Climate change

Defra agrees to set stronger climate adaptation targets in 2028, following recommendations from the Climate Change Committee

Friendship founder and executive director reflects on winning the 2025 Earthshot Prize, and why sustainability begins with controlling one's wants

Just 14 per cent of people living in England have access to woodland within a 500 metre walk of their home, conservation charity warns

UK100 leads calls for new Clean Air Act and a national indoor air quality strategy, after local authority-led clean air action saves almost £15bn in damage to health and the economy

Coalition including End Fuel Poverty Coalition, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace UK, and WWF warns ministers the UK is 'built for a climate that no longer exists'

Sobering scientific analysis estimates more than 2,700 people died from heat-related causes during the May and June heatwaves in England and Wales

Leaked draft teases EU-wide electrification targets and incentives, Belgium and Tata Steel face legal action, and sports pitches help warm Dutch buildings

Company vows to deliver 'responsible growth', despite joining growing list of US tech giants that is struggling to cut carbon emissions while rapidly growing AI capacity

Foreign Secretary signs documents allowing the UK to formally ratify landmark ocean agreement in New York this afternoon

Number of households in England reporting overheating increased from 1.7 to three million in five years, government data reveals