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Revealed: Biden and Sunak seek UK/US trade pact before 2024 elections

October 3, 2023 6:04 pm CET

US proposals leaked to POLITICO cover thorny issues including agriculture, but not market access.

Europe takes climate fight global as carbon border tax goes live

October 1, 2023 12:16 pm CET

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism enters a trial phase on Sunday.

UK confirms electric vehicle quotas for 2024

September 28, 2023 3:41 pm CET

Quota comes after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak watered down several of the U.K.’s short-term environmental targets.

Big critical raw materials meeting has no space for indigenous groups

September 27, 2023 7:39 pm CET

Indigenous leaders say they should be taking part in the International Energy Agency’s summit on critical raw materials and the energy transition.

UK-India trade deal won’t have binding worker or environment pledges

September 27, 2023 2:08 pm CET

Angry firms and trade unions fear being undercut and say they were shut out of Britain’s biggest trade talks.

UK greenlights Rosebank oil field amid climate scrutiny

September 27, 2023 9:31 am CET

Country’s biggest untapped oil field will move ahead as ministers talk up ‘huge untapped resource.’

European leaders’ dilemma: Keeping voters sweet while still tackling climate change

September 26, 2023 4:52 pm CET

The rise of far-right parties is persuading many national leaders to pump the brakes on ambitious climate change policies.

Donald Trump calls Rishi Sunak ‘smart’ for easing climate targets

September 24, 2023 9:01 am CET

Former US president says British leader wouldn’t ‘destroy and bankrupt his nation for fake climate alarmists.’

Tony Blair faces fresh scrutiny over Azerbaijan PR work

September 22, 2023 3:14 pm CET

Former UK prime minister was hired to advise BP-led consortium looking to export natural gas from Azerbaijan to Europe.

King Charles calls for climate action 24 hours after Sunak’s net zero U-turn

September 21, 2023 1:10 pm CET

Despite political noise over easing climate targets at home, British monarch tells French lawmakers it’s time for an ‘entente cordiale’ on the planet.

Rishi Sunak weaponizes net zero as election looms

September 20, 2023 10:11 pm CET

Business leaders and fellow Conservatives sound alarm over softening of green agenda.

Ed Miliband: I’d relish fighting an election on net zero

September 20, 2023 9:42 pm CET

Shadow climate secretary says Labour will ask people who they trust most to implement a fair transition to a lower-carbon economy. 

UN chief wants rich countries to hasten climate efforts and close ‘gates to hell’

September 20, 2023 8:03 pm CET

The EU says it’s doing its bit in tackling climate change.

Surprise fall in UK inflation eases pressure on Bank of England

September 20, 2023 9:13 am CET

Easing food prices bring an end to interest rate hikes in sight — and offer a boost to Conservative government.

Supercharged storm wrecks Greece’s breadbasket for years to come

September 12, 2023 6:32 pm CET

Flooded region of Thessaly produces a quarter of the country’s food.

UK minister: China wins unless EU budges on post-Brexit electric car trade

September 12, 2023 1:08 pm CET

Nus Ghani’s comments come ahead of looming tariff on EVs traded between the U.K. and the bloc.

We won’t cut China out of AI summit over spying scandal, UK says

September 11, 2023 3:05 pm CET

Hawks demand ban as Beijing espionage row grows.

Rishi Sunak defends net zero record, confirms he will attend COP28

September 9, 2023 11:30 pm CET

Combating climate change shouldn’t be a ‘hair shirt story,’ UK prime minister says.

The world isn’t on track to meet Paris Agreement goals, says UN climate review

September 8, 2023 4:55 pm CET

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change says ‘much more is needed’ to hit the pact’s global warming targets.

Labour’s Keir Starmer is a green activist to his core

September 7, 2023 9:00 pm CET

The Labour leader needs to decide whether his green past will help or hinder his path to power.

Britain rejoins EU’s Horizon science scheme

September 7, 2023 8:32 am CET

London talks up rebate as UK rejoins research strand it’s been shut out of since Brexit.

Summer 2023 was the hottest ever, scientists say

September 6, 2023 12:12 pm CET

‘Global temperature records continue to tumble in 2023,’ Copernicus official reports.

5 times Rishi Sunak caved on Britain’s Energy Bill

September 5, 2023 4:36 pm CET

Tory rebels of all stripes are taking matters into their own hands as the government’s flagship energy law returns to the House of Commons.

Von der Leyen pitches carbon pricing as key climate tool for Africa

September 5, 2023 3:49 pm CET

It’s ‘one of the most effective tools in our hands,’ says Commission chief.

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