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Centrica's new apprenticeship scheme aims to create 3,500 new roles over the coming decade

Debate over how to fund raft of net zero programmes looks set to dominate the coming months

Downing Street considering scheme offering homeowners up to £7,000 grants to switch to low carbon heating alternatives

Green group claims only fraction of Budget 2021 has been directed towards climate change mitigation policies, as pressure ramps up Chancellor Rishi Sunak to step up support for net zero transition

Reports suggest Treasury is drawing up plans to protect poorer households from costs associated with the net zero transition

Government denies reports of differences on Downing Street over how to fund much needed policies to deliver net zero

City leaders from around the world commit to 'just transition', as protesters criticise pace of UK climate action

Fund opens to applications from R&D intensive companies with well-established UK operations, including those looking to scale up net zero technologies, Ministers confirm

At G20 meeting in Venice, finance ministers conclude that climate pricing is among raft of tools that can be deployed to tackle climate change

Broad-based environmental tax reform can drive changes needed to put the economy on a pathway to net zero, writes Bright Blue's Sam Robinson