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The Labour Government has sought to improve relations with China as it pursues economic growth (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
ClimateEmissionsNewsPolitics

UK should sign climate change co-operation agreement with China, says think tank

Researchers at Chatham House think tank urged the United Kingdom to deepen climate co-operation with Beijing.

The Government is set to introduce stringent rules limiting the number of new incinerators that are built (Andrew Matthews/PA)
ClimateEmissionsEnvironmentFuelNewsRegulations

UK government to block incinerators that do not contribute to green plans

The government will block new incinerators unless they reduce landfill waste or replace older facilities, aiming to boost recycling rates.

The party’s four new MPs gathered outside the Houses of Parliament (Ian West/PA)
ElectionsNewsPolitics

UK Greens call on Government to take ‘swift action’ as new MPs arrive

North Sea oil field a key issue for Green MPs as they hope to pressure new UK government into being "a bit braver".

Boris Johnson has announced he will co-chair Better Earth, founded by former Tory MP and net zero tsar Chris Skidmore (Jane Barlow/PA)
NewsPolitics

Boris Johnson to co-chair ex-Tory MP’s net zero initiative

Boris Johnson hails "solid plans" for cutting greenhouse gases as he joins Better Earth, set up by former Conservative Chris Skidmore.

Rishi Sunak rowed back on some of the UK’s climate policies in a speech last year, which Climate Change Committee chief Chris Stark said had ‘set us back’ (Stefan Rousseau/PA)
EmissionsNewsPolitics

PM Sunak ‘set us back’ on net zero, head of climate watchdog warns

Chris Stark says Rishi Sunak's watering down of net zero ambitions has made it "difficult to recover" the UK's reputation for climate action.

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