26 Jan 2021
A resume of Joe Biden’s first week … lots of reasons for optimism from ‘UnEarthed’ ‘There’s a new sheriff in town The United States, as noted by Texas Senator Ted Cruz, is rejoining the Paris Agreement. The controversial Keystone pipeline has been nixed. President Obama’s vehicle emissions standards have been reinstated. Several protected national monuments […]
09 Jan 2021
Guardian ‘The climate crisis continued unabated in 2020, with the the joint highest global temperatures on record, alarming heat and record wildfires in the Arctic, and a record 29 tropical storms in the Atlantic. Despite a 7% fall in fossil fuel burning due to coronavirus lockdowns, heat-trapping carbon dioxide continued to build up in the atmosphere, also setting a […]
16 Dec 2020
Energy white paper: Powering our net zero future – to access this click here Energy white paper setting out how the UK will clean up its energy system and reach net zero emissions by 2050. The energy white paper builds on the Prime Minister’s Ten point plan for a green industrial revolution. The white paper addresses the […]
15 Dec 2020
Defra ‘On Saturday (12 December), the UK became one of the first countries in the world to fulfil a key commitment of the Paris Agreement, publishing our Adaptation Communication, setting out how we are enhancing our resilience to the changing climate. Published as the Prime Minister brought leaders together at the virtual Climate Ambition Summit, the […]
09 Dec 2020
UK sets ambitious new climate target ahead of UN Summit A new plan aims for at least 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade, compared to 1990 levels. The Prime Minister has today (Friday 4 December) announced a new ambitious target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68% […]
09 Dec 2020
Climate Change Committee: ‘We’ve just published our advice to Government on the Sixth Carbon Budget. The Budget, required under the Climate Change Act, provides Ministers with the Committee’s recommendation on the level of greenhouse gases the UK can emit during the period 2033-2037. Please visit our Sixth Carbon Budget page to view and download our […]
03 Dec 2020
Climate change and water: Are we doing enough, fast enough? Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency to the Institute of Water February this year was the wettest on record. It was followed by the sunniest spring on record. Climate change will increasingly bounce us between these extremes in the coming decades, and water […]
01 Dec 2020
Guardian ‘Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new rules on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that campaigners say will imperil the Paris climate goals. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN body that regulates international shipping, agreed on Friday after a week-long online meeting to make an existing target […]
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