Science

Emma Howard Boyd concedes flood defences 'cannot prevent flooding everywhere, all of the time' and calls instead for more resilient infrastructure

Mission 1.5 campaign designed to give 20 million people their say on the best means for governments to tackle climate change

Government claims supercomputer will reap multi-billion pound economic benefits by offering better climate and weather forecasting

Researchers estimate that toxic air produced by burning fossil fuels causes an estimated 4.5 million premature deaths a year

Key impacts include loss of natural coastal and flooding protection, disappearance of natural carbon storage sinks, and steep rises in prices of key commodities

Cabinet Secretary sets out government's priorities for COP26 Summit, but is reticent on whether he wants the job of Summit President

Michael Gove is hotly tipped to take up the reins of the crucial Glasgow Summit, but has the government truly internalised the scale of the task it now faces

A flurry of official NDC plans are expected to be unveiled ahead of the crucial COP26 Summit in Glasgow this autumn

Thirteen projects set to deliver tens of thousands of new trees by 2021 as government looks to deliver on manifesto tree-planting pledges

This week's COP26 launch may have got off to a tempestuous start, but all the elements are there for a genuinely transformative and historic Summit, the Prime Minister just needs to articulate the net zero narrative