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Schools, pools, and hospitals will be supported to make energy efficient upgrades, and businesses with high energy use will receive funding to help cut bills and emissions.

• Updated: 15 May 2024

A lot of homeowners have questions about heat pumps and the technology involved. Industry experts answer some of the most common questions here.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

The Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund will provide 8,800 homes with free efficiency upgrades, saving households £400 a year on their energy bills on average.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

Changes to the government grant scheme for heat pumps will make them cheaper and easier for families to install.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Tobias Bule will support the Solomon Islands government to access and deliver global climate finance for the benefit of Solomon Islanders.

• Updated: 29 January 2024

Over £190 million will be made available to help industry in the transition to net zero, reducing emissions as they switch to cleaner, cheaper energy.

• Updated: 22 January 2024

Around a million homes will be made warmer and hundreds of business supported, as £6 billion is allocated to cut energy use and bills.

• Updated: 18 December 2023

Highlighting the International Partners Group’s contribution to South Africa’s Just Energy Transition in the areas prioritised in the 2021 Political Declaration.

• Updated: 12 December 2023

The International Partners Group remains committed to supporting South Africa to meet its ambitions for a Just Energy Transition.

• Updated: 30 November 2023

The MOD’s award-winning Net-Zero Carbon Accommodation Programme (NetCAP) has reached another key milestone by delivering the first NetCAP buildings on the UK Defence Training Estate (DTE) in Scotland.

• Updated: 24 November 2023

The CMA has published an open letter to electric vehicle chargepoint operators (CPOs) and motorway service area (MSA) site operators.

• Updated: 16 November 2023

Ashgabat hosted the National Youth Conference of Turkmenistan on Climate Change (LCOY) on November 3, 2023.

• Updated: 10 November 2023

Landmark legislation becomes law to ensure bills are affordable in the long-term.

• Updated: 26 October 2023

Mine water heat experts highlight the potential of mine water heat 6 months since the nation's first large-scale scheme in Gateshead started operating.

• Updated: 12 October 2023

An Environment Agency team in Barking and Dagenham are reducing their carbon emissions by swapping out their fossil-fuelled machinery for battery powered.

• Updated: 11 October 2023

Public sector organisations can now bid for a share of £230 million to help make low-carbon energy upgrades to their buildings.

• Updated: 10 October 2023

Thousands of new training places available for retrofitting, heat networks and heat pump installations.

• Updated: 21 September 2023

New electric workboats are set to be deployed along Thames as part of world’s largest network of zero emission workboats.

• Updated: 20 September 2023

Clean maritime measures to help decarbonise the UK's international shipping lanes, create new jobs and boost economic growth.

• Updated: 14 September 2023

John Hamilton and Sophie Daud gave a lecture on climate change to the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy 2023 cohort.

• Updated: 8 September 2023