The global meat industry is “borrowing tactics from tobacco companies” to downplay its role in driving the climate crisis, according to a months-long investigation shared with
Eleven stories high in the heart of the City of London, there is a hidden haven for wildlife. Around 159 species of plants are flourishing on the rooftop of Nomura, a Japanese bank. By day, orchids,…
Exclusive: Survey of 600 offshore workers suggests expensive training costs could be stopping many from moving from fossil fuels into renewables
The UK’s transition away from fossil fuels to…
Three campaigners are taking government to High Court over its support for continued fossil fuel production
A trio of climate activists have launched a legal challenge against the government over…
Roadmap comes just months before UK hosts major global climate summit.
There is no place for new fossil fuel projects if the world is to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, according to a landmark…
Letter urges government to invest in ‘green hydrogen’ as it strives to meet net-zero emissions by 2050
The government’s strategy for developing hydrogen – a fuel that could one day play a major role…
Exclusive: Analysis reveals directors at three of the UK’s five largest banks have ties to the coal industry.
Campaigners have called for greater regulation of banks’ carbon-cutting measures as…
Exclusive: Government’s policy to end overseas fossil fuel projects is ‘rhetoric over substance’, says Labour
The UK’s pledge to end support for fossil fuels overseas is at risk of being undermined…
Exclusive: Melt of glaciers in the Himalayas and South America could threaten water supply of hundreds of millions of people, says leading glaciologist Prof Jemma Wadham
The rapid retreat of …
Exclusive: Shadow business secretary calls for the UK to ‘reckon’ with fossil fuels as The Independent launches campaign for greater action on climate.
The world’s recovery from Covid-19 must not be…
Exclusive: Research ‘adds to growing evidence about the co-benefits of responding to climate change and air pollution together’, a scientist tells The Independent.
Air pollution from Europe’s coal…
As a UN report highlights the role native communities can play in tackling deforestation, Daisy Dunne speaks to indigenous leaders from across Central and South America.
Indigenous leaders in Latin…
The Independent speaks to Prof Hayhoe as she is appointed chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest environmental organisations.
More effort must be made to represent…
Senior figures from across the world’s major economies have come together to condemn the US after it made its official exit from the Paris Agreement, a major international treaty aimed at delivering…
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