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The world’s biggest economies may have signed up to the Breakthrough Agenda two years ago, but critical clean technologies are still struggling to break through

New Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) tool aims to track low-carbon cement investments

Plus EU proposes Energy Charter Treaty exit, UN issues SDG warning, and all the top green business news from around the world this week

Last week's crunch talks were on the 'brink of chaos', but on Friday 170 nations agreed to draw up an initial first draft of a global plastic pollution treaty by November

More than 100 companies and experts involved in the emerging carbon removals market write to UNFCCC in dismay over briefing note raising concerns over viability such technologies

Former UN climate head cites past efforts of slave traders to 'self-justify' their actions, as she argues history will not look kindly on oil and gas companies' continued failure to accelerate decarbonisation efforts

UN Secretary General António Guterres calls on governments, businesses, and investors to urgently step up action to deliver on climate and biodiversity goals

UAE announces Al Jaber will chair crucial summit, but campaigners call for him to now step down from his role as CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation

New study from Sensu Insight reveals only 23 per cent of consumers take environmental claims from businesses at face value, with the aviation industry deemed the 'least trusted'

António Guterres urges businesses and governments to deliver fresh, ambitious climate plans at September 2023 summit