast Ale, Aviva Investors, and Bupa among business leaders to take part in peaceful climate protest

Two-day Summit yields pledge to triple renewable capacity, but falls short of commitment to unabated fossil fuel phase out