Kemi Badenoch

Bowie now set to lead Tory campaign against the UK Climate Change Act and 2050 net zero target as Kemi Badenoch announces sweeping changes to top team

Conservatives argue ditching 'net zero dogma' and prioritising 'cheap power' could save UK £320bn over 20 years and still drive down emissions, but critics question feasibility of plan centred on new nuclear projects and North Sea drilling

The right of British politics has stepped up its attacks on climate action in recent weeks, so why has the rest of the political spectrum largely failed to seize the 'teachable moment' presented by crippling heatwaves to highlight the vital importance...

As the wildfires rage, what passes for climate discourse on the right of British politics is plumbing depressing new depths

Joint statements promise more co-ordinated effort to enhance climate resilience, as Tory leader brands net zero plans a 'political fiction'

Corporate Leaders Group UK and Aldersgate Group back statement urging leaders from across the political spectrum to accelerate investment in a 'resilient, low carbon, nature-positive economic future'

Tory leader attacks colleagues who support the UK's climate goals, as she vows to recruit 'serious businesspeople, engineers, electricians, builders, teachers' to stand at the next election

Study reveals how attempts to slow domestic climate action by arguing an individual country emits relatively little are now evident in economies that collectively account for over a fifth of emissions

The Conservatives and Reform have said they would axe carbon taxes, but Energy UK warns such a move would result in new trade barriers and higher gas prices

Conservatives pledge to axe UK's carbon pricing regime, sparking warnings proposals would hit tax revenues, undermine investment, and trigger levies on exports to the EU