Climate change

Increased solar power capacity has been one of the Paris Agreement's saving graces (Photo by PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

There's still time to limit Earth's warming to 1.5C, but window shrinking

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Voters in Conservative heartlands overwhelmingly back climate and nature policies, a new survey shows (Photo: Nick Cobbing/Greenpeace/PA Wire)

'Overwhelming support' for climate and nature policies in Tory stronghold

Sunak said the so-called "meat tax" he has stopped came from a Climate Change Committee report suggestion (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock/Getty)

Analysis Fact check: No, Sunak has not saved Brits from a meat tax

Rolling back policies that support the government's own targets will just make their jobs harder (NationalWorld/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Why do the government insist on making net zero harder for themselves? Amber Allott

Rishi Sunak is reportedly set to soften some of the UK government's net zero targets (NationalWorld/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Ban on sale of petrol and diesel cars pushed back to 2035

Sunak is reportedly poised to water down a number of green policies (NationalWorld/Adobe/Getty)

Sunak to make speech amid reports he plans to water down net zero policies

Extinction Rebellion activists at the Labour headquarters on Monday (Photo: Luke Flegg/Supplied)

Extinction Rebellion activists 'pour oil' down Labour HQ steps

The common blue is one butterfly species which saw numbers drop in this year's Big Butterfly Count (Butterfly Conservation/PA Wire)

Wet summer helped UK's butterfly numbers boom

Greenpeace collaborated with Rumpus Animation to produce 'Sanctuary' an animated story of three sea creatures seeking safer waters (Greenpeace/Rumpus Animation)

UK urged to use new treaty power to turn Sargasso Sea into sanctuary

One of world's most feared creatures is heading to Britain, warns new research (Photo: Jesse Rorabaugh / SWNS)

Aggressive ants with painful sting could soon arrive in the UK

No new offshore wind projects secured bids in the government's big clean energy auction (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Government accused of 'botching' offshore wind auction after receiving no bids

Summer 2023 was the hottest ever recorded (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Summer 2023 officially the hottest ever recorded

The government is reportedly poised to overturn an effective ban on onshore wind farms (NationalWorld/Getty/Adobe Stock)

Tory government eases 'effective ban' on onshore wind farms

The Greenpeace video shows the Stade de France stadium being flooded with oil (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Greenpeace launch new push to keep fossil fuel money out of sports

Smalltooth sand tiger sharks are not considered dangerous to humans (Photo: ZSL/David Curnick)

New sharks on the block arrive in UK waters, which can grow 15 feet long

Has British farming reached crisis point? Credit: NationalWorld

Is UK farming in crisis? Farmers fear for future after Brexit

A group of emperor penguin chicks (Photo: Peter Fretwell/ British Antarctic Survey)

Emperor penguins suffer 'catastrophic breeding failure'

This tiny insect, which was feared to have gone extinct in Britain, is set to make a comeback, thanks to pioneering conservation work (Chester Zoo/SWNS)

Meet the UK insect which has 'come back from the dead' after 28 years

The UKSA is located in Wiltshire (Image: Getty)

Everything you need to know about the UK Space Agency

Walter Oseigwa, 24, Uganda's delegate for the Mock Education Minister's Summit (Photo: Supplied)

Hundreds of young climate activists turn eyes to education ministers

Rishi Sunak boards a plane at Stansted Airport as he departs for the Aukus meeting in San Diego in March 2023 (Photo: Leon Neal - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Rishi Sunak outpaces last three PMs in domestic RAF flights

Conservative MP Theresa Villiers at the annual Conservative Party Conference in 2022 (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Tory ex-environment chief failed to declare £70,000 in Shell shares

The changing climate is having a big impact on food production - and how much we pay at the till (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock/Getty)

Analysis What impact is climate change having on food prices?

Two girls died after a Land Rover Defender drove through The Study Preparatory School in Camp Road, Wimbledon, south London (Photo: Yui Mok/PA Wire)

Activists target SUV dealership in 'retaliation' for deadly school crash

A climate change protestor walks near Parliament on December 8, 2007 in London. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

What is on the list for 2023 National Risk Register

Red admiral butterflies usually fly south for the winter (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Red admiral butterflies flying south for the winter no more, survey shows

‘Frightening’ AI images show how climate change will impact UK by 2100. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/The Eco Experts)

‘Frightening’ AI images show how climate change will impact UK by 2100

Our politicians need to do more to protect the environment. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Politicians need to show courage with environmental policies Ralph Blackburn

The UK has experienced a very wet and rainy summer so far.

Why UK summer 2023 has been so wet explained by Met Office experts

An employee poses with a pipe used to carry liquid CO2 at the ‘Schwarze Pumpe’ (‘Black Pump’) near Berlin, Germany (Photo: MICHAEL URBAN/DDP/AFP via Getty Images)

'A green gloss' - Sunak backs carbon capture alongside oil push

As Britons eye the gargantuan profits hauled in by fossil fuel and energy giants so far this year, many minds are no doubt turning to the two different injustices at play - our power bills, and the climate crisis.

The two-fold injustice at the heart of fossil fuel profits Amber Allott

A woman cools off with cold bottles of water in Athens on July 20, as Greece dealt with a new major heatwave (Photo by LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP via Getty Images)

July will most likely be the hottest month ever, scientists say

Greenpeace protesters erect a giant spoof billboard outside Shell's London headquarters (Photo: Chris Ratcliffe/Greenpeace)

Climate activists hit out at fossil fuel giants' multi-billion profits

Emergency services fight fires in a row of houses in July 2022 in Wennington, after a series of grass fires broke out around the capital during an intense heatwave (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

Summer of 2022 was ‘a sign of things to come’ for UK's climate

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

‘Worrisome’ warning that Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

‘Worrisome’ warning that Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025

Climate activists have slammed Lord Frost for saying rising temperatures are ‘likely to benefit’ the UK (NationalWorld/Getty)

'Foolhardy' Lord Frost says rising temperatures ‘likely to benefit’ UK

Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are watering down green policies, as wildfires spread across Greece. Credit: Getty

Analysis Parties could pay at general election for watering down green policies

A deer runs through a burnt out area after a wildfire on the Greek island of Rhodes, during Europe's enduring heatwave (Photo by SPYROS BAKALIS/AFP via Getty Images)

July's heatwaves ‘almost impossible without climate change’

A new study has found meat-free eating has a much lower environmental impact on emissions, land use, water pollution risk, water use and biodiversity loss (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Veganism produces 75% less greenhouse gases than high-meat diet

Professor Robert Watson says he is "very pessimistic" about the world reducing emissions to limit the global average temperature to 2C above pre-industrial levels.(Photo: JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/AFP via Getty Images)

UK would need to halve emissions by 2030 to meet Paris Agreement

Flying in Europe is on average half the price of travelling the exact same route by train, according to a major new report from Greenpeace. Credit: Mark Hall / NationalWorld

Flying in Europe up to 30 times cheaper than train, says Greenpeace

Sand ‘postcard’ to Sunak drawn on UK beach as erosion threat ‘ignored’. (Photo: Sand In Your Eye/Rights Community Action/PA Wire)

Sand ‘postcard’ to Sunak drawn on UK beach as erosion threat ‘ignored’

Mediterranean countries like Italy and Greece have recorded some extreme temperatures over the years (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

The hottest temperatures ever recorded at Europe's holiday hotspots

The video, which Just Stop Oil says was taken on Wednesday Morning, appears to show a slow marcher being assaulted (Just Stop Oil)

Just Stop Oil activist punched and kicked during slow march, video shows

Marginalised communities ‘hardest hit’ by hot weather in the UK. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/PA)

Marginalised communities ‘hardest hit’ by hot weather in the UK

UK’s plan to adapt to climate change ‘lacklustre’ and ‘foot-dragging’. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

UK’s plan to adapt to climate change ‘lacklustre’ and ‘foot-dragging’

Nuclear energy is not technically renewable, but it does not release greenhouse gas emissions (Photo: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Analysis Is government's nuclear power expansion plan the fossil fuel panacea?

An elderly man sits outside in Hackney during the July 2022 heatwave (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

A high emissions future means a stark choice Amber Allott

UK summers could be ‘6C warmer by 2070’ under high emission pathway. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock)

UK summers could be ‘6C warmer by 2070’ under high emission pathway

Prosecco could be 'wiped out', a study has warned. Picture: SWNS

Prosecco could be 'wiped out' because of climate change

Some of the butterflies Brits might spot in this year's Big Butterfly Count (clockwise from left); the common blue, large white, painted lady, purple emperor and red admiral (NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

How to take part in this year's 'vital' Big Butterfly Count

Residents relax outside their home during summer 2022, as temperatures exceeded 40C in parts of England (Photo: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

UK homes need to urgently adapt as climate change brings hotter days

Parts of Europe, including some popular holiday spots, are in the grip of a heatwave (Image: NationalWorld/Adobe Stock)

Warning for school holiday travellers as heatwave bakes popular spots

Around 56% of the Earth's water has changed colour over 20 years (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images)

The world’s oceans are changing colour due to climate change