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Global temperatures have risen 1.2°C since 1850 — here's what's causing it, what the consequences are, and whether we can still avoid…
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Global temperatures have risen 1.2°C since 1850 — here's what's causing it, what the consequences are, and whether we can still avoid…
28 quotes from new UK leader Andy Burnham on climate, net-zero and fossil fuels. A politics report from Daily Junction.
Investigations into the voluntary carbon market found many offsets represented avoided emissions that were never real, and the market is…
Net zero is a statutory duty under the Climate Change Act, enforced through five-yearly carbon budgets, an independent Climate Change…
Field trials show heat pumps working in most UK housing, including older stock, but success depends on system design and radiator sizing…
The UK experienced its hottest June on record in 2026. Scientists explain why extreme weather is becoming more frequent — and what it means…
Reaching net zero is becoming a business necessity for UK SMEs. We set out a practical, no-jargon roadmap for measuring emissions, cutting…
The UK was the first major economy to legislate net zero by 2050. Six years into the decade of the 2020s, how much of the required change…
From record-breaking temperatures to shifting rainfall patterns and coastal erosion accelerating along vulnerable shorelines, the effects…
Despite record EV registrations, a stubborn mix of upfront costs, charging anxiety and infrastructure gaps continues to keep millions of…
The UK government has committed to a nuclear revival to underpin net zero, but Hinkley Point C is years late and billions over budget…
The UK's offshore wind capacity reached 16.8 GW in early 2026, cementing its position as global leader, but grid constraints, supply chain…
Once the perennial promise of physics — always fifty years away — nuclear fusion is finally looking like it might arrive on a rather…
Norway's Sleipner project has stored CO2 under the North Sea since 1996, and the UK backed carbon capture clusters with billions in funding…
The UK has legally binding net zero targets for 2050 and has missed almost every interim milestone. Targets without enforcement, funding…
Net zero means cutting greenhouse gas emissions as close to zero as possible and balancing the rest by removing an equal amount from the…
Britain legally committed to net zero emissions by 2050 in 2019, becoming the first major economy to do so. Five years on, progress is…
Carbon capture means trapping carbon dioxide before or after it would reach the atmosphere, then storing or using it. Here is how the main…
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