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Green policy

The survey was carried out on 4 June 

Survey: Majority of Brits want 'urgent' policy action on climate change

Private sector must be forced to invest in 'green revolution', says Labour

Labour will back measures deterring investment in fossil fuels as part of a new drive to stop the financial sector from funding global heating, John M...

It is the first in a series of speeches by the shadow chancellor

Four days to register: edie's climate emergency Q&A webinar

edie is bringing together energy and climate experts from Nottingham City Council, Skanska, Business in the Community (BITC) and Ørsted fo...

The webinar will take a live Q&A format, with the audience able to submit question in advance and during the session itself
The charities warn that protection for marine life could be weakened under the amendments 

Charities launch legal challenge over 'unlawful' Brexit wildlife risk
Wind alone accounted for 18% of Britain's electricity mix between January and May. Image: Ørsted's Walney wind farm 

UK to use more electricity from renewables than coal for first time in 2019
 All EU member states have pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40%, get 32% of energy from renewables and boost energy efficiency by 32.5%

UK climate plan unclear, European Commission claims

It is estimated that the number of flights at Heathrow Airport will increase from 480,000 currently to 760,000 each year by 2026

Heathrow's third runway 'masterplan' at odds with national net-zero aim, campaigners warn
Ocean waste is being tackled on both an international and national level, both through national policies and voluntary agreements 

G20 launch new framework for combating marine plastic pollution

The European Commission will advise member states on how best to alter their decarbonisations frameworks for the next decade at a meeting tomorrow (18 June)

18 EU countries now support 2050 carbon neutrality goal
The move builds on Costa's Food Surplus Policy, which enables store managers to make donations directly to local charities on demand 

Costa joins Government-led pledge to halve food waste by 2030
The race for No 10 is well and truly underway - but which of the candidates are green leaders, and which are climate laggards? 

Conservative Party leadership: What are the final five's records on environmental policy?

With the third ballot to determine the next leader of the Conservative Party taking place on 19 July, edie rounds up the environmental legacies and vi...
The Climate Change Act will now be amended to account for net-zero emissions by 2050

Prime Minister agrees legally binding net-zero emissions target for 2050
(L-R): Defra's chief scientific advisor Ian Boyd, the University of East Anglia’s professor of environmental sciences Corinne Le Quere and the Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research’s head of climate impacts professor Richard Betts

Queen's Birthday Honours: The sustainability champions who made the 2019 list