Huge plumes of the warming gas methane have been mapped globally for the first time from oil and gas fields using satellites. Plugging methane leaks from oil and gas fields could be an easy win in curbing climate change.

Ministers of the Legislative Assembly in Northern Ireland have voted to amend the nation’s Climate Change Bill to include a legally binding net-zero target for 2050 - but the Agriculture Minister has suggested he will push for an exemption.

Britain’s National Grid ESO has for the first time awarded a contract to an offshore wind farm to help keep voltage levels in the power network stable.

An analysis of 25 corporates’ net-zero commitments has found that they cover, on average, just 40% of annual greenhouse gas emissions, with the likes of Unilever, Nestle and BMW Group named among the worst offenders. Worryingly, just eight of the 25 firms provided the researchers with information on how they plan to address Scope 3 (indirect) emissions, which accounted for 87% of the total climate footprint of each company on average. 

Shareholders in Costco Wholesale Corporation have voted – against the board’s wishes – in favor of a proposal urging the retail company to set science based targets (SBTis) for reaching net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions - from its full value chain.

Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley received a boost in their green credentials from MSCI, even after providing $74 billion to polluting companies. That is because rather than measuring the total sums loaned to high polluters, MSCI analysts focused on how much those loans accounted for in a bank’s lending portfolio.

Pensions and insurance giant Scottish Widows has bolstered its 2050 net-zero target with a new climate action plan, published ahead of the UK Government’s requirement for all financial firms to disclose how they are approaching the transition.