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Latest news, analysis and comment on energy and climate policy in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Trump or Harris, the US will keep pumping gas for Europe

Trump or Harris, the US will keep pumping gas for Europe

The candidates are divided on everything — except, maybe, fossil fuels.

November 5, 2024 6:00 am CET
Britain braces for a Trump tariff war

Britain braces for a Trump tariff war

November 5, 2024 4:45 am CET
EU shrugs off Trump’s threats to scrap green handouts
COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund
EU greenhouse gas emissions down 8 percent in 2023
EU foreign policy chief warns French energy giant on human rights violations
UK budget: 5 things you need to know as Labour hikes taxes
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UK open to restarting China trade talks

JETCO forum was frozen by the Conservatives amid Beijing’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.

October 29, 2024 4:20 am CET

What Boris Johnson can teach the EU about restoring nature

The European Commission hopes capitalism can help solve the biodiversity crisis. Britain might have the answer.

October 28, 2024 4:20 am CET

EU steps up fight with the UK over … sand eels

A big legal fight is on the cards, with snakey fish at the center.

October 25, 2024 5:06 pm CET

World on track for catastrophic 3 degrees Celsius warming, UN warns

Current plans and policies will lead to global temperatures rising between 2.6C and 3.1C this century, a new report finds.

October 24, 2024 4:01 pm CET

UK delays foreign lobbying clampdown as it works out China policy

The plans have been paused until the government completes its “China Audit.”

October 23, 2024 11:00 pm CET

IMF upgrades UK growth forecast ahead of budget

The revised 2024 forecast puts the U.K. ahead of Germany, Italy and Japan, and equal with France. But it comes after tricky borrowing data for Britain’s new chancellor.

October 22, 2024 3:00 pm CET

Keir Starmer’s biggest enemy: The great-crested newt

The UK prime minister is going for growth. That means a fight with the green lobby.

October 22, 2024 4:25 am CET

Britain’s heading for a nuclear power crunch. Blame the French.

A once proud fleet of power plants is about to be reduced to one last, lonely nuke.

October 21, 2024 4:34 am CET

This possible Trump adviser says electric cars, walkable cities and even talking about climate change are harmful

Former Ambassador Carla Sands focuses on energy issues at the America First Policy Institute, a Trump-aligned think tank.

October 20, 2024 10:19 am CET

UK presses China on weapons to Russia

On trip to Beijing, Britain’s foreign secretary says practice “risks damaging China’s relationships with Europe.” But the two sides agree to disagree on human rights.

October 18, 2024 6:47 pm CET

Everything you need to know about the ‘other’ COP

Countries are gathering in Colombia to discuss ways to finance the global fight to halt biodiversity loss.

October 18, 2024 6:00 am CET

Revealed: Putin’s sanctions-busting shadow fleet is secretly spilling oil all over the world 

Satellite imagery shows the unforeseen consequences of efforts to hobble Russia’s war economy.

October 17, 2024 10:17 am CET
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Drop funding for massacre-linked gas project or face legal trouble, UK warned

Campaign group Friends of the Earth warns ministers that continued support for the project would be ‘unlawful.’

October 16, 2024 3:29 pm CET

Boycott COP climate summit if Putin shows, Ukraine tells West

In an interview with POLITICO, Ukraine’s EU ambassador pressed allies to skip the Azerbaijan-hosted event if it welcomes the Russian leader.

October 16, 2024 12:56 pm CET

No one has a plan to fix Britain’s old, cold homes

The Tories promised to upgrade insulation and heating in millions of U.K. homes. They failed — and Labour’s plans are already in trouble.

October 16, 2024 4:20 am CET

UK’s Keir Starmer: Don’t be scared of AI

The previous U.K. government emphasized the potential risks of the technology and focused on AI safety.

October 14, 2024 1:10 pm CET

‘Real risk’ that climate aid talks will fail, key COP29 negotiator warns

Ireland’s Eamon Ryan says it’s ‘not certain’ there will be an agreement in Baku.

October 14, 2024 11:36 am CET

Woke guns? Banks want weapons badged as a social good

It’s a discussion that enrages left and right, and risks importing culture wars from the U.S.

October 14, 2024 4:37 am CET

World fails first review of COP renewable energy goal

A dramatic spending surge is needed to course correct, the International Renewable Energy Agency warned.

October 14, 2024 4:37 am CET

Most of Europe is fine without Russian gas

But the end of the supply contract through Ukraine at the end of this year could prove costly for Austria, Slovakia and Hungary.

October 9, 2024 4:25 am CET

Revealed: Liz Truss lobbied for UK role in project now linked to Mozambique massacre

In the summer of 2020 Britain’s then-trade secretary defied her Cabinet colleagues to secure financial support for the controversial development.

October 9, 2024 4:25 am CET

The EU’s (vague) climate aid stance: Want more money? Get more donors.

The bloc won’t say how much money it’s willing to put up before other details are firmed up.

October 8, 2024 4:11 pm CET

Use climate summit to save our dad, say children of London academic held in Azerbaijan

The family of Gubad Ibadoghlu want senior U.K. politicians to raise his case at the global COP29 summit in Baku next month.

October 7, 2024 7:00 am CET

EU countries overcome German resistance to back duties on Chinese EVs

Result of vote, as expected, means the Commission can impose duties of up to 35.3 percent.

October 4, 2024 11:16 am CET
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