News Analysis

New law promises to restore at least 20 per cent of the EU’s land and sea areas by 2030, as bloc pushes back against opposition to ambitious environmental goals

The UK has 96GW of offshore wind capacity in the pipeline - delivering it as quickly as possible will be critical to ensuring whether or not the UK can meet its climate targets

Also this week: global progress on expanding energy access stalls, the OECD mulls plan to stop private sector coal financing, and Switzerland defies ECHR climate ruling

Observers have been left hugely disappointed at the lack of progress towards a new deal on climate finance at the latest round of UN climate negotiations

New scheme to offer a collective financing model for top brands to help suppliers switch to renewable energy and slash emissions

Private EV purchases once again outpace sales to corporate fleets, as T&E calls for new targets to drive business uptake

Liberal Democrats set out raft of green pledges in policy package headlined by £9bn plan to revive NHS and social care

EU carbon prices fall in early trading on back of election results, but analysts stress that centrist parties committed to climate action still hold balance of power

BusinessGreen Editor’s Briefing: May

Also this week: NYC shelves congestion charge plan, rising seas prompt Panama island evacuation, and Heather Mills leads plant-based food protest at Bonn Summit