Leading cities vow to create 50m green jobs by 2030

Investing in urban climate action is predicted to halve emissions and create a third more jobs, new report finds

Sadiq Khan under fire for 14,000-mile flight to join climate change summit

The Mayor will travel to Buenos Aires to attend the C40 World Mayors summit

Wales announces £32m for farmers to plant trees to combat climate emergency

It supports the government’s ambition to plant 86m trees by the end of the decade

ScottishPower launches its ‘biggest ever’ recruitment drive

The company will recruit 1,000 people for its green energy projects

Government awards £54m to carbon removal tech projects

The funding aims to help develop new greenhouse gas removal industry in the UK

CS Energy awarded three utility-scale solar power projects in New York

Together, they will generate more than 500,000MWh of renewable electricity per year – enough to power more than 70,000 homes in New York

UK offshore wind jobs predicted to grow to 100k by 2030

Currently, the sector supports nearly 31,000 jobs, according to a report

Government’s heat pump grant scheme opens

Homeowners can now apply for grants of £5,000 to replace their old gas boilers with heat pumps

Government unleashes £200m for zero-emission HGVs

The three-year programme will begin later this year to help decarbonise the UK’s freight industry

UK readies undersea electricity ‘superhighways’

Ofgem has recognised the “consumer benefit” of two subsea high voltage cables to transport clean energy between Scotland and England