Concern over climate crisis at highest level in 30 years in wake of IPCC report
Concern over climate change in the UK is at a 30-year high with nearly a third of the public reporting that they view “the climate and environmental crises”…
Climate crisis: 2020 by far Europe’s hottest year on record, data shows
Europe experienced its hottest year on record by a significant margin last year, according to data from the American Meteorological Society, reports the Independent, in a story trailed…
Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine
Madagascar is “on the brink of experiencing the world’s first ‘climate change famine’”, BBC News reports, citing the UN World Food Programme. The country is already suffering severe…
Climate change: Europe’s extreme rains made more likely by humans
Heavy rain as intense as the downpours behind the recent deadly flooding in Germany and Belgium has been made up to nine times more likely by climate change…
UK: Households with gas boilers face green levy
The Times reports another preview of the UK government’s delayed and much-anticipated “heat and building strategy”, which it says it due to be published next month. The newspaper…
Billions to be funnelled into hydrogen subsidies as UK races to hit net-zero
Manufacturers could be guaranteed a price by the government for the low-carbon hydrogen they produce so that they do not sell to consumers at a loss, according to plans…
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