Climate change

Work

TUC to debate solidarity walk-out with school climate strikers

Motion in support of global school strikes to be debated at next TUC Congress after being proposed by the University College Union

clock 01 August 2019 • 2 min read

Risk

Capitalism is part of solution to climate crisis, says Mark Carney

Bank of England governor says firms that ignore crisis 'will go bankrupt without question'

clock 01 August 2019 • 3 min read

Risk

Insurers disclosing climate risk need to remember their customers

Extending climate risk disclosure to customers could yield benefits for both insurers and, argue LSE's Swenja Surminski and Sam Unsworth

clock 01 August 2019 • 9 min read

Climate change

Hotter, wetter, sunnier: UK's 10 warmest years have all occurred since 2002

Met Office's annual report on state of UK climate also says snowy days have become rarer

clock 31 July 2019 • 4 min read

Climate change

Climate crisis blamed as temperature records broken in three nations

New maximums set in Belgium, Germany and Netherlands, as citizens swelter across Europe

clock 25 July 2019 • 4 min read

Climate change

Schroders: Progress on climate and clean energy stalling despite net zero pledges

Global investment giant warns at current rate the world is on course for 3.8C of warming by the end of the century

clock 25 July 2019 • 2 min read

Politics

'Climate emergency': Protestors block Boris Johnson's Prime Ministerial convoy

Greenpeace activists attempt to deliver a Climate Emergency manifesto to Boris Johnson, ahead of inaugural speech in which new Prime Minister promised to deliver Brexit this autumn

clock 24 July 2019 • 5 min read

Management

Net Zero: Battalion of corporate giants pledge to deliver 1.5C climate targets

As UN Secretary General calls on governments to deliver carbon neutral plans, 27 of the world's largest companies will today announce net zero emissions goals

clock 23 July 2019 • 4 min read

Politics

'It's always later than you think'

Michael Gove's speech on the environmental crisis - in full

clock 17 July 2019 • 33 min read

Policy

Can the UK transition to sustainable farming within a decade?

Independent RSA Commission warns current farming system has exacerbated deforestation, soil degradation, and pollution - but change is possible

clock 16 July 2019 • 6 min read