Carbon News - Intelligence for the carbon market

United Kingdom

Scotland passes climate change legislation

7 Nov 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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...

How farms are using 'magic dust' to capture carbon

16 Sep 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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...


More in the United Kingdom Archive

Login







RSS Feeds

Carbon News RSS Feed
Click to get an RSS feed for the latest stories from all sections of the site.

Note: here is an alternate version with dates in GMT format. Carbon News RSS Feed (GMT format)
United Kingdom RSS Feed (GMT version)
Click to get an RSS feed of stories this section only.
Your IP address: 34.239.153.44