Climate change

Green Alliance report claims concerted push to boost domestic fruit and vegetable production could deliver widespread benefits for the economy, food security and climate resilience

More than half of renters and outright owners would favour using a mortgage to fund shading, cooling, insulation, ventilation and solar panels to better protect their homes against extreme weather, fresh research has found

One organic dairy farmer claims he has been forced to sell 60 of his cows to 'reduce forage demand'

Andy Burnham to meet with Defra and Environment Agency officials at COBRA meeting this afternoon to discuss the UK's response to extreme heat and dry weather

Lowest first-half losses since 2020 'does not mean the risk has gone away’, Swiss Re warns, as record heat and dry conditions set the stage for active wildfire season

UK could face £25.6bn hit each year by 2030 if heatwaves keep intensifying at rates seen over the last decade, think tank Verdant claims

The test for Andy Burnham is not whether the UK can afford to prioritise climate and nature, but whether Britain can afford a 10-year plan that does not, writes WWF UK's chief executive Tanya Steele

Warmest UK summer since records began in 1884 ‘increasingly likely’, Met Office warns, as temperatures stay well above average

New American Meteorological Society report warns continued burning of fossil fuels is causing record high emissions and temperatures across the globe, with cascading impacts on the planet's ecosystem

KPMG's Richard Andrews explores how corporate sustainability and resilience are increasingly aligned and offer a new route to drive commercial value