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Alok Sharma lands joint role as Business Secretary and COP26 President
Alok Sharma lands joint role as Business Secretary and COP26 President

Former International Development Secretary set to have a major hand in delivering net zero as well asUK's preparations for the global UN climate summit in Glasgow later this year

  • Net Zero Now
  • 13 February 2020
Zac's back: Goldsmith to be given peerage and continue as Environment Minister
Zac's back: Goldsmith to be given peerage and continue as Environment Minister

Controversial appointment will mean one of the Conservative's leading environmental champions will remain in government

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  • 19 December 2019
Zac Goldsmith promoted to cabinet role as resignations spark mini-reshuffle
Zac Goldsmith promoted to cabinet role as resignations spark mini-reshuffle

Goldsmith becomes Minister of State at Defra, as Rebecca Pow joins Department following Thérèse Coffey's promotion to Work and Pensions Secretary

  • Policy
  • 11 September 2019
Spending Round: Defra wins funding boost but BEIS nets just £30m for Net Zero
Spending Round: Defra wins funding boost but BEIS nets just £30m for Net Zero

Spending Round was slim pickings for green economy, but did include more cash for greener buses, £30m for Net Zero projects, and more money for air quality and biodiversity

  • Politics
  • 04 September 2019
Government spending plans: The key green takeaways
Government spending plans: The key green takeaways

Chancellor Sajid Javid announces extra funding for Defra and £30m net zero money for BEIS, among a number of green spending plans

  • Policy
  • 04 September 2019
Essential AI: Top business groups call for creation of International Centre for AI, Energy and Climate
Essential AI: Top business groups call for creation of International Centre for AI, Energy and Climate

Leading trade bodies, clean tech start-ups, and green campaigners join forces to put forward proposal for a new AI-focused research centre

  • Technology
  • 20 August 2019
Net Zero: Are UK institutions fit for decarbonising purpose?
Net Zero: Are UK institutions fit for decarbonising purpose?

Overseas aid, local planning, and energy regulator Ofgem are just three of the areas where experts fear much needed net zero mandates are urgently required

  • Policy
  • 23 July 2019
Rory Stewart: I will double UK foreign aid spent on climate change
Rory Stewart: I will double UK foreign aid spent on climate change

Tory leadership hopeful wants to put climate change at the centre of DfID's work, and says the UK should massively expand its tree planting programme

  • Policy
  • 29 May 2019
Rory Stewart: 'We are facing a climate cataclysm'
Rory Stewart: 'We are facing a climate cataclysm'

International Development Secretary responds to calls for UK to overhaul aid spending strategy with pledge to deliver 'wholesale change'

  • Politics
  • 08 May 2019
Climate action must form the heart of UK aid policy, MPs demand
Climate action must form the heart of UK aid policy, MPs demand

UK must make climate change the cornerstone of international development policy or risk undermining wider aid spending, International Development Committee warns

  • Policy
  • 08 May 2019
Speculation mounts over prospects for 'Green Brexit' deal
Speculation mounts over prospects for 'Green Brexit' deal

Government and opposition to meet today in renewed push to broker cross-party Brexit agreement, but major barriers remain

  • Politics
  • 07 May 2019
MPs to probe progress on UK SDG Review
MPs to probe progress on UK SDG Review

The government is due to submit a review to the UN on its progress against the Sustainable Development Goals in May, but MPs are worried government hasn't consulted effectively

  • Policy
  • 22 March 2019
Number 10 denies government is planning to merge Departments for Business, Transport, and Culture
Number 10 denies government is planning to merge Departments for Business, Transport, and Culture

But Sun reports suggest proposal for new 'super-ministry' is under consideration, prompting fears climate change would slip down government priority list

  • Politics
  • 03 January 2019
Clean energy: How the UK is helping developing nations remain competitive without carbon emissions
Clean energy: How the UK is helping developing nations remain competitive without carbon emissions

DFID Minister Harriet Baldwin argues there has never been a better time to help developing nations install renewable energy sources

  • Investment
  • 12 December 2018
Businesses urged to contribute to UK SDG review
Businesses urged to contribute to UK SDG review

Government officially launches Voluntary National Review and calls for submissions on SDG progress

  • Management
  • 11 October 2018
UK has raised £4bn towards climate action in developing countries since 2016
UK has raised £4bn towards climate action in developing countries since 2016

Public and private finance from the UK has helped avoid more than 10.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in the developing world over the past two years

  • Investment
  • 09 July 2018
Does nature conservation deserve a slice of the aid budget?
Does nature conservation deserve a slice of the aid budget?

Oxfam GB's Matthew Spencer asks if earmarking a chunk of the aid budget for conservation projects can really help drive sustainable development

  • Biodiversity
  • 19 June 2018
Global Environment Facility: UK ups international green funding to £250m
Global Environment Facility: UK ups international green funding to £250m

Department for International Development pledges to provide up to £250m over four years to help tackle marine plastic and illegal wildlife trade

  • Biodiversity
  • 27 April 2018

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