Why ‘the UK’s biggest carbon emitter’ receives billions in green subsidies
Wood pellets from overseas; dubious net zero credentials; takes a long time to regrow biomass (date: 11/09/2024)
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Rich countries silencing climate protest while preaching about rights elsewhere, says study
Report says governments in global north increasingly using draconian measures while criticising similar tactics in global south (date: 10/09/2024)
University funding from fossil fuels slowing switch to green energy – report
(date: 05/09/2024)
Dear ministers, I’m a climate crisis campaigner: nationalise me right now | George Monbiot
Why have politicians outsourced the most important issue of our time to private agencies and individuals? We can’t do it all, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot (date: 29/08/2024)
The world is getting hotter. Could helping England’s trees migrate northwards protect them?
As the UK climate changes, many species are marching towards cooler climes â but trees are being outpaced. Some ecologists say assisted movement is the answer (date: 19/08/2024)
‘The land is becoming desert’: drought pushes Sicily’s farming heritage to the brink
While tourists flock to the Italian island in greater numbers, a water crisis is intensifying for its rural population (date: 19/08/2024)
China adds new clean power equivalent to UK’s entire electricity output
Data shows continued surge in wind and solar power amid hopes Chinese greenhouse gas emissions may have peaked (date: 16/08/2024)
How does today’s extreme heat compare with Earth’s past climate?
Viewed through a long enough lens, our climate can seem unremarkable â but for humans it is unprecedented (date: 15/08/2024)
‘Two-tier justice’ in Britain is real – but it’s not what the right says it is | George Monbiot
Compare the riotersâ prison sentences with those of Just Stop Oil. How can our justice system claim to be blind, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot (date: 14/08/2024)
Wildlife boosted by England’s nature-friendly farming schemes, study finds
Areas where farmers provide good habitats show notable increase in butterflies, bees, bats and breeding birds (date: 09/08/2024)
Ocado starts trial selling everyday products in refillable packaging
(date: 08/08/2024)
Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion
The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges (date: 25/07/2024)
Water temperatures near UK last year were hottest on record, say scientists
State of the Climate report shows sea surface temperatures 0.9C higher than the 1961 to 1990 average (date: 25/07/2024)
Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined
Statistics raise concerns that rise in demand for data processing driven by AI could derail climate targets (date: 23/07/2024)
Progress in reducing emissions 2024 Report to Parliament - Climate Change Committee
This report was laid before Parliament on 18 July 2024: "The UK has a successful track record of emissions reductions, having met all its targets so far. Territorial emissions have now fallen by over half. We should celebrate this, and the Committee applauds the efforts of successive governments to achieve it. However last year, despite some progress, the previous Government signalled a slowing of pace and reversed or delayed key policies. The new Government will have to act fast to hit the country’s commitments." (date: 23/07/2024)
Large-scale and intense wildfires carrying smoke across northern hemisphere
(date: 23/07/2024)
‘It is devastating’: unprecedented floods in US strain small businesses
As the climate crisis causes heavier and more frequent floods across the US, one in four small businesses are one disaster away from shutting down…. First Street, a climate risk data non-profit, projects the US commercial sector stands to lose $16.9bn in damages over the next 30 years due to flooding. (date: 19/07/2024)
China building twice as much wind and solar power as rest of world – report
(date: 11/07/2024)
Climate expert Chris Stark appointed to lead UK clean energy taskforce
(date: 09/07/2024)
Devastation as world’s biggest wetland burns: ‘those that cannot run don’t stand a chance’
(date: 09/07/2024)
Florida: tree cactus becomes first local species killed off by sea-level rise
(date: 09/07/2024)
Hurricane Beryl supercharged by ‘crazy’ ocean temperatures, experts say
(date: 09/07/2024)
Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows
Copernicus Climate Change Service says results a ‘large and continuing shift’ in the climate (date: 08/07/2024)
(date: 03/07/2024)
Google’s emissions climb nearly 50% in five years due to AI energy demand
Tech giantâs goal of reducing climate footprint at risk as it grows increasingly reliant on energy-hungry data centres (date: 03/07/2024)
Biden attacks Republican climate deniers as he unveils extreme-heat rules
President hails proposal to protect millions of Americans from extreme heat – the top weather-related US killer (date: 03/07/2024)
Four dead as5 Hurricane Beryl wreaks havoc across Caribbean
(date: 03/07/2024)
AI drive brings Microsoft’s ‘green moonshot’ down to earth in west London
Tech firmâs bid to remove more CO2 than it produces is being tested as AI spawns new energy-hungry datacentres (date: 29/06/2024)
A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current projections. (date: 25/06/2024)
‘Time is life’: the Delhi clinic treating the city’s heat stroke victims
Ice water baths needed to save lives. (date: 24/06/2024)
Athletes warn ‘hottest Games on record’ could threaten lives at Paris Olympics
Leading sporting figures warn that intense heat forecast could lead to competitors collapsing (date: 18/06/2024)
Southern Florida sees record-breaking storms with up to 8in of rainfall
Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa Bay experienced one-in-a-millennium record rainfall and flash flooding (date: 12/06/2024)
Acropolis closed during hottest hours in Greece’s earliest heatwave on record
Temperatures expected to reach 43C in Athens and across country, prompting school closures and health warnings (date: 12/06/2024)
Our 2024 General Election Manifesto
Real hope.Real change. Millions of people in our country are feeling insecure and deeply worried about the future. We live in one of the richest countries on the planet, yet nurses are using food banks, our children’s schools are crumbling, a roof over our heads is all too often unaffordable, and hospital and dentist appointments […] (date: 12/06/2024)
Trump vows to ‘drill, baby, drill’ despite rally attendees wilting in extreme heat
Supporters hospitalized following rallies in Las Vegas and Phoenix, where temperatures have broken records (date: 10/06/2024)
Commonwealth health ministries under pressure amid rise in climate-related illnesses
Heat stress and increase in insect-borne diseases particularly acute in smaller states, warns secretary general Lady Scotland (date: 07/06/2024)
Dangerous heatwave hits US from Texas to California with grim records expected
Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer (date: 06/06/2024)
How Shetland data is helping to gauge El Niño’s effect on thunderstorms
Historical records may prove link between climate fluctuation in Pacific and atmospheric electric field over 5,000 miles away (date: 06/06/2024)
It was all eco: Coldplay beats emissions target for world tour – via kinetic dancefloors and trains
Band announces their carbon footprint after two years of touring is 59% lower than what was generated on their previous tour, thanks to some creative solutions (date: 04/06/2024)
World will miss target of tripling renewable electricity generation by 2030 – IEA
(date: 04/06/2024)
May and spring were warmest on record in UK, Met Office says
Season’s high temperatures come despite wettest spring since 1986 and the sixth wettest on record (date: 03/06/2024)
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found (date: 17/05/2024)
The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township
(date: 15/05/2024)
House Democrats launch investigation into Trump’s alleged offers to oil executives
(date: 15/05/2024)
UK is failing to put climate crisis at centre of national security measures, MPs told
(date: 15/05/2024)
‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find
(date: 15/05/2024)
Fossil fuel firms forcing countries to compensate them, Mary Robinson says
(date: 14/05/2024)
‘Magical thinking’: hopes for sustainable jet fuel not realistic, report finds
Greenwash sadly (date: 14/05/2024)
Britain’s climate action plan unlawful, high court rules
Environmental campaign groups took joint action against decision to approve carbon budget delivery plan (date: 04/05/2024)
‘On every roof something is possible’: how sponge cities could change the way we handle rain
Amsterdam is home to 45,000 sq metres of “blue-green” roofs, which absorb rainwater and allow it to be used by building residents to water plants and flush toilets. Great adaptation measure. Need to consider weight of water layer in retrofit of old buildings. Also automatic systems to release water before storm arrives. (date: 02/05/2024)
‘Water everywhere’: Shropshire farmers race to salvage harvest after record rain
(date: 29/04/2024)
Weather tracker: heavy rainfall causes flooding and death in east Africa
(date: 26/04/2024)
Wave of exceptionally hot weather scorches south and south-east Asia
(date: 26/04/2024)
‘I felt this was an abuse of power’: Trudi Warner’s climate fight with the UK government
Trudi Warner on a year being pursued by government lawyers determined to prosecute her over a jurorsâ rights protest (date: 23/04/2024)
Net zero has become unhelpful slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog
(date: 22/04/2024)
(date: 21/04/2024)
Sunak has ‘set Britain back’ on net zero, says UK’s climate adviser
(date: 21/04/2024)
The El Niño has ended. Will Australia get a La Niña next – and what weather could that bring?
Our climate is influenced not just by Pacific weather patterns but by the Indian and Southern oceans, as well as global heating trends (date: 21/04/2024)
Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
(date: 18/04/2024)
Goodbye cod, hello herring: why putting a different fish on your dish will help the planet
In the first of a new series, we look at why people reject so much of the bountiful catches from our seas in favour of the same few species, mostly imported – and how to change that (date: 18/04/2024)
Don’t blame cloud seeding for the Dubai floods
Readiness to believe this is interesting. Useful note on cloud seeding programmes and effectiveness (ie only limited + won’t produces big events). Otherwise this was extreme = 1 year rain in a single event. (date: 18/04/2024)
Climate at a Glance | Global Time Series | National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)
Graph of global annual temp, with ranks (date: 16/04/2024)
Guest post: Climate adaptation becomes less effective as the world warms - Carbon Brief
"...This “adaptation gap” – the difference between what is needed to reduce impacts and what has been implemented – is growing, despite increasing adaptation efforts across all world regions..." (date: 11/04/2024)
Biden races to commit billions to climate action as election looms
(date: 11/04/2024)
Marine researcher âdevastatedâ by widespread event that is affecting coral species usually resistant to bleaching (date: 11/04/2024)
Farmers warn ‘crisis is building’ as record rainfall drastically reduces UK food production
(date: 10/04/2024)
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