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Former net-zero tsar Chris Skidmore quit the Tories and Parliament in January in protest at the issuing of new oil and gas licences (Aaron Chown/PA)
BusinessClimateEmissionsFinanceIn-Depth

Ex-Tory MP sets up investment bank to help new markets ‘transforming the world’

Chris Skidmore is launching Desmos Capital Partners, a boutique bank investing in firms focused on impact, future tech, and net zero.

Researchers will be working in Kangerlussuaj Fjord in Greenland (Colm O Cofaigh/British Antarctic Survey/PA)
ClimateNewsResiliency

Research expedition aims to understand global effects of Greenland’s melting ice

The research expedition to Greenland aims to understand how the melting ice sheet affects global climate and UK weather systems.

Foreign Secretary David Lammy told businesses during the General Election campaign that Labour would reappoint a dedicated UK climate envoy (Lucy North/PA)
BiodiversityClimateNewsPolitics

UK govt urged to expand top climate diplomat’s role

Labour has pledged to reinstate the UK Special Representative for Climate Change, which aims to further the country’s green goals.

Demonstrators during a Restore Nature Now protest in central London (Jeff Moore/PA)
BiodiversityClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNewsPoliticsRegulations

New UK government must restore nature as ‘top priority’, green groups urge

Green groups urge PM Keir Starmer to prioritize nature, addressing challenges like increased eco-farming funds, stricter polluter rules, and expanded protected areas.

A general view of construction work near the Eiffel Tower, Paris, in preparation for the Paris Olympic Games which will start on July 26 (Adam Davy/PA)
AutomotiveAviationClimateEmissionsNews

Campaigners criticise Paris Olympics sponsorship deals with high-emitting firms

Top athletes have joined Badvertising, which campaigns against high carbon advertising, in calling for the International Olympics Committee (IOC) to cut ties with...

Smoke rising out of chimneys at Ratcliffe on Soar power station near Nottingham. File photo. (David Jones/PA)
FuelLiquefied Natural GasNatural GasNewsOilPolitics

UK government met oil and gas lobbyists every working day in 2023

At least 65 fossil fuel organisations and industry bodies were identified meeting with ministers over the course of 2023.

Climate organisations are calling for a ‘clear and funded’ transition plan for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry (Leon Neal/PA)
ElectionsLabourNatural GasNewsOilPolitics

Next UK government urged to fund ‘just transition’ for oil and gas workers

The next government must provide a “clear and funded” transition plan for workers in the offshore oil and gas industry, including the North...

Legal & General Investment Management is one of the world’s largest asset managers (John Stillwell/PA)
BusinessClimateEmissionsEnvironmentNews

Major investor to divest from Glencore and TK Maxx owner over climate concerns

Glencore does not “meet our red line” of asking mining companies to share whether they plan to increase thermal coal capacity, says LGIM.

Extinction Rebellion demonstrators march in Westminster, London, last year (Jordan Pettitt/PA)
AnalysisClimateEnvironmentIn-DepthOpinion

Scientist warns of ‘very scary’ nature decline as green groups unite to protest

The rate of nature decline is “very scary”, a conservation scientist has warned as green groups prepare to unite for a major protest...

Trials are taking place in Kenya to boost the sustainability of tea production (Anthony Delvin/PA)
AgricultureBusinessClimateNewsResiliency

Researchers testing climate mitigation measures to support tea farming

A coalition of researchers has begun trials to test climate mitigation and resilience measures that will boost tea farming.

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