Boris Johnson

Despite the re-affirmation of plans to plant more than 30,000 of hectares every year and increase spending on conservation, green groups have voiced disappointment with the Prime Minister’s speech

Reports claim the former prime minister was offered the role after former Energy Minister Claire O’Neill was sacked last week

In a letter to Boris Johnson, Claire O’Neill has criticised what she perceives as slow progress on bringing down emissions

The new goal is five years earlier than previously planned and will include hybrid vehicles for the first time

He will help the UK Government to mobilise ambitious action from across the financial sector ahead of the conference in November

The CCC notes the Conservative Party’s strong parliamentary majority will permit confident decisions on climate challenges and says it must ‘seize that opportunity’

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans for government is very similar to the Queen’s speech in October

Rumours suggest the Prime Minister is formulating a post-election partial reshuffle of the cabinet

What does the energy sector think the result will mean for the future?

The Conservative Party secured the biggest majority since the 1980s at this year’s general election