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Plus: Ørsted to slash 2,000 jobs, Mars invests in 100 Polish solar projects, and Octopus Energy joins €200bn European industry decarbonisation drive

Poll of more than 2,500 European business leaders reveals continued support for robust corporate sustainability and due diligence rules

The Global Solar Council extends its remit, plans advance for France's largest renewables project, and Kazakhstan moves forward with its first SAF plant

Solar generation in the UK hits 14GW, providing nearly 40 per cent of the electricity mix

Wind and solar projects continue to prosper in the US, Vinted celebrates in France, and calls grow to tackle bottom trawling

Plus EU Parliament and Council agree rules tackling microplastic pollution, Germany's likely coalition government agrees on climate platform, and Benin partners with VCMI to harness carbon credit revenues

Plus hydrogen storage boost for Sweden's HYBRIT green steel project, hundreds fired at US climate science body NOAA, and French insect protein start-up Ÿnsect files for insolvency

UK energy giant's generation arm announces latest foray into French energy market with deal aimed at developing 500MW of solar capacity by 2031

Carbon tech firms tout scheme to capture 100,000 tonnes of CO2 per year by 2030 at site just outside Paris

All the top green news from around the world, including Germany's new climate budget, Shell's decision to halt a major biofuel project, and Siemens Energy's expansion plan