Carbon Emissions

Sir Keir Starmer has presided over a government that so far has failed to address the climate emergency and social inequality. This is the last chance for course correction.

Fight The Fire, published by The Ecologist, is being translated into Greek. Here we look at political developments since it was first published four years ago.

The president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has bet big on biofuels - placing significant pressure on ecosystems and communities.

University of Exeter researchers warn that – without intervention from policymakers – many more UK households will opt for air-con

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels have risen again in 2023 – reaching record levels.

The latest IPPC report from Working Group II confirms drastic reductions in carbon emissions are needed immediately to prevent climate breakdown.

Average daily meat consumption per capita in the UK dropped from 103.7g to 86.3g – a decrease of about 17 percent.

The UK government’s greenwash machine is going into overdrive with the COP 26 international climate talks coming up in Glasgow in November.

The government has fundamentally failed to educate the public about its target to reduce carbon emissions to 'net zero' by 2050.

'BP has woken up to the immediate need to cut carbon emissions this decade.'

International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts year-on-year reduction of around 2.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from energy use because of coronavirus.

An interview with World Resources Institute decarbonisation specialist, Kelly Levin.

Labour says rail policy will save average commuter more than £1,000 a year.

A new healthy streets programme, modelled on towns in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands, would aim to make towns and cities cleaner and greener.

'In pursuing systemic change, there is no substitute for collective action.'

New £1.25m study will explore how to deliver a fair and just Net Zero transition.

A poll for the new Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) found people increasingly concerned about carbon from flights.

Climate change is turning farmers’ lives upside down, but with technical and financial support, they could emerge as climate change heroes.

We have to take the growing impact of the digital sector into account if we are serious about the energy transition.

The next prime minister of the UK must change onshore renewables policy to deliver net zero emissions by 2050.

Theresa May has suggested that the UK can pay for other countries to make carbon cuts on our behalf - but these crude, colonial equations are not enough.

Jean-Claude Junker said he does not support raising the bloc’s 2030 climate goal, days before EU leaders are expected to discuss climate ambition.

Japan's climate legislation is heavy on tech, and light on any plans to tackle its coal dependency.

Centre for Alternative Technology calls on UK and devolved Governments to create a Climate Emergency Action Plan targeting 2040 at the latest.