Paris Agreement

UK urges governments to come forward with 'very clear ambition and targets' at this week's Climate Action Summit, amid fresh warnings of devastating climate impacts

Annual Climate Change Performance Index points to mixed progress among world's 58 highest emitters

Prime Minister announces new target to cut emissions 68 per cent against 1990 levels by 2030, confirming a major tightening of carbon goals as part of UK's pre-COP26 submission to the Paris Agreement

Climate Change Committee recommends UK set target to cut emissions by 'at least' 68 per cent from 1990 levels over next decade

Scotland to set out individual nationally-determined contribution to the Paris Agreement ahead of COP26 in Glasgow next year

Designed by French start-up Searoutes, new tool uses route data and vessel characteristics to calculate CO2 emissions

ScottishPower's Keith Anderson argues that the growing band of businesses and investors committed to accelerating the net zero transition need the government to submit a suitably ambitious national climate action plan to the UN

President-elect's ambitious climate strategy secures first victory, as General Motors ditches support for emissions standards legal battle

Newly appointed US Climate Envoy provides further evidence President-elect Biden intends to prioritise climate action on the world stage

President Trump may have raged against Paris Agreement, but the rest of the G20 simply reaffirmed plans to ramp up national climate strategies and phase out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies