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Statement from world leaders show climate action is firmly still on the international agenda, but how that plays out remains to be seen, writes ECIU's Richard Black

Historically, low oil prices were bad for climate action, but these are new times, writes ECIU's Dr Jonathan Marshall

With the planet reeling from Covid-19, whether or not to go ahead with the critical UN climate summit in November is no easy decision, says ECIU's Richard Black

Almost $39tr of the world's GDP is now aligned, or proposing to align, with net zero emissions targets, according to ECIU

Opposing countries are refusing to budge as this year's crunch climate talks draw towards their final day, despite surge of ambitious pledges from businesses

ECIU analysis highlights how a significant chunk of the global economy is already subject to existing or planned net zero emissions targets

Government says it expects back-up power auction scheme to soon be restored, with almost £1bn of back-payments to be made to generators in January

The UK should scale up solar and wind to make up looming potential shortfall in nuclear energy capacity, ECIU argues

Richard Black reflects on Denied - his new book on the rise and decline of UK climate scepticism

Manufacturers spent 32 per cent less in 2017 on advertising electric vehicles than a year earlier