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Dr James Riley of AECOM argues that a new guide can help highlight how all businesses need to take biodiversity seriously

Major new CDP study reveals significant divergence in how prepared European energy firms are for strengthening climate policies

Friends of the Earth's Kenneth Richter says Europe turning its back on biofuels sends a strong signal to global markets that cannot be ignored

Brussels investigation to initially seek information from 11 EU countries on how existing and planned capacity mechanisms will operate

Landmark biofuels vote ends six years of uncertainty, while MEPs also back move to report on shipping emissions and phase out plastic bags

Exclusive industry figures show UK installed 2.5GW of solar last year, while another 2GW has already been deployed this year ahead of deep cuts to subsidies

Weak European renewable energy goals originated with Shell lobby pitch for gas – not renewable energy – to provide pathway for decarbonisation, access to information papers show

The tragic deaths in the Mediterranean are precisely in line with the predictions of climate security analysts, without urgent action they could herald an era of mass migration and international tension

Provisional figures suggest 17 of 28 member states have already met legal limits for the end of this year

Committee approval of seven per cent cap on crop-based fuels and emissions reporting set to be backed by full Parliament later this month