Greta Thunberg is arrested by police officers during a climate protest outside the Swedish parliament in Stockholm, Sweden, in March. Photograph: Michael Campanella/Getty Images
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The UK is in danger of being left behind in the global race to decarbonise the economy with potentially disastrous consequences for jobs and communities, according to the TUC’s general secretary.
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A rapid reduction in fossil fuels, essential to avoid devastating climate breakdown, would have minimal financial impact on the vast majority of people, new research has shown.
The climate crisis is leading to more turbulence during flights, driving up costs and increasing the risks for passengers and crew, according to new research.
The study found that warmer air, caused…
The Norwegian government is facing growing pressure to scale back its huge global fossil fuel expansion plans – including the development of a controversial new oilfield in the North Sea.
The mayor of London is being urged to make an 11th hour intervention and halt plans for a new four-lane road tunnel under the River Thames that opponents say would worsen pollution and exacerbate the…
When the business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, tweeted on the eve of the long jubilee weekend that the government was giving the go-ahead to a new oil and gas project in the North Sea, ministers…
Hundreds of teachers have pledged not to take their students to a new exhibition at the Science Museum in London until it cancels its sponsorship deal with a company linked to the coalminer Adani.
Stockholm institute calls for ‘bold science-based decision-making’ to tackle climate, social and economic crises
The world is at “boiling point” and humanity needs to redefine its relationship with…
Officials from fossil fuel firms may attend fringe events but campaigners hail lack of official role
Fossil fuel firms have been given no official role in the Cop26 climate summit, it can be…
Project in Seaham, County Durham, will use water from mine shafts to heat 1,500 new homes
Kevin Shaw remembers Seaham in its mining heyday, when the three pits in the town provided thousands of jobs…
City leaders publish ‘statement of principles’ putting climate action at centre of recovery plans.
Mayors from many of the world’s leading cities have warned there can be no return to “business as…
Members of PCS union say institution must cut ties with oil company amid climate crisis
Staff working at the British Museum in London have joined calls for its management to ditch its sponsorship…