Chair of UK's climate change advisers says business wants environmental regulation, and calls for return to cross-party consensus on green agenda

Research projecting to 2030 says self-driving taxis and specialised one-person vehicles would greatly cut inefficiencies in current human driving patterns

Miguel Cañete urges world leaders to force their ministers to agree a deal

Airports Commission says £17bn expansion is ‘clear and unanimous' choice but should include night flight ban and laws against ever building a fourth runway

Justices invalidate new rules in move that could make Environmental Protection Agency more vulnerable to challenges to new regulations on carbon emissions

Anti-fracking campaigners visibly delighted as councillors reject Cuadrilla's application to drill for shale gas at Preston New Road

'Green Tories' express dismay at plans to put one of the Conservative party's few key environmental achievements up for part-privatisation

Councillors defer decision on Cuadrilla's bid to undertake hydraulic fracturing for shale gas at Preston New Road, saying they need to seek further legal advice

Global warming 'ultimate threat multiplier' posing serious risk to world security, says report urging governments not to see it simply as a climate issue

States with strong green voices perform better on cutting emissions whereas those with climate sceptic views fare poorly