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International: United Kingdom

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Scotland passes climate change legislation

7 Nov 2024

Scotland has officially scrapped annual climate targets as well as its 2030 and 2040 interim targets, but is still aiming to reach net-zero by 2045.

COP29: What is the ‘new collective quantified goal’ on climate finance?

6 Nov 2024

As nations assemble at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, one issue is expected to dominate the summit: climate finance.

UK’s next Paris pledge should commit to ‘81% emissions cut by 2035’: govt advisors

29 Oct 2024

The UK should make an international pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions to 81% below 1990 levels by 2035, according to the government’s advisory Climate Change Committee.

Cities face ‘severe degradation’ without meaningful climate action, warn experts

23 Oct 2024

Cities that fail to take meaningful climate action face a future of severe degradation with infrastructure collapse and environmental deterioration, climate and health experts warn.

Will carbon capture help the UK tackle climate change?

8 Oct 2024

There is a lot of rousing rhetoric today about carbon capture, following the government’s pledge of £21.7bn of public funds over the next 25 years to help kick-start the industry in the UK.

Climate scientists call on UK govt to pause £1bn plans for carbon capture

3 Oct 2024

Leading climate scientists are urging the government to pause plans for a billion pound investment in “green technologies” they say are unproven and would make it harder for the UK to reach its net zero targets.

UK's last coal-fired power station set to close

30 Sep 2024

The closure of the UK's last coal-fired power station has been described by officials as a "tremendously important milestone" in energy production.

Surprise benefit of London's fines for high-polluting cars: More active kids

23 Sep 2024

Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.

Climate a more fundamental threat than terror: UK foreign secretary

19 Sep 2024

The United Kingdom's foreign secretary has said climate change is a more urgent threat than terrorism or Putin.

High Court rejects the UK’s first new coal mine in 30 years

18 Sep 2024

A judge on Friday rejected plans for the United Kingdom’s first new coal mine in three decades, delivering a victory for climate groups who challenged the project’s claim it would have zero impact on global emissions.

How farms are using 'magic dust' to capture carbon

16 Sep 2024

Scottish farmers are using crushed basalt to both capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and to help crops grow.

UK farming's 'net zero' climate target in doubt

12 Sep 2024

Ambitious plans to make farming ‘net zero’ by 2040 - 10 years ahead of the UK’s legally-binding national target – may not be achieved, the National Farmers' Union (NFU) has told the BBC.

UK’s methane hotspots include landfills and last coalmine

5 Sep 2024

Greenpeace urges UK’s Labour to ‘fulfil international obligations’ as critics question accuracy of official data.

Renewable energy auction secures enough power for 11m UK homes

4 Sep 2024

Great Britain’s renewable energy auction has secured enough new clean electricity projects to power 11m UK homes after the Labour government made record funding available to suppliers.

Green groups call on UK govt to stop subsidies for biomass plant

2 Sep 2024

More than 40 groups are calling on the government to scrap plans to pay billions in subsidies to the Drax biomass power plant, which was recently revealed as the country's worst carbon emitter.

UK could approve 13 new oil and gas projects despite North Sea pledge

13 Aug 2024

The UK government could approve 13 new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, with the fuel produced emitting 350m tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) if burned.

How a livestock industry lobbying campaign is turning Europe against lab-grown meat

2 Aug 2024

Last month the UK became the first country in Europe to approve the sale of meat grown in a laboratory, giving the green light to a pet food made of cell-cultivated chicken.

UK’s Labour will honour pledge of £11.6bn in overseas climate aid

30 Jul 2024

Labour will honour a pledge of £11.6bn in overseas aid for the climate crisis, the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, told an unusual meeting of COP presidents past and present.

Landmark lawsuit challenges Britain’s climate change adaptation plan

26 Jul 2024

In a landmark climate case, Friends of the Earth and two people whose lives have been severely affected by the changing climate are suing the government of the United Kingdom over its failure to safeguard people, property and infrastructure against foreseeable effects of the climate crisis.

UK first European country to approve lab-grown meat, starting with pet food

22 Jul 2024

Lab-grown pet food is to hit UK shelves as Britain becomes the first country in Europe to approve cultivated meat.

UK supermarkets to trial methane-reducing feed supplement for dairy cows

19 Jul 2024

UK supermarket chain Tesco has announced it will trial a methane-reducing feed supplement for dairy cows as part of an initiative to cut its carbon footprint.

From green energy to rivers, environment at heart of nine plans in King’s speech

19 Jul 2024

The UK's new Labour government recognises the ‘urgency of climate challenge’ but also presents measures as way to also cut the cost of living.

Preparing London for climate impacts is ‘non-negotiable,’ landmark review warns

18 Jul 2024

The government has been warned that preparing London for climate change is “non-negotiable” as a landmark review of the capital’s climate resilience is published.

New UK govt lifts ‘absurd’ ban on onshore windfarms

10 Jul 2024

The de facto ban on new onshore windfarms has been dropped by the Labour government, to the delight of environmentalists and energy experts.

‘Our work is urgent’: Will the UK’s new Labour government prioritise the climate crisis?

8 Jul 2024

Campaigners and experts say support for environmental policies in the UK general election means Labour must now make climate action a top priority.

The Guardian view on Britain’s green future: where was the debate?

5 Jul 2024

OPINION: The climate emergency should have been a more prominent theme during an underwhelming election campaign.

Key oil project must count full climate impact - court

24 Jun 2024

The Supreme Court has ruled a local council should have considered the full climate impact of burning oil from new wells - a landmark decision which could put future UK oil and gas projects in question.

The Tory network of climate denial and fossil fuel funding

14 Jun 2024

DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government in the UK, as well as with the media and influential think tanks.

UK climate aid reaches record £1.8bn in 2023 after loosening rules

10 Jun 2024

The UK government’s spending on climate aid reached its highest-ever level last year, with more than £1.8bn channelled into projects aimed at cutting emissions.

UK won’t cook the books to hit its climate goals

23 May 2024

Announcement on next carbon budget comes after weeks of speculation the government would try and find more ‘headroom.’

BP and Shell ‘shaped’ UK carbon tax proposals, private emails show

13 May 2024

Internal documents expose how oil and gas majors were given the chance to influence a report by the Policy Exchange think tank.

UK's new climate action plan unlawful due to delivery risk

6 May 2024

Britain's latest climate action plan is unlawful because ministers were not told of the risk that key policies could not be delivered, London's High Court ruled.

Liz Truss book calls for climate laws to be abolished and boasts of effort to cancel UK COP summit

23 Apr 2024

The former UK prime minister attacks flagship climate deals and makes false claims about electric vehicles, Russia’s influence on energy policies, and net zero.

Food security threatened by extreme flooding, farmers warn

16 Apr 2024

The flooding and extreme weather linked to climate change will undermine UK food production unless farmers get more help, according to the National Farmers Union.

UK Government faces High Court challenge over ‘inadequate’ climate protection plans

16 Apr 2024

The case has been brought by an activist who lost his house to coastal erosion, a disability campaigner and Friends of the Earth.

UK emissions in 2023 fell to lowest level since 1879

13 Mar 2024

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7% in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to new Carbon Brief analysis.

Rewilding Ireland: ‘Undoing the damage’ from a history of deforestation

4 Mar 2024

Eoghan Daltun has spent the past 14 years successfully rewilding 29 hectares (73 acres) of farmland on the Beara Peninsula in southwestern Ireland.

UK quits treaty that lets oil firms sue government

26 Feb 2024

The UK has withdrawn from an international treaty that lets fossil-fuel companies sue governments pursuing climate policies for billions in compensation for lost profits.

Rishi Sunak hits back at criticism of fleeting COP28 visit

5 Dec 2023

UK prime minister rejects suggestion half-day stay shows lack of ‘seriousness.’ Rishi Sunak defended his decision to only attend COP28 for a half a day, saying it would be wrong to “measure our impact here by hours spent.”

Green growth or degrowth: what is the right way to tackle climate change?

27 Nov 2023

Nearly all the world’s governments and vast numbers of its people are convinced that addressing human-induced climate change is essential if healthy societies are to survive.

UK manufacturers call for EU-aligned carbon border tax

14 Nov 2023

A new poll of UK businesses has found that almost three-quarters would support the introduction of a carbon border adjustment mechanism that mirrors the one coming into force across Europe.

UK watering down net zero policies 'will lead to rising deaths from global heating'

10 Nov 2023

The ‘watering down’ of net zero policies ‘will ensure that the number of deaths due to the impact of global heating on the UK population will keep on rising’, says climate scientist Bill McGuire.

Greta Thunberg at protest demanding oil chiefs pull their money out of politics

18 Oct 2023

Arrests have been made as protesters disrupted a conference at the InterContinental Hotel in central London where oil company CEOs are meeting.

Emissions from UK residents and businesses rose by 2% in 2022, figures suggest

11 Oct 2023

Residence-based emissions stood at 512 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022 , according to Office for National Statistics provisional data.

Attacks on net zero at UK Conservative Party conference alarm green-leaning MPs

9 Oct 2023

Green credentials used to be considered a vote-winner but rhetoric around net zero has changed.

UK industry risks falling foul of EU’s new carbon tax

4 Oct 2023

British businesses selling into the European Union are unprepared for the bloc’s new carbon tax and run the risk of penalties if they are not compliant, a leading advisory firm has warned.

Shell CEO under pressure from within on renewables shift

29 Sep 2023

Shell's CEO Wael Sawan has come under pressure over his strategy from within the energy company after two employees issued a rare open letter urging him not to scale back investments in renewable energy, sparking an internal debate.

UK greenlights North Sea oil and gas field amid climate scrutiny

28 Sep 2023

The UK has given the green-light to Rosebank, the country’s biggest untapped oil field, amid increasing scrutiny of the country’s climate credentials.

British Prime Minister likely to face legal challenges over net zero U-turn

25 Sep 2023

Rishi Sunak is likely to face a series of legal challenges aimed at thwarting his plans to U-turn on net zero policies amid further international condemnation of the proposals.

UK launches climate change programme targeting over 4 million Nigerians

8 Aug 2023

The United Kingdom has announced the launch of its programme, Propcom+, supporting climate and growth by addressing environmental, social, and economic challenges in Nigeria’s food and land-use system.

Australia
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Labor accused of ‘gaslighting’ Australians on climate crisis as fossil fuel projects keep getting approved

9 Jun 2025

‘They offer sympathy and then just go and approve massive fossil fuel projects anyway,’ one advocate says.

United States
More United States >

EPA to propose rolling back climate rule for power plants Wednesday

Thu 12 Jun 2025

It marks an escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to purge climate initiatives from the federal government.

China
More China >

China's approvals of coal power plants grow after 2024 decline

Wed 11 Jun 2025

China approved 11.29 gigawatts of new coal power plants in the first three months of 2025, already exceeding the 10.34 GW approved in the first half of 2024.

Europe
More Europe >

Ocean current ‘collapse’ could trigger ‘profound cooling’ in northern Europe – even with global warming

Fri 13 Jun 2025

A “collapse” of key Atlantic ocean currents would cause winter temperatures to plunge across northern Europe, overriding the warming driven by human activity.

Canada
More Canada >

'This is classic climate change': Canada's Saskatchewan faces worst wildfire season in decades

4 Jun 2025

There have been 207 wildfires this year as of Friday – 40 more than in the same period last year.

Asia
More Asia >

Carbon capture projects promise a climate fix – and a fossil fuel lifeline

Wed 11 Jun 2025

Governments across Southeast Asia are looking at carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) as a way to meet climate targets.

Pacific
More Pacific >

Vanuatu criticises Australia for extending gas project while making COP31 bid

4 Jun 2025

Vanuatu’s climate minister has expressed disappointment over Australia’s decision to extend one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas projects and said it raises questions over its bid to co-host the COP31 summit with Pacific nations.

Antarctic/Arctic
More Antarctic/Arctic >

I just returned from Antarctica: climate change isn’t some far-off problem – it’s here and hitting hard

13 May 2025

Antarctica is often viewed as the last truly remote place on Earth – frozen, wild and untouched. But is it really as untouched as it seems?

Africa
More Africa >

Death toll from Nigeria flash floods rises to 151

3 Jun 2025

At least 151 people in central Nigeria are now known to have died following flash floods that destroyed homes and displaced thousands of residents earlier this week.

South America
More South America >

Pará’s Amazon forest carbon deal in doubt as prosecutors move to block it

Fri 13 Jun 2025

The Brazilian state’s contract with foreign governments and companies has run into trouble over concerns it was premature and agreed without consulting Indigenous communities.

United Nations
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UN University report warns against carbon credits from REDD, tree planting, and improved forest management

Fri 13 Jun 2025

But the report stops short of recommending banning the trade in carbon temporarily stored in trees.

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