climate change

There is public demand for action on global warming, now we need political will.

Peter Lilley MP was among just five Parliamentarians to vote against the Climate Change Act in the Commons in 2008. Here's why.

A group of countries banded together to shape the global climate pact in In 2015 - but political turmoil is pulling the alliance apart ahead of the next climate conference.

Rutger Bregman and Steven Pinker have missed the point. Effective resistance to global temperature rise will need a fresh narrative.

Luke Graham is first Scottish Conservative to call on MPs' Pension Fund to drop investments in oil.

Climate campaigners Extinction Rebellion are asking how far people are willing to go to protect our environment.

Gender justice is fundamental for meaningful environmental justice.

The new Agriculture Bill may sound good - but won’t deliver on public goods or environmental protection.

Simon Roscoe Blevins, Richards Roberts and Richard Loizou will be released from prison later today.

Fracking firm confirms drilling has begun - while the government launches 'Green GB' week to promote clean growth.

The IPCC report pulls its punches - while economists are still punch drunk when it comes to ignoring the climate risks of economic growth.

Breakthrough victory for climate litigators as appeal court upholds constitutional duty to protect citizens from climate change.

Young campaigners are demanding that the UK government ditch its plans to fast-track fracking through the planning system.

Warming beyond 1.5C will unleash a frightening set of consequences and scientists say only a global transformation, beginning now, can avoid it.

Global CO2 emissions need to fall by 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, and reach net zero by 2050 in order to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C.

A protest outside the Environment Agency highlighted the need for impartial and immediate action on fracking.

The Conservative party conference discussed taxes on vehicle fuel, the upcoming waste strategy and the future of chemicals legislation after Brexit.

The European Commission has reportedly given up on plans to raise the EU’s 2030 carbon emissions target.

Now is the time for experts, activists and workers to collaborate on well-designed, affordable and energy-positive buildings.

Global Leaders at the Paris summit in 2015 tasked the IPCC to compile a report of all known science on the impacts of climate change. That report is now ready to be released

A future with net zero greenhouse gases is technically and economically possible, with a stronger economy, a more resilient society, and higher levels of wellbeing, according to a new report.

Fakenomics: Frederick Seitz - paid for tobacco to attack the science linking smoking to cancer - led the charge against the UN's second major climate change report in 1995. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

The Labour party’s manifesto prioritises climate change, air quality and biodiversity decline, arguing that strong environmental policy is a social justice issue. CATHERINE EARLY reports

Children feel the threat of climate change and want to drive radical action to safeguard their future - so we should too, argues children's author SUE HAMPTON.