carbon budgets

The implications that flow from the upgrading of the UK's 2030 carbon target are hard to underestimate - the economy is about to change for the better

Government accused of delivering underpowered green recovery plan that only delivers half of CO2 cuts required over coming decade

Teenage activist claims 'it doesn't take a college degree in economics' to realise world is on course to blow a hole in 1.5C carbon budget

Fossil fuel emissions have increased four per cent since the Paris Agreement was reached in 2015, according to a major international research project

New report warns none of the oil and gas majors are on track to be aligned with the Paris Agreement by 2040, with some firms needing to cut production by as much as 85 per cent

UK failing to prepare for impacts of climate change while plans for cutting emissions remain lacking, Committee on Climate Change warns

Climate campaigners remain insistent airport expansion is incompatible with UK's emission reduction targets

FT reports government is planning to roll over surplus in previous carbon budgets to make it easier to meet future targets, in direct defiance of CCC advice

A day after Theresa May defended the government's 'fine record' on climate change, officials confirm emissions projections for the UK's upcoming carbon budgets have worsened

A net zero target would present an unparalleled opportunity for UK green business - provided government matches it with bolder policy making