Paris Agreement

Standards governing how to measure a carbon credit project's actual emissions reduction impact among those adopted at key UNFCCC meeting last week

UK government exploring implementation of new VCMI Scope 3 Action Code of Practice as part of live consultation

Chinese leader confirms country will submit updated national climate action plan this year, as UN Secretary General insists the world’s decarbonisation efforts are 'moving forward - full-speed ahead'

The late Pope was one of the world's most powerful advocates for global environmental action and a player in international climate talks

Consumer good giant urges industry bodies to use their influence to encourage government action on climate policy, slashing emissions, and phasing out fossil fuels

New Carbon Tracker report warns fossil fuel firms are moving further away from alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement

The Tory leader has just torched the political consensus on ambitious climate action - the electoral calculus is likely to prove as deeply flawed as the economic analysis behind the move

The Conservative leader has declared the UK's net zero by 2050 target "impossible", sparking fury among climate campaigners, business groups, and some of her own party

Attacks on the net zero transition are ratcheting up, but what would happen if the critics of decarbonisation actually got what they wanted?

Plus Northvolt sells heavy industry battery business to Scania, China’s clean energy and fossil fuel funding gap narrows, and EU to loosen state aid rules to boost green projects, in our round up of the world's top green business news this week