Met Office

Worsening flood outlook prompts renewed calls for climate adaptation measures

With climate change driving up temperatures new pests are increasingly becoming established in the UK, which the Met Office warns poses a growing threat to agriculture and forestry

Latest official statistics show UK emissions fell three per cent in 2024 and are now more than 53 per cent below 1990 levels - but challenges remain in decarbonising sectors such as road transport, aviation, and waste

Nine-out-of-10 heat pump owners satisfied with home warmth during cold snap compared to eight-out-of-ten gas boiler users, new study finds

Study reveals growing evidence of how climate change is impacting a raft of natural processes, with significant implications for biodiversity and food systems

Mean temperature of 10.09C sees 2025 join 2022 and 2023 in the three hottest years since 1884, provisional Met Office data confirms

This year looks set to be one of - if not the - hottest since records began in the UK, which Met Office says should come as ‘no surprise’ given rate of warming in recent years

NFU vice president Rachel Hallos says that 'in all my years farming I cannot remember a time when we have been worried about drought in December'

Climate crisis continuing to drive global warming which could potentially surpass - albeit temporarily - the totemic 1.5C threshold set by the Paris Agreement

Official figures confirm solar has provided record 6.3 per cent share of UK power mix, as Met Office reports 2025 has already set new record for hours of sunshine