Concern for climate change at highest level since records began
Climate change is the biggest issue of concern for the British public, a new poll has found, scoring higher than the pandemic, Brexit…
New report says burning and draining of peatland by grouse moor estates and others adding to climate disaster
Just 124 landowners own the majority of England’s deep peat – its single largest carbon…
Problem is causing £8bn a year in health damage but can be tackled cost-effectively, say scientists
Sixty per cent of the tiny particles polluting the air in the UK are from ammonia leaking from…
The UK is pledging £290m to help poorer countries cope with the impact of climate change, as the COP26 climate change summit enters its second week.
Government ministers from around the world are in…
India and the UK will launch a transnational and transcontinental grid project, the Green Grids Initiative-One Sun One World One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG or OSOWOG), at COP26 tomorrow.
The project aims to…
UK PM says climate crisis talks at G20 over weekend only ‘inched forward’
The Cop26 climate summit is at serious risk of failure because countries are still not promising enough to restrict global…
COP26 President Alok Sharma calls for immediate action and solidarity to ensure Glasgow delivers on the promise of Paris
Leaders addressed by young climate activists, indigenous peoples and…
The Prince of Wales will tell the COP26 summit that a "war-like footing" is needed to tackle the climate crisis.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the conference in Glasgow, Prince Charles is due…
It’s the phrase that will be on every world leader’s lips at the Cop26 summit – and it summarises the ambitious plan that will be central to efforts to limit the ravages of the climate crisis. So…
The world's poorest countries say they are worried about getting to the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow in November.
Twenty are on the UK's Covid red list - meaning hotel quarantine for arrivals.…
PM urges firms to reduce use of single-use plastics and dismisses recycling as ‘a red herring’
It is “touch and go” whether Britain will broker deals adequate enough to curb irreversible climate…
Like other rich nations, the UK is more talk than action on the climate crisis. Something needs to change in Glasgow
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, called the recent IPCC report on the…
Government says strategy would create 440,000 jobs, but Treasury warns taxes may need to rise to fund changes.
The UK government’s long-awaited strategy for reaching net zero emissions falls short…
Recent queues at petrol stations across the UK point to significant issues with fuel supply chains in the wake of Brexit. But a lack of fuel where it is needed has been causing problems in the UK for…
Protesters are calling on government to stop Cambo oil field going ahead.
Climate activists have disrupted traffic near Downing Street to protest against plans for a new oil field in Scotland.…
Joe Biden’s envoy offers downbeat assessment ahead of crucial summit in UK
US climate envoy John Kerry has conceded that the Cop26 summit will likely will end without nations agreeing to the carbon…
Ambition set out in run-up to crucial COP26 summit in November
All electricity in the UK should be produced from clean sources by 2035, prime minister Boris Johnson has announced.
Data highlights urgent need for government action to introduce low-carbon heat pumps, researchers say
The millions of gas boilers in the UK’s homes produce twice as much climate-heating carbon…
Exclusive: Shadow business secretary warns world is ‘miles off’ where it needs to be ahead of Cop26
The UK government is “culpable” for the world’s failure to get on track to meet its climate goals…