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Global Impact Investing Network campaign calls on investors to pay attention to how their investments could help to reach the Sustainable Development Goals

Former UN climate chief retires from leadership after poor performance in initial straw polls

Top polluter joins US and China in formally accepting climate change agreement

Leading economies must do more to curb coal use and ramp up clean energy deployment, according to new report released ahead of key summit this weekend

Local media reports suggest Brazil, the US and China could all formally approve Paris Agreement in the coming weeks

The Bahamas deposited its instruments of ratification for the global climate deal with the UN on August 22

Due in 2018, the report will set out the feasibility of limiting rise in temperatures to 1.5C as well as the enormous changes needed to achieve the target

PwC's Malcolm Preston's speech to the UNCTAD 14, Fostering green economies through trade, investment and innovation event - in full

A deal to offset growth in aviation's carbon emissions post-2020 could start as a voluntary scheme, sources suggest

Environmental Audit Committee launches inquiry into domestic implementation of SDGs in all areas of government