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It comes just a day after the government published 1,200-word defence of its decision to vote against stricter legal controls on pumping raw sewage into rivers and seas

Non-profit decries 'catastrophic' investment data which shows less than one per cent of global fund assets are currently in line with below 2C of warming

Major assessment of net zero targets of leading firms and countries reveals robust net zero pledges cover 10 per cent of global GDP

Today's Spending Review is the moment we will know whether the government has done enough to get on track to net zero, argues E3G policy advisor Heather McKay

Government touts RAB funding model as 'win-win' for climate and consumers, but pushing upfront costs onto energy bills could prove controversial

World needs collective ambition to rise seven-fold to stand a chance of keeping on a 1.5C warming pathway, and to turn 'vague' net zero pledges into action, UN warns

Calls mount for Treasury to scrap VAT on energy efficiency products, tweak stamp duty for lower carbon homes, and embed ‘polluter pays’ principle across the economy

Country widely regarded as climate-laggard finally joins net zero club ahead of COP26, but its net zero plan is derided for lacking substance

Rental giant Hertz plans to step up investment in electrifying its fleet and building out charging infrastructure across US and Europe