Emily Beament

David Attenborough says public participation and fairness needs to be at the heart of all climate action.

An in-person meeting in November 'effectively excludes Global South government delegates, campaigners and journalists'.

Beavers to be released into the wild under ‘cautious’ Government plans.

New UN report sets out stark reality of the climate crisis.

The COP26 international climate conference opens in Glasgow in 100 days. Britain is far from ready.

Criticism over UK Government backing for Total gas project in Mozambique as conflict halts scheme.

The US president last night announced a new target to achieve a 50-52 percent reduction in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030.

Boris Johnson still failing to impose WHO pollution targets eight years after death of nine-year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah from asthma attack.

Philip Dunne MP, the Environmental Audit Committee chairman, warns UK Government abandoning green homes grant scheme sets 'poor example'.

The authoritative Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says moratorium on fracking must remain unless and until there is an in-depth study into climate impacts.

'Deposit return scheme' charging customers a levy for drinks containers paid back when they return them for recycling may not happen until late 2024.

The Department for Transport (DfT) announced that from Thursday grants of up to £2,500 would be available for electric cars priced under £35,000, down from a maximum of £3,000 for cars under £50,000.

Greener UK coalition says there is still a chance to enhance environmental protections in final 'report card' on Brexit.

New legislation aims to tackle 'premature obsolescence' in electrical goods and make them more energy efficient.

Public Accounts Committee in UK says no co-ordinated plan, with clear milestones, to achieve legally binding goal to cut emissions by 100 percent by 2050.

Freedom of Information requests reveal local authority pensions invest £9.9 billion in fossil fuel companies.

Common Wealth think tank argues steel contributes 15 percent of the UK’s greenhouse gases from industry and must be decarbonised.

Public Accounts Committee slams Tory government for 'disappointing' progress on its own 2018 25-year environment plan.

Bottom trawling could be prohibited in four English offshore marine protected areas, including Dogger Bank.

Wildlife Trusts lawyers contact environment secretary demanding he demonstrate decision to allow pesticide use is lawful.

The UK Government delays passage of the The Environment Bill, not expected to become law until autumn.

The UK saw one of the biggest drops in greenhouse emissions as a result of measures to slow the coronavirus pandemic at 13 percent, new analysis suggests.

Alok Sharma, Cop26 president, warns promises not enough to put the world on track to limit global warming to 1.5C.

UK government 68 percent carbon target 'important but not sufficient. A more ambitious cut is both feasible and necessary.'