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International: United Kingdom

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Carbon dioxide price surge 'could add £1.7bn to cost of UK groceries'

4 Oct 2022

The surging cost of carbon dioxide could add £1.7 billion to the cost of British groceries, according to new analysis. Research by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) suggests that the UK’s food and drink sector could end up footing the mammoth extra bill for liquid CO2 if gas prices remain high.

Milestones for carbon capture projects at sea and in Scotland’s gas sector

15 Sep 2022

A major new partnership has been struck in Asia to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) onboard ships, shortly after plans were unveiled for a major CCS trial at a gas-fired power plant in Scotland.

Energy crisis: the UK is still heading for widespread fuel poverty – despite the government’s price cap

14 Sep 2022

In October 2021, an estimated 4 million households in the UK were in fuel poverty. But the largest increase in gas and electricity prices ever in April 2022 has pushed a further 2.7 million UK households into fuel poverty, bringing the total number to 6.7 million.

What will King Charles's reign mean for climate action?

13 Sep 2022

As Britain's King Charles III begins his reign after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, environmental campaigners will be watching closely to see if he continues to advocate for climate action and is able to help drive change as monarch.

New U.K. Prime Minister brings worries about research funding and climate measures

7 Sep 2022

Liz Truss may not honour promises by outgoing leader Boris Johnson to make Britain a 'science superpower'

World’s largest wind farm begins full operation off the coast of Yorkshire

5 Sep 2022

The world’s largest completed wind farm, the 1.3GW Hornsea 2 project off the coast of Yorkshire, is now in full operation, according to its developer, the Danish energy giant Ørsted.

Here’s what you get if you ask airlines what they can do about the climate crisis

23 Aug 2022

Last year, the UK government’s own climate change advisers, the Climate Change Committee, said that demand for flying must fall if the UK is to meet its climate commitments.

The big firms snapping up Scottish carbon credits

23 Aug 2022

Weapons manufacturers, the oil giant Shell, and financial institutions which poured billions of pounds into fossil fuels are among firms buying Scottish carbon credits, prompting critics to claim the country is experiencing an era of “rampant carbon capitalism”.

Meet the pilot who quit flying because of the climate crisis

9 Aug 2022

Not many pilots climbing steadily up the ranks retire their wings in the name of environmental activism. But Todd Smith did just that at great expense. He spoke with DW about this life transition.

Tata Steel faces crunch-time, professor warns

8 Aug 2022

The UK's largest steelworks is facing "crunch time" over reducing carbon emissions, a professor has warned.

Twelve angry children: young jurors call adults to account for climate crisis in The Trials

5 Aug 2022

In 2019, the playwright Dawn King was booking flights to New York for a writing residency. It was the day of the UK’s first large-scale School Strikes for Climate, a movement launched by Greta Thunberg in Sweden. Checking her news feeds, King – who had meant to join the protests – realised she had clean forgotten. She winces at the memory.

Cycling surges 47% in England as fuel price hikes bite

4 Aug 2022

Compared to 2021, cycling levels in England rose by 47% on weekdays and 27% on weekends in the five months to the end of July, according to the latest statistics from the U.K.’s Department for Transport.

Britons would rather give up meat than pay more tax to tackle global warming, poll reveals

1 Aug 2022

More Britons would be willing to cut back on meat than pay extra in taxes to tackle climate change, a new poll has revealed.

UK targets 10GW by 2030 with “world-first” hydrogen subsidy scheme

25 Jul 2022

The UK government has officially opened the world’s first national low carbon subsidy scheme for hydrogen, which will target up to 1GW of clean hydrogen production by 2025 on the way to 10GW of low carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030.

UK's hottest day sparks culture war

21 Jul 2022

“Calm down, it’s just a sunny day.” That was the refrain from a small but powerful section of the British establishment this week, as temperatures in the U.K.—where summer highs rarely reach 30°C —topped 40°C for the first time in recorded history.

Legal setback for government over net zero plan as Britain swelters in heatwave

19 Jul 2022

Ministers failed to outline exactly how their net zero strategy will achieve emissions targets, a court ruled on Monday – dealing the government’s climate change credentials a serious blow on the day Britain sweltered under its first ever red extreme temperature alert.

A hypothetical weather forecast for 2050 is coming true next week

18 Jul 2022

Two years ago, forecasters in the UK conducted an interesting thought experiment: What will our forecasts look like in 2050?

Carbon tariff needed to tackle Britain’s energy and manufacturing crisis: report

13 Jul 2022

A new carbon tariff needs to be imposed on polluting foreign manufacturers that import goods into the UK, according to a report on the energy crisis released by the John Mills Institute for Prosperity.

Climate change forcing nature reserves to adapt, warns new report

7 Jul 2022

Projects to help wildlife adapt to habitats affected by climate change will become more commonplace, warned a new report.

Climate activists glue hands to Vincent van Gogh painting, other artworks in UK

4 Jul 2022

British climate activists have glued their hands to the frames of three valuable works of art — including one from Vincent van Gogh — in three separate incidents this week to protest the United Kingdom’s environmental policies.

The UK could comfortably cut energy use in half to meet climate targets. Here’s how.

30 Jun 2022

Dramatic yet feasible changes to industry, technology, and society could enable people in the UK to cut their energy use in half by 2050, according to a new study. And rather than feeling deprived by the effort to save energy, people would likely be better off in many ways, researchers say.

UK’s first ‘industrial scale’ carbon capture plant opens in Cheshire

29 Jun 2022

A carbon capture plant that has opened in Northwich is the largest such project in the UK. The £20 million facility will convert 40,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide into food and pharmaceutical grade sodium bicarbonate each year.

Key ways climate change is affecting UK dairy farming and agriculture

17 Jun 2022

Climate change and the public’s response to it is affecting almost every aspect of agriculture, but what does it mean for cattle farming? In this guide, Brushtec discusses a few ways global warming may directly impact the dairy industry, as well as a few tips for how to handle it.

How much can e-bikes reduce carbon emissions?

15 Jun 2022

E-bikes could take the place of enough car trips to cut transportation emissions in England by as much as 24.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, according to a new study. What’s more, the greatest per capita benefits of e-bikes—with the potential to shave more than 750 kilograms of carbon dioxide off a person’s annual carbon footprint—are seen in rural and exburban areas.

Alok Sharma in running to be UN’s global climate chief

9 Jun 2022

Alok Sharma, the UK cabinet minister who led last year’s Cop26 climate summit, is in the running to be the UN’s global climate chief, at a crucial time for international action on greenhouse gas emissions.

Climate breakdown threatens economic breakdown

31 May 2022

Climate breakdown impacts could cause damage to the UK equivalent to cutting the size of the economy by at least 7.4 percent by the end of this century, unless there are stronger reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions.

UK’s net zero target is under threat because there’s no plan to pay for it

25 May 2022

The UK government’s plan for achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is at a serious risk of sinking before it’s been fully launched. With the Treasury having rejected a request by MPs to come up with a “clear funding plan”, there’s now every chance that an already bad plan will turn into no plan at all.

Suicides indicate wave of ‘doomerism’ over escalating climate crisis

20 May 2022

It was a stunning, grisly act. A man, a climate activist and Buddhist, had set himself on fire on the steps of the US supreme court. He sat upright and didn’t immediately scream despite the agony. Police officers desperately plunged nearby orange traffic cones into the court’s marbled fountain and hurled water at him. It wasn’t enough to save him.

The simple act of spreading rock dust on farms is an overlooked but tantalizing climate solution

19 May 2022

The simple act of sprinkling rock dust—an abundant byproduct of mining—on farmland could capture 45% percent of the carbon dioxide required to help the UK meet its 2050 net-zero targets.

UK carbon tax on imports could stop firms from outsourcing CO2 emissions as nations tackle climate crisis

18 May 2022

The UK has moved a step closer to imposing a carbon tax on all imports to stop companies from outsourcing their CO2 emissions to foreign countries.

UK aviation industry misses all but one climate target: study

16 May 2022

The United Kingdom’s bid to decarbonize its aviation industry—a plan that depends largely on self-regulation—is being described as “implausible and credulous,” after a new report showed how little the industry has done to meet emission reduction targets set since 2000.

What comes after London’s congestion charge?

11 May 2022

When it was introduced in 2003, London’s congestion charge made history: The UK capital was the first major city after Singapore to introduce road pricing for vehicles entering the urban core.

UK wind and solar boom will bring energy surplus

9 May 2022

Britain will have excess electricity supplies for more than half of the year by 2030 as a huge expansion of wind and solar power transforms the energy system, a new analysis suggests.

Designers of cow face mask that neutralises emissions from belching win £50k Prince Charles prize

28 Apr 2022

A face mask for cows that neutralises the climate-heating gas methane in their belches has won a design award from Prince Charles and designer Sir Jony Ive.

Northern Ireland faces loss of 1 million sheep and cattle to meet climate targets

26 Apr 2022

Northern Ireland will need to lose more than 1 million sheep and cattle to meet its new legally binding climate emissions targets, according to an industry-commissioned analysis seen by the Guardian.

UK livestock only half way there on emissions

8 Apr 2022

UK’s livestock production can only get half way to its target for emissions reduction with the technology currently available to it.

Cameron’s decision to cut ‘green crap’ now costs each household in England £150 a year

22 Mar 2022

The decision by David Cameron’s government to ditch what he denounced as “green crap” policies will cost every household as much as £150 a year by the autumn, new analysis has shown.

UK ministers urged to promote e-bikes to tackle health and climate crises

14 Mar 2022

Ministers should consider subsidising e-bikes as they do electric cars, campaigners have urged, after a study found that mass use of such bikes could create more than £2bn in health benefits and cut a million tonnes of emissions annually.

Wales' first net carbon zero school and how it works

14 Mar 2022

At first glance it looks like any other new build primary, but South Point Primary in Rhoose is radically different to all other schools in Wales.

How London plans to make the entire city an Ultra Low Emissions Zone

8 Mar 2022

Three years ago, London was the first city to introduce an “Ultra Low Emissions Zone,” or ULEZ, which charged the most polluting vehicles a fee to enter—something the BBC called one of the most radical anti-pollution policies in the world at the time. The zone expanded last year. Now the government plans to expand it to cover the entire city.

Almost all climate-related corporate disclosures are inadequate: CDP

4 Mar 2022

Just 1% of companies who submit climate change-related data to nonprofit environmental disclosure platform CDP provide investors with the information they need to assess whether they have a credible plan for the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Low-carbon cement trial cuts CO2 emissions by 60%

4 Mar 2022

A UK Government-backed innovation and demonstration programme has successfully developed and trialled new low-carbon cements which have up to 60 per cent lower embodied CO2 emissions than Portland cement, the current market leader in the UK.

Church of England fossil fuel ties revealed

23 Feb 2022

Senior figures in charge of the Church of England’s investments have close current or past ties to high-carbon companies including Shell, Drax and BP, DeSmog can report.

Climate change activists block Hamburg port bridge

22 Feb 2022

"Uprising of the Last Generation" is protesting Germany's high level of food waste, among other issues. The group said they have taken to more drastic measures after years of marching the streets and signing petitions.

UK renewables auctions to be held annually in green energy push

11 Feb 2022

The UK government has re-stated its faith in green technologies with a decision that it says will create a steady stream of renewable energy projects.

North Sea oil and gas project gets green light just months after UK hosted COP26

4 Feb 2022

The UK government's fossil fuel industry regulator has approved a new oil and gas project in the North Sea, just months after the UK hosted the COP26 climate change summit.

20% of Brits eating less meat to fight climate change

1 Feb 2022

A survey, commissioned by environmental search engine Ecosia, has revealed new plant-based trends. Major takeaways include more than 20%of participants reducing meat intake in light of the climate crisis. It was revealed that 32% are willing to change their diets to help the environment.

Voluntary carbon audits scheme for Northern Irish farmers

22 Dec 2021

A new scheme to tackle carbon emissions in the dairy sector has been launched in Northern Ireland by agriculture and environment minister Edwin Poots.

Green finance groups slam HSBC's carbon exit plan

15 Dec 2021

British banking giant HSBC has published a plan to stop financing thermal coal activities but it is being criticised by environmentalists for not going far enough.

The millions of tonnes of carbon emissions that don't offically exist

10 Dec 2021

How a blind spot in the Kyoto Protocol helped create the biomass industry.

Australia
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Climate risk suburbs: The shocking truth about Aussie house prices

Today 10:30am

Australia’s property market is hurtling towards a climate reckoning, with billions of dollars in potential losses looming.

United States
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Al Gore on China’s climate rise: ‘I would not have seen this coming’

Today 10:30am

Twenty-five years ago, Al Gore was in the final stretch of his U.S. presidential campaign, just weeks away from an election that would ultimately slip through his fingers despite winning the popular vote.

China
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China aims to nearly double battery storage by 2027 in $35 billion plan

Tue 16 Sep 2025

China is looking to almost double its so-called new energy storage capacity to 180 gigawatts (GW) by 2027, according to an industry plan announced by authorities on Friday.

Europe
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One city’s race to ‘solarise everything we possibly can’

Today 10:30am

Bordeaux is quickly transforming itself into France’s top solar-powered city, banking on innovations like transparent panels that preserve its historic architecture.

Canada
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Carney government noncommittal about Canada meeting 2030 climate goals

9 Sep 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney would not say Monday whether Canada will meet its climate goals under the Paris agreement by 2030, as his government faces criticism over his emission-reduction plans.

Asia
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Tax rebalancing in Indian energy sector: Renewables cheaper, coal costlier

Fri 12 Sep 2025

Industry experts and developers have hail GST cuts on clean energy equipment, saying it will be a major enabler for India’s ambitious climate goals.

Pacific
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China, climate crisis and COP31: Five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum

Tue 16 Sep 2025

A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials.

Antarctic/Arctic
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Iconic Antarctic species at risk amid 'regime shift', with 'rapid and self-perpetuating changes'

22 Aug 2025

Scientists say there is emerging evidence of abrupt and potentially unstoppable changes in the Antarctic environment.

Africa
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South African environmental groups push to block Shell’s new wells – how world court opinion might help

Wed 17 Sep 2025

The International Court of Justice’s landmark advisory opinion on climate change has come in handy for South African communities that are trying to stop global oil company Shell from drilling for oil and gas off the coast.

South America
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Brazil implores businesses to attend COP30 climate summit, despite 'second thoughts' amid Trump backlash

5 Sep 2025

November's COP30 summit comes at a precarious time for climate action, as companies back away from environmental initiatives, and attacks on green energy by President Trump.

United Nations
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UN pushes countries for new climate targets this month

9 Sep 2025

The United Nations urged countries on Wednesday to set more ambitious climate plans during this month, seeking to pressure major economies including the EU and China ahead of this year's U.N. climate summit.

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