Geoffrey Supran, a climate researcher at Harvard University, said the UK government had its priorities “completely backwards” if the meetings could be seen as a proxy for where ministers were focusing attention.

Oil & Gas UK and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy have been taking the CCC's advice "out of context" when discussing new North Sea projects, say campaigners.

A climate campaigner said Morgan’s new roles at the bank would be “hypocritical and selfish” unless she pushes Santander to completely phase out its funding of fossil fuels.

Analysis published in scientific journal Nature has found that global oil and gas production has to peak immediately and fall by 3% each year until mid-century.

May has called on fellow Conservatives to unite behind the government’s climate plans amid backbench opposition - but her own record is mixed.

Campaigners are urging ministers to "keep the coal in the ground" as an inquiry into the Whitehaven mine begins.

The authors highlight the disproportionate impact of climate change on low-income countries, and urge richer nations to take the lead in cutting emissions.

Under Trump, pension managers couldn’t consider climate change in their investment decisions. A new executive order by Biden could change that.

A lobbying group representing large fracking companies is pressing Democrats to keep in place billions of dollars of subsidies that drillers receive.

DLA Piper, whose clients have included Shell, ExxonMobil, and BP, will provide legal services to the UN climate change summit.