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UK home solar and battery installations smash records in first half of 2026

UK home solar and battery installations smash records in first half of 2026

Energy
Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 20 August 2026 • 5 min read
'Tremendous potential': How cities, states, and regions are harnessing nature to boost climate resilience
Risk

'Tremendous potential': How cities, states, and regions are harnessing nature to boost climate resilience

Faced with tight budgets and funding gaps for climate adaptation, CDP data suggests subnational governments are looking to nature-based projects to boost resilience to extreme weather

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 20 August 2026 • 5 min read
Climate doom may discourage climate action, but there's a way to counter it
Climate change

Climate doom may discourage climate action, but there's a way to counter it

Climate doomism is rampant on social media, but there are psychological techniques and practical steps that can guard against it

Sander van der Linden, University of Cambridge and Rachel O'Boyle, University of Cambridge; Academia Sinica - The Conversation
clock 20 August 2026 • 4 min read
From climate change to health inequalities: Why systems thinking matters more than ever

From climate change to health inequalities: Why systems thinking matters more than ever

Systems thinking is the only way to effectively navigate sustainability challenges, which are often complex decision-making problems involving interconnected systems, multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and uncertainties, writes UCL's Dr Irene...

Dr Irene Pluchinotta, UCL
clock 20 August 2026 • 6 min read
Infrastructure

'Essential piece of the puzzle': Heat network funding revamp could drive £17bn of investment by 2035

clock 20 August 2026 • 5 min read
Climate change

Climate impacts could cost London up to £36bn a year by the 2050s

clock 20 August 2026 • 5 min read
Climate change

'We are not out of this yet': Number of wildfires in England and Wales in 2026 surpasses last year's total

clock 20 August 2026 • 4 min read
Waste

Government launches latest crackdown on illegal waste sites

clock 20 August 2026 • 3 min read
Solar

First plug-in solar panels achieve UK compliance ahead of retail launch

clock 20 August 2026 • 3 min read
Solar

Group-buying scheme to help homeowners deploy solar panels and battery storage

clock 20 August 2026 • 2 min read
Editor's briefings
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EU carbon market shake-up, green skills reforms, and the sustainability profession in 2026

EU carbon market shake-up, green skills reforms, and the sustainability profession in 2026

Sustainable cooling, 30x30 plans, and the Tories' net zero purge

Sustainable cooling, 30x30 plans, and the Tories' net zero purge

Heatwave impacts, change at Number 10, and reflections on London Climate Action Week

Heatwave impacts, change at Number 10, and reflections on London Climate Action Week

Electrification opportunities, skills challenges, and SBTi changes

Electrification opportunities, skills challenges, and SBTi changes

Analysis
'This proves we were right': How London's ULEZ rapidly improved children's lung health
Policy

'This proves we were right': How London's ULEZ rapidly improved children's lung health

The Ultra Low Emission Zone had plenty of vocal opponents, but a new landmark study confirms it has already delivered the remarkable public health benefits

clock 18 August 2026 • 10 min read
How investment in UK horticulture could yield a more climate resilient food system
Supply chain

How investment in UK horticulture could yield a more climate resilient food system

Failure to invest in horticulture has left the UK reliant on fruit and veg from countries 'even more vulnerable' to climate impacts, study warns

clock 19 August 2026 • 6 min read
'Flexible routes to market' crucial as extreme weather drives surge in 'wonky' fruit and veg
Supply chain

'Flexible routes to market' crucial as extreme weather drives surge in 'wonky' fruit and veg

Calls for greater uptake of irregular produce follows updated figures warning the UK's drought-hit harvest is expected to be even worse than previously forecast

clock 18 August 2026 • 7 min read
Could 'Zero Bills' homes provide the blueprint for greener UK housing?
Buildings

Could 'Zero Bills' homes provide the blueprint for greener UK housing?

Octopus Energy's Zero Bills tariff promises customers in newly built homes no energy bills for ten years, but do the numbers add up so developers, energy companies, consumers, and the environment can all emerge as winners?

clock 17 August 2026 • 11 min read
Global Briefing: China curtails record amount of wind and solar, as coal generation rebounds
Energy

Global Briefing: China curtails record amount of wind and solar, as coal generation rebounds

China’s wind and solar curtailment rose by 49 per cent during H1, jet fuel made from tropical fruit scoops $3bn funding, and Walmart sets new emissions target

clock 07 August 2026 • 11 min read
How grid constraints are shaping large-scale data centre deployment across Europe
Energy

How grid constraints are shaping large-scale data centre deployment across Europe

Data centre developers increasingly favouring sites with existing grid connections and in markets with abundant renewables amid queueing times of almost a decade, BNEF finds

clock 06 August 2026 • 5 min read
Opinion
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From climate change to health inequalities: Why systems thinking matters more than ever

From climate change to health inequalities: Why systems thinking matters more than ever

Why Britain's green skills strategy needs an AI upgrade

Why Britain's green skills strategy needs an AI upgrade

Before drilling for more oil and gas, let's stop wasting what we already have

Before drilling for more oil and gas, let's stop wasting what we already have

We know why the world is burning - so why is 'climate' such a dirty word?

We know why the world is burning - so why is 'climate' such a dirty word?

Changing who profits is just as important as changing what we consume

Changing who profits is just as important as changing what we consume

Editors blog
Summertime silence
Politics

Summertime silence

The right of British politics has stepped up its attacks on climate action in recent weeks, so why has the rest of the political spectrum largely failed to seize the 'teachable moment' presented by crippling heatwaves to highlight the vital importance...

James Murray
James Murray
clock 04 August 2026 • 4 min read
A hot messy summer
Climate change

A hot messy summer

As the wildfires rage, what passes for climate discourse on the right of British politics is plumbing depressing new depths

James Murray
James Murray
clock 31 July 2026 • 9 min read
North star: Will this time be different?
Politics

North star: Will this time be different?

Andy Burnham's Cabinet appointments and cuts to VAT on electricity bills suggest a commitment to net zero will remain, but can he marry new fossil fuel projects with continued decarbonisation?

James Murray
James Murray
clock 21 July 2026 • 6 min read

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