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Survey shows food waste generated has risen from £111 to £148 per restaurant per week. Food waste generated by UK restaurants dishing up takeaways during the lockdown has risen as a result of…

From prominent international economists to an (almost as prominent?) Canadian think tank, there’s a widening consensus that green investment in projects that are “shovel-worthy” as well as “shovel-…

Vattenfall Heat UK has secured the right to capture heat from Cory Riverside Energy’s energy from waste facility at Belvedere, developing a heat network that could supply local households. The new…

Climate advisers call for work and training in low-carbon heating, water efficiency and flood-protection Restarting the economy and getting people back to work after the coronavirus lockdown should…

FT estimate has been updated to reflect latest mortality trends. The coronavirus pandemic has already caused as many as 41,000 deaths in the UK, according to a Financial Times analysis of the latest…

Although many of us have seen a marked change in the weather today the provisional early statistics show that for the UK as a whole it has been the sunniest April on record (figures dating back to…

Air pollution from traffic has dropped but particles also come from gas heating and agriculture. News reports have focused on reductions in air pollution from traffic during the lockdown, but…

The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air. Microsoft drew widespread praise in January this year…

With only one in 400 cups recycled, and even those barely ‘green’, the hunt is on for an alternative. Britain gets through 2.5 billion of them every year, and the number is set to increase. But…

This year is on course to be the world’s hottest since measurements began, according to meteorologists, who estimate there is a 50% to 75% chance that 2020 will break the record set four years ago.…

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has announced plans to amend its advisory reports and offer advice to ministers on building a climate resilient coronavirus recovery in line with the UK’s 2050…

Major new project aims to help ready UK gas grid for hydrogen and biogas switchover The UK's gas network operators have set themselves the ambitious target of delivering the world's first zero…

Green groups come together to warn that welcome financial support from government is failing to go far enough A group of leading UK nature, science and conservation organisations have today warned…

As climate- and ecological-monitoring projects go dark, data that stretch back for decades will soon contain coronavirus-associated gaps. Twice per year, Ed Dever’s group at Oregon State University…

The European Commission “took note” of the UK’s announcement to postpone this year’s UN climate summit but stressed its “strong commitment” to the global climate agenda, as nations grapple with the…

New study finds ocean ecosystems likely to collapse in 2020s and land species in 2040s unless global warming stemmed. Wildlife species will die out and natural ecosystems collapse in the near future…

COP26 delay offers UK more time to wield diplomatic muscle to push for global ambition, says Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne The government has been urged by MPs to ensure climate…

In the face of the coronavirus outbreak, most people agree it was the right decision last night to postpone the COP26 climate summit until 2021. But what will the delay mean for the biggest moment in…

Fall in energy use combined with bright, breezy weather leads to lowest electricity prices in 10 years Thousands of British homes will be paid to use electricity during the day for the first time,…

Crucial UN conference will be delayed until next year as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The UN climate talks due to be held in Glasgow later this year have been postponed as governments around…