Environmental Audit Committee

New research warns recent death toll is 'substantially higher' than previous records set in 2003 and 2022 with climate change responsible for two thirds of deaths

Attribution study reveals how record temperatures would have previously been 'virtually impossible' without climate impacts, as calls grow for government to strengthen heat stress plans

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary reportedly set to confirm plans to accelerate Warm Homes Plan and electricity market reforms in response to global energy shock

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee calls on government to ensure delivery of next Carbon Budget is affordable, convenient, and attractive to the public

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee launches inquiry into potential emissions, energy, and water impacts from UK's growing fleet of power-hungry data centres

Environmental Audit Committee report challenges ‘lazy narrative’ that environmental protection is blocking development

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee urges government to introduce further safeguards to prevent additional runways at Heathrow undermining UK climate targets

Environmental Audit Committee calls for creation of single national flood reporting and information service to help households and businesses combat rising flood risks

Defra is widening protections from destructive fishing practices in UK seas, but has confirmed it is not planning 'to introduce whole-site bans on bottom towed fishing gear in MPAs'

Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee echoes calls from The Wildlife Trusts and Greenpeace for a ban on destructive activities in the UK's Marine Protected Areas