Climate change

National Drought Group meets to discuss how to ensure security of water supplies following sustained dry period

BusinessGreen rounds up the crucial lessons and conclusions from the Climate Change Committee's annual assessment of the UK's progress towards net zero

'I urge the government to regroup on net zero and commit to bolder delivery - This is a period when pace must be prioritised over perfection'

Annual progress report warns government's official advisors have 'markedly less' confidence in the UK's ability to meet its decarbonisation targets from 2030 onwards

Soaring renewables deployment suggest a peak could be nearing, but global energy-related emissions still rose in 2022, according to Statistical Review of World Energy

Meeting delivers encouraging progress, but campaigners warn urgent action now needed to deliver 'taboo-busting' reforms to international financial architecture

But campaigners warn ambitious agreement urgently needed to reform global financial system and accelerate flows of climate finance

BusinessGreen reports from Talamone, where a fisherman reflects on a 30-year fight to put an end to industrial fishing practices that harm biodiversity and the climate

Plus Germany unveils clean heat reforms, coal transition finance developments, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

Tensions run high between richer and poorer nations as UN climate talks close in Bonn, fuelling fears upcoming COP28 Climate Summit will struggle to deliver ambitious agreement