Europe

Increasingly intense downpours driven by climate change will see flood damages rise from €4.5bn to €23bn a year by 2050

Bloomberg New Energy Finance figures reveal global investment topped $250bn in 2013, but still fell 12 per cent year-on-year

Ministers call on Commission to propose domestic carbon reduction target of at least 40 per cent, as new figures show bloc is set to miss 2050 goals

Reports say UK is hoping to boost support for British bankers by helping Germany delay new car CO2 targets

Report shows Britain will be most attractive market in Europe for EfW through to 2016, but can the industry ever win over its green critics?

BusinessEurope's increasingly blatant lobbying against ambitious action on climate change cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged

Comprehensive study by Climate Policy Initiative says countries are taking the right steps to cut carbon, despite slow progress at a global level

Climate Institute says Asia has overtaken Europe’s lead in competing for green investments

Austria has one nuclear power plant, but it was never switched on, and today is covered in solar panels. Jessica Shankleman reports

Clean Edge analysis finds biofuels, wind and solar power grew total revenues by one per cent last year