Action on climate emergency
A National Emergency Briefing on climate change says ‘return to the science’. Ten of the UK’s leading experts briefed an audience of politicians and leaders from business, culture, faith, sport and the media with the latest implications for health, food, national security and the economy, in London on 27 November. The meeting, held at Westminster …
The new climate plan was end announced at the end of October by the Government as its Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan. The plan sets out how the UK will continue to reduce emissions in a way that lowers bills and secures good jobs, in line with the 2008 Climate Change Act. This framework …
New figures are showing that more CO2 in 2025 has been released than ever before. With talks in Brazil scheduled to end today, countries remained divided on a road map to transition away from fossil fuels. This is another sign that efforts to fight climate change by cutting emissions are moving far too slowly to …
Yorkshire Water boss row has Ofwat, the water watchdog, criticised over an undisclosed offshore payment made to Nicola Shaw Yorkshire Water’s chief executive, the Yorkshire Post reports. Ofwat ruled that the payment of £600,000 did not flout the bonus ban rule. Ms Shaw was paid a total of £1.3m over the 2023-24 and 2024-25 financial …
Call for stronger climate commitments by activists ahead of ‘critical’ COP30 as World leaders are gathering in Belém, Brazil, for their meeting on tackling climate change. The “Conference of the Parties” (COP), the annual United Nations (UN) climate meeting is being held 10 years after the Paris climate agreement at which countries pledged to try …
A devastating climate failure – COP 30 must change direction. The United Nations general secretary has deplored the failure to limit global warning to 1.5C and warns that we ‘must change course immediately’. As recently reported in the media, António Guterres has warned that it is now “inevitable” that humanity will overshoot the target set …
Yorkshire Water’s poor performance is highlighted (along with many others) as The Environment Agency (EA) has given England’s water companies their worst ever combined marks in its annual rating system for their environmental performance in 2024, amid a spike in serious pollution incidents in the UK, the trade association for the water industry, acknowledged that …
Google’s huge new datacentre to emit massive tonnes of CO2 a year. Google has applied for planning permission for yet another enormous data centre in Thurrock, Essex. It will emit 570,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year equivalent to about 500 short-haul flights a week, planning documents show. Spread across 52 hectares (128 acres), the …
Biggest increase in carbon emissions in 2024 has been confirmed by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), with 2024 showing a record rise of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. From 2023 to 2024, the global average concentration of CO2 rose by 3.5 parts per million – the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957, …
Failures in energy efficiency schemes has been reported in The Guardian today. The report reveals that following an investigation almost all the external insulation fitted under the previous government’s energy efficiency scheme was installed so poorly it will have to be repaired or replaced. Thousands of homeowners who took advantage of the home insulation schemes …