Keir Starmer ratcheted up the UK’s climate ambitions, announcing a new greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2035 that keeps Britain at the forefront of the battle against global warming. The UK will now aim to cut emissions 81% from 1990 levels ...

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he wants the UK to assume a “global leadership” role in fighting climate change, even as the election of Donald Trump to a second US presidential term threatens to hold back global action.

Beneath the brave words at the president-elect’s victory were real worries that action will stall without the United States.

The only way we protect future generations is by working with other countries to deliver climate action,’ Ed Miliband warned