Tropical forests store enormous amounts of carbon and harbor most of the world's terrestrial biodiversity, but scientists fear that increasingly severe droughts threaten their ability to survive and continue absorbing carbon from the atmosphere. A new study published in Nature offers unexpected ...
An upcoming UK government consultation on weakening targets for electric vehicles (EVs) could cost consumers as much as £3bn a… The post Analysis: Weaker EV targets could cost UK consumers £3bn a year by 2030 appeared first on Carbon Brief .
Rejecting North Sea drilling licences and protecting nature are just some measures Andy Burnham must implement to ready country From record-smashing temperatures, wildfires, hosepipe bans and thousands of premature deaths , the climate crisis has left its mark across the summer of 2026. Tackling...
Health secretary says service must plan ahead in the same way as it does for winter crises as UK faces its fifth heatwave of the summer Just 20 staff are working on climate adaptation within the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the part of government tasked with protecting the ...
PM to look at imposing restriction on devices in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enough The government will look at banning disposable barbecues as wildfires continue to rage across the UK, Andy Burnham has said. Disposable barbecues have been the cause of a number of s...
The conflict in the Middle East has pushed up oil and fuel prices, and also disrupted supply chains.