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Green policy

With climate change climbing the list of public policy priorities, Parliamentary candidates are being urged to agree on strong environmental policies on a cross-party basis.  Image: Microchip08. CC-BY-2.0 

General election: Which parliamentary candidates have made climate pledges?

Greta passes the mic and 1.5C targets surge: What happened during the first week of COP25?

COP25 - the UN's annual two-week-long climate summit - has entered its second week in Madrid. Here, edie rounds up all the key news and views from the...

Over the course of the two-week summit, 4,000 people are due to speak during COP25's official sessions

UN: Carbon-intensive businesses will lose trillions as climate policies tighten

Large oil and gas, metals and mining and heavy industry firms are likely to lose almost half (43%) of their value in the next decade, as nations intro...

Oil and gas majors could lose almost one-third (31%) of their value by 2030, the research found 
As Europe's green finance sector booms, the measures are designed to prevent greenwashing and ensure funding is allocated to the right projects 

EU reaches milestone by agreeing on green criteria for finance
Heating and hot water account for around 15% of the UK's overall carbon footprint

Lord Deben chides politicians for failing to act on decarbonisation of heat
The letter acknowledges the urgency of the climate crisis, and calls on the EU to decarbonise its economy by 2050 at the latest

'Set legally binding net-zero target now', investors urge EU leaders
The summit will run until 13 December, with edie bringing you all the latest news and views from Madrid on a regular basis 

Greta's arrival and carbon offsetting clashes: What happened on days 2 & 3 of COP25?
The summit will run until 13 December, with edie bringing you all the latest news and views from Madrid on a regular basis 

Carbon pricing and 'the climate point of no return': What's happened at COP25 so far?
Pictured: The Welsh Assembly building in Cardiff Bay

'Prosperity for All': Wales unveils new short-term climate vision
Take a look through all of the month's most-read news stories and click the links in the descriptions below to read them for yourself

Election debates and net-zero campaigns: The top 10 sustainability stories of November 2019
Image: European Commission

Europe becomes first continent to declare a 'climate emergency'

MEPs voted to pass a resolution declaring a 'climate emergency' on Thursday evening (28 November), making the European Parliament the first body repre...
The thinktank is calling for new measures to reach net-zero at the current 2050 deadline without spiralling costs or harming UK competitiveness

Net-zero by 2025 'practically impossible' due to spiralling costs, report finds
The EIB recently pledged to cease funding for fossil fuel projects after 2021 

Europe's climate-related investments lagging, EIB warns