Revealed: how Europe’s most powerful farming lobby killed EU’s pesticide law
Exclusive: High-level documents show how Copa Cogeca worked to weaken legislation to protect climate and wildlife (date: 16/07/2026)
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Burnham too influenced by ‘vested interests’ to offer change, Polanski says
Exclusive: Green party launches pushback against idea that next PM will have more left-leaning agenda than Starmer (date: 16/07/2026)
Britons urged to take ‘small steps’ to prepare for potential national crises
Government to launch campaign to help people cope with events such as weather emergencies or cyber-attacks (date: 14/07/2026)
Around the world, climate-sceptic parties are exploiting floods and fires to make political capital. Without urgent changes, this deadly spiral will continue, says Laurie Laybourn, executive director of the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (date: 14/07/2026)
Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis
Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating (date: 14/07/2026)
Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris
Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of ‘exceptional scale’, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hit (date: 13/07/2026)
Wildfires burn in Wales and England as environment officials warn of ‘exceptional risk’
Major incidents declared in north Wales and Derbyshire, with firefighters also called out to two large fires in London (date: 13/07/2026)
May and June heatwaves killed about 2,700 people in England and Wales, data suggests
Extreme heat led to 440 deaths a day during June peak, say scientists, with climate crisis ramping up temperatures (date: 13/07/2026)
‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms
Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstroke (date: 11/07/2026)
Remembering summer 1976: how the historic heatwave has become our new normal
Half a century on, Britain braces for temperatures up to 40C as global heating brings yet more extreme weather (date: 09/07/2026)
Great Britain’s grid operator issues fresh warning over power supplies in heatwave
Neso asks for extra supplies from electricity generators to cope with added demand on Thursday night (date: 09/07/2026)
UK swelters in third heatwave of the year as western Europe counts cost of hottest-ever June
Britain expands heat alerts while estimates suggest June’s death toll could surpass 20,000 across continent (date: 09/07/2026)
Western Europe records hottest-ever June as heatwaves intensify
Temperatures across ravaged region 3C above average as scientists warn of risks for people, ecosystems and infrastructure (date: 09/07/2026)
The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot
There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot (date: 09/07/2026)
Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution
Large-scale datacentre projects around the world are being challenged or cancelled, as infrastructure’s energy demands ramp up (date: 07/07/2026)
Exceeding 1.5 °C of global warming above pre-industrial levels has become a distinct possibility, yet the consequences of such an overshoot for mountain glaciers and their contribution to raising sea levels and impacting water availability are not well understood. Here we show that exceeding and then returning to below 1.5 °C will have irreversible consequences for glacier mass and runoff over centuries. Global climate and glacier simulations project that a 3.0 °C peak-and-decline scenario will lead to 11% more global glacier mass loss by 2500 compared with limiting warming to 1.5 °C without overshooting. In basins where glaciers regrow after peak temperature, glacier runoff reduces further than if the glaciers stabilize, a phenomenon we call ‘trough water’. Half the studied glaciated basins show reduced glacier runoff with overshoot compared with without for decades to centuries after peak warming. These findings underscore the urgency of near-term emissions reductions and limiting temperature overshoot. (date: 07/07/2026)
Peak glacier extinction in the mid-twenty-first century | Nature Climate Change
Projections of glacier change typically focus on mass and area loss, yet the disappearance of individual glaciers directly threatens culturally, spiritually and touristically significant landscapes. Here, using three global glacier models, we project a sharp rise in the number of glaciers disappearing worldwide, peaking between 2041 and 2055 with up to ~4,000 glaciers vanishing annually. Regional variability reflects differences in average glacier size, local climate, the magnitude of warming and inventory completeness. (date: 07/07/2026)
Glacier melt trough after overshoot | Nature Climate Change
Glaciers are retreating under climate change and generating excessive meltwater. A modelling study shows that regrowing glaciers may lead to water scarcity in the centuries after overshooting the +1.5 °C temperature target. Glaciers are important for water supply in large parts of the world. In the field of glacio-hydrology, ‘peak water’ is a commonly known concept. This concept indicates that glacier wastage due to climate change initially increases meltwater production, reaching a peak at a certain point. However, as glacier loss continues, the meltwater supply to downstream eventually declines. However, understanding of the future of glaciers and their meltwater under overshoot and stabilization scenarios is lacking. Writing in Nature Climate Change, Lillian Schuster, Fabien Maussion and co-authors1 report that overshoot leads to the phenomenon of ‘trough water’, which may happen centuries in the future. (date: 07/07/2026)
The Land Use Framework for England (accessible) - GOV.UK
Land is our greatest natural asset and the foundation of our lives. The landscapes of England are the product of centuries of changing use, the source of our food, home to the ecosystems that sustain life, and the foundation of a growing economy. How we decide to use that land in the decades ahead will shape everything: the homes our children live in, the energy that powers our economy, the nature we pass on to future generations. (date: 07/07/2026)
UK’s 2024 Food Security Report
The impacts of climate change, biodiversity loss and water insecurity both at home and abroad remain pressing risks to food security. They drive volatility in the present and put sustainability and resilience of food production at risk over the longer term. These risks are also now interacting with heightened geopolitical tensions. Labour shortages in key sectors at home are also a continuing stress factor affecting domestic food production. (date: 07/07/2026)
Mapped: How extreme weather is destroying crops around the world
“Sudden food production losses” due to extreme weather events have become increasingly frequent “since at least [the] mid-20th century”, according to the sixth assessment report (AR6) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report found with high confidence that extreme weather events will push some current food-growing areas “beyond the safe climatic space for production”. Experts tell Carbon Brief they are concerned about how repeated and intensifying extremes will impact agriculture around the world. (date: 07/07/2026)
Wildfires rage across southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee homes
Tour de France spectator ban as country along with Spain, Portugal and Greece faces ‘powder keg’ after heatwave (date: 06/07/2026)
GB News co-owner ‘cashing in on climate chaos’ after leap in fossil fuel investments, critics say
Exclusive: Campaigners argue the news channelâs attacks on climate action âwork in financial interestsâ of Sir Paul Marshall (date: 06/07/2026)
World’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre starts operating in China | The Guardian
The world’s first wind-powered underwater datacentre has started operations off the coast of Shanghai, as China presses forwards with solutions for energy challenges created by the country’s artificial intelligence boom. (date: 06/07/2026)
Data Centres Emitting More CO2 Than Thought: Study - Barron's
From Mike T: "An interesting report from Allianz Trade, highlighting that data centres power consumption and emissions are likely to be 50% more than that already predicted by the Intl. Energy Agency. Being an insurance company, with an eye to the impacts of acelerating climate change, they have an interest in getting these figures right." (date: 06/07/2026)
Long-lasting UK marine heatwave likely to reach extreme levels next week - Met Office
Surface waters in Northwest European seas are currently experiencing moderate to severe marine heatwave conditions, with widespread areas of “strong” (Category 2) conditions and some locations reaching “severe” (Category 3). (date: 06/07/2026)
Revealed: landmark Scottish AI project has no prospect of meeting renewables promise
Exclusive: Government and developers privately acknowledged Lanarkshire datacentre site had power provision ‘issue’ (date: 06/07/2026)
From ‘heat panic’ to ‘sacrificed at the altar’: Europe’s air conditioning culture wars heat up
Cooling down has become political amid record highs, as experts say row is distracting from work of protecting lives (date: 05/07/2026)
Ocean surface temperatures hit a record high for June
European scientists warn of consequences for weather patterns, the global climate and marine life (date: 01/07/2026)
The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous â but that doesnât stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot (date: 01/07/2026)
Delegates at an ‘anti-woke’ conference disparaged Ed Miliband’s net zero policies. But even they could not ignore the sweat on their foreheads, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland (date: 26/06/2026)
UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act
Plans to protect people fall ‘far short of what is needed’, government told, as MP warns of heatwave deaths (date: 26/06/2026)
First hydropower projects in Great Britain in 40 years given go-ahead
Three pumped storage hydroelectric power station sites in Scotland on list of 16 long-duration electricity storage plans (date: 26/06/2026)
‘Kind of miracle solution’: How Paris is harnessing the Seine to replace air-con
City plans to triple system of underground pipes that distribute chilled river water, reducing need for individual cooling units (date: 26/06/2026)
‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering
Emerging research suggests datacentres create a heat island effect, pushing up temperatures in the immediate vicinity by as much as 9C (date: 26/06/2026)
European heatwave is worst ever and impossible without climate crisis, scientists say
Study also finds high humidity means people in hundreds of cities are enduring their worst ever heat stress (date: 26/06/2026)
Burnham is coming under pressure from some to ditch net zero targets but this could be highly damaging on many levels (date: 25/06/2026)
UK and Switzerland record hottest ever June day as health emergencies surge in Europe
Temperatures linked to third child’s death in France, where three-quarters of country is under extreme heat alert (date: 25/06/2026)
Hospitals in England declare critical incidents as machines and IT fail in heat
Extreme weather breaks MRI scanners and cooling units, as workload rises for sleep-deprived staff on sweltering wards (date: 25/06/2026)
Heatwave pushes Great Britain’s grid operator to call for extra electricity from power plants
Neso issues rare summer warning for Wednesday evening, as households turn on fans and air conditioning (date: 24/06/2026)
Hard-right figures take aim at Ed Miliband and UK net zero policies at ‘anti-woke Davos’
Kemi Badenoch, who joined US anti-abortion activists and European far-right parties at ARC, described energy secretary as a âvillainâ (date: 24/06/2026)
Clean economy brings jobs and growth, says Miliband as £100bn invested in green energy
Energy secretary hails £100bn milestone in this parliament and says it is only the start of what we want to achieve (date: 24/06/2026)
Forty drown across France in heatwave and parts of Spain above 30C at night
France has its hottest night on record, 15 Italian cities under red heat alert and UN chief says London is ‘cooking’ (date: 23/06/2026)
Scientists alarmed after two wildfires hit Greenland within a week
Researchers say it is ‘quite wild’ to see fires at such high northern latitudes happen so early in the year (date: 23/06/2026)
Rising temperatures may increase flood risk through river ‘whiplash’, study finds
Sudden shifts from wet to dry weather, or vice versa, may foil typical drought- and flood-prevention measures (date: 17/06/2026)
Nearly every indicator of climate change is flashing red. But we still hold the tools available to bring the planet back into balance (date: 17/06/2026)
Amoc collapse could change Europe’s climate 10x faster than expected. We aren’t ready
The system of ocean current that moves heat in the Atlantic Ocean plays a key role in regulating climate. Todayâs monitoring of it may be discontinued (date: 14/06/2026)
Claims that our prosperity depends on oil and gas are bunkum â unless youâre a Reform backer with fossil fuel interests, of course, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot (date: 10/06/2026)
‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary survival
Global report provides an alternative to climate breakdown, political extremism and economic tensions (date: 04/06/2026)
A good life for the 99% isn’t a pipe dream: it can be done. Here’s how
Our plan is radical â but by transforming how we live on a finite planet, nearly everyone gains, says Thomas Piketty and researchers from the World Inequality Lab (date: 04/06/2026)
Why is Europe still not ready for extreme heat?
âThe first heatwaves of the season reveal how âill-prepared governments across the continent are to protect people from increasingly dangerous temperatures (date: 03/06/2026)
Prepare for imminent return of El Niño, UN warns
UN agency predicts phenomenon that supercharges weather extremes has 80% chance of forming before September (date: 02/06/2026)
‘Mind-bogglingly crazy’: climate experts alarmed by deadly spring heatwaves searing Europe
Scientists warn of ânew realityâ of heat extremes that claim three times more lives than car crashes and 16 times as many as murderers (date: 28/05/2026)
Blair’s fossil fuel ideas ‘bizarre’ in face of energy and climate crises, experts say
Energy specialists say abandoning net zero and increasing oil and gas drilling would cause more instability for Britons (date: 28/05/2026)
Rachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challenges
Chancellorâs planning shake-up in England and Wales would âreduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights groundsâ (date: 20/05/2026)
More than 100 UK datacentres plan to burn gas to generate electricity
Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets (date: 18/05/2026)
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