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Green Party parliamentary candidates Sian Berry, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns (PA)
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UK Greens in manifesto pledge to halt ‘all new fossil fuel projects’ and tax top 1%

The UK's Green Party have pledged to stop “all new fossil fuel projects” in the UK as they launched their manifesto

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Production starts at Senegal’s first offshore oil project

Senegal's new government, which came to power earlier this year, pledged to review oil and gas contracts with foreign companies, which it described...

Tories pledged to boost offshore wind in net zero plans that have faced criticism from campaigners (Ben Birchall/PA)
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UK Tories criticised over ‘pragmatic’ net zero plans in manifesto

The Conservatives have been accused of failing to seize the “economic opportunity of the century”.

Former Green MSP Robin Harper has now joined the Labour Party it was revealed (David Cheskin/PA)
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UK’s first ever Green parliamentarian joins Labour Party

Former Scottish Greens leader Robin Harper has joined the Labour Party

A lurch to the far-right in this past weekend's Europe-wide elections could have implications for Canada's trade and climate policy. The first provisional results for the European Parliament elections are projected on a large screen during an election event at the European Parliament in Brussels, Sunday, June 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Harry Nakos
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Rightward shift in European elections could impact Canada trade, climate policy

A lurch to the far-right in this past weekend's Europe-wide elections could have implications for Canada's trade and climate policy.

French President Emmanuel Macron appears on a screen as he delivers a speech following results after the polls closed in the European Parliament elections, in Paris, France, June 9, 2024. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
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What’s next for markets after far-right EU election surge triggers shock France vote?

Will Europe's climate policies suffer over far-right election surge? The shift to the right is unlikely to undo existing climate policies, but could...

Like their allies elsewhere in Europe, Germany's Greens saw their support slide (AFP)
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Green parties suffer EU poll drubbing

Green parties suffered major losses in the EU elections, hit by discontent at the bloc's environmental push and voters' shifting priorities.

Bas Eickhout, lead candidate for the European Greens, reacts to the announcement of the first provisional results for the European Parliament elections, at the European Parliament building, in Brussels, Belgium, June 10, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
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Rightward shift after election could limit future EU climate policies

A more rightward-leaning European Parliament will make it harder to pass ambitious EU climate policies, but the majority of Europe's current world-leading green...

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. Albanese said on Monday, June 10, 2024, the opposition would renege on the nation's ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 if the conservative party wins elections due within a year. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
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Australia’s leader says opposition will renege on emissions target

Anthony Albanese said the opposition Liberal Party would renege on the nation’s ambitious target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

The Swiss government wants to use a new climate bill to boost wind and solar power's current miniscule contribution to Switzerland's energy mix (AFP)
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Swiss vote on renewable energy plan for 2050 carbon neutrality

Swiss voters were expected to approve in a referendum Sunday a law aimed at accelerating the development of renewable energy

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