UK policy
At least 67 NHS hospital wards, departments and other sites across the UK have been forced to temporarily close or relocate due to weather-related fl... Read More
Investing in flood defences, air conditioning and other measures to protect the UK from climate change will provide “long-term savings” for the c... Read More
The UK is no longer the top contributor to the UN’s flagship Green Climate Fund (GCF), after the government announced that it only intends to honou... Read More
The UK has avoided the need for gas imports worth £1.7bn since the start of the Iran war, as a result of record electricity generation from wind and... Read More
The UK government has announced a series of measures to “double down on clean power” in response to the energy crisis sparked by the Iran war. ... Read More
The UK is roughly halving the climate aid it allocates to developing countries, when accounting changes and inflation are factored in, according to n... Read More
The Iran war has triggered another fossil-fuel energy crisis, with surging global prices and increasing concerns over energy security. In the UK, ... Read More
Emissions from the new data centres set to drive the UK’s AI “revolution” could be hundreds of times higher than government estimates, accordin... Read More
Just 1% of England’s land will be needed for renewables to help meet the UK’s climate goals by 2050, according to a first-of-its-kind framework. ... Read More
The Iran war has spurred a range of commentators to renew calls for the UK government to issue new licences for oil and gas drilling in the North Sea... Read More
The “cost” of cutting UK emissions to net-zero is less than the cost of a single fossil-fuel price shock, according to a new report from the Clim... Read More