Lack of high quality investment projects could impede drive towards carbon neutrality, while coal-dependent countries are ‘in denial’ over scale of transition, and the commission is accused of ‘creative accounting’ in drawing up the budget

Seven EU countries given go-ahead to pool national resources in research project that aims to enable Europe to manufacture its own batteries, instead of relying on imports

‘Grand Challenge Energy’ shows timid effort by Poland to get with the times and increase clean energy investment, as EU gears up for Green Deal ‘paradigm shift’

It leads on clean energy initiatives, but the country’s awkward relationship with hydrocarbons means it has failed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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Investment, training, regulation and more are needed to get new climate solutions into use fast, experts say

Dag-Inge Ulstein, Norway’s minister for international development, says there will be more support for renewable projects, as he urges other donors not to reduce overseas aid

A host of climate change candidates have ensured Brexit, populism and migration did not monopolise the agenda