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Airport expansion plans backed by the government are putting the UK’s net zero target in “serious jeopardy”, MPs have warned.Without new safeguards, proposals to enlarge airports…

Coalition backbenchers are preparing for a showdown on net zero as pressure mounts on Sussan Ley’s opposition to resolve its position, with speculation more MPs could…

Pan, Y. et al. The enduring world forest carbon sink. Nature 631, 563–569 (2024).Article  ADS  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Cox, P. M. et al. Sensitivity of…

The global banking industry’s net zero target-setting group has announced it will shut down immediately, amid faltering climate commitments around the world.The Net Zero Banking Alliance…

Elon Musk has become the first person to reach a net worth of $500bn, bringing the Tesla chief executive halfway to trillionaire status.Musk’s wealth temporarily crossed…

Nationals senator Matt Canavan has claimed the Coalition is “on the cusp of walking away from net zero”, urging Sussan Ley to campaign against the emissions…

Weakening or changing net zero policy would deter investors and spook financial markets, the UK government’s new climate adviser has warned.Nigel Topping, recently appointed chair of…

Think of battery manufacturing and it may evoke images of Elon Musk and Tesla’s sprawling “gigafactories” around the globe, or China’s vast, hi-tech clean rooms churning…

Barclays has become the second UK bank to withdraw from a UN-backed net zero target-setting group, claiming that a wave of defections by international lenders meant…

Ed Miliband is to explicitly call out politicians who reject net zero policies for betraying future generations in an unprecedented update to parliament about the state…