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COP31 is the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Eleanor Gilbert says she has enough pumpkins for everyone but they may be smaller due to the recent hot weather.

Pumpkin patches hit by scorching summer

A woman holds a shopping basket in the aisle of a supermarket

Food prices set to rise as heatwave hits UK crops

Lupin specialises in pharmaceutical products

Ad Feature Lupin named among world's most sustainable companies

Sagar Adani, Lord Adair Turner, Nigel Topping and Ian Blatchford attended the dialogue

Ad Feature Sagar Adani calls for faster electrification amid rising power demand

The El Nino dubbed “super” and “Godzilla” expected to reach, or exceed previous record set in 1997

“Godzilla” El Nino in Pacific expected to grow to historic strength

A man cools down with a bottle of water during the hot weather in Westminster Bridge, central London

When will heatwave end? Met Office reveals when temperatures will fall

Tom Nelson, co-founder of Nature Impact, and James Hilditch, co-founder and creative director at BearJam.

Ad Feature BearJam first to commit 1% of AI production budget to nature

Temperatures are set to rise for the rest of this week in the UK

Temperatures rising this week as El Niño expected to spell hot summer

People cycle along the sea front on Boscombe Beach in Dorset

Milder weather on the way this week, says Met Office

People walk by daffodils in St Nicholas' Park, Warwick

Met Office forecasters predict milder conditions and even sunshine

The Doomsday Clock time has been set again today, Tuesday January 27 2026. Photos: Hastings Group Media

The Doomsday clock: What is it, and what time is at set at for 2026?

The west scrape at Potteric Carr, Yorkshire, dried up due to climate change and more extreme weather such as drought.

UK on track for warmest year on record, Met Office says

Puffins galore: In their annual review of the year, the Wildlife Trusts have charted the highs and lows for wildlife and habitats around the UK's coasts in 2025.

UK seas in 2025: ‘Incredible’ octopuses, pollution & puffin good news

A group of global leaders, activists and survivors are driving bold, sustained action at every level.

Ad Feature Global leader launch panel to end gender-based violence

AFPTV video footage shows emergency crews battling a fire that broke out at a pavilion inside the venue of the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Belem, Para state, Brazil

UN climate talks in Brazil evacuated after fire breaks out at COP30

Root veggies, brassicas, apples and pears will all be in season this month

Root veggies 'back on the menu' - 9 others in season this November
Leek and potato soup, anyone? 🥔
Amber Allott

MCC has issued a Carbon Impact Report amid the climate issues facing cricket, including the bat emergency

Cricketers urged to rethink bat usage amid looming 'emergency'

Hurricane Melissa pictured by satellite as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Monday evening

Why 'supercharged' Hurricane Melissa is so powerful - and dangerous

From chillies to pears, beets to Jerusalem artichokes, there are plenty of exciting fruits and veggies in season now

26 hearty, flavourful fruits and vegetables in season this October

The weather over the past summer may trigger an especially vibrant display this autumn

Why autumn leaves may be more spectacular than ever this year

There are dozens of fruits and veggies in season this month

25 fruits and veggies in season now - why eating them helps the planet

Scientists have said they believe more than 1,400 people died in the UK because of the heatwaves this summer

More than 1,147 people died from climate-driven UK summer heatwaves

Met Office unveils 2025/26 storm names list

Met Office unveils 2025/26 storm names list - including 'Dave'

Toxic blue-green algae on the River Bann where it meets Lough Neagh near the village of Toome last summer.

Environmental crisis at UK’s largest freshwater lake as beaches close

Laurence Fox alongside his partner Elizabeth Barker,

Who is Laurence Fox's partner Elizabeth Barker - are they married?

After a blistering July, what will the weather be like in August?

This is when heatwave will return as weekend temperature below average

Temperatures reached a high of over 36C in one Liverpool classroom

School classrooms got ‘worryingly hot’ this term
This summer term has been almost too hot to handle in some classrooms 🔥
Amber Allott

The extreme heatwave is sweeping across southern Europe

Severe heatwave goes over 42C in Italy, Greece, Spain & Portugal

The effects of climate change could cost children days of school time each year, a government risk report says

3 ways climate change may soon impact schools - costing children days

Laura Kuenssberg

Guests announced for Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinor

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

Future Forests Experience immersive scene

South East pupils learn about dangers of climate change through immersive VR exp...

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Killer virus found in UK mosquitoes for the first time

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

Ad Feature Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating

Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Sheryl Crow was terrified when an armed man broken into her property

Sheryl Crow faced terrifying armed intruder after anti-Tesla video

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Climate hazards including 120 mile per hour winds threaten women’s football, new...

Winter storms are likely to hit the UK, scientists have warned

Winter storms likely to hit the UK, scientists warn

Ricky Gervais has halted plans for £5m Buckinghamshire mansion

Ricky Gervais halts plans for £5m riverside mansion - here's why

Tin cans are a staple of stockpiles

What to include in a three-day food stockpile - after EU issues advice

Houses in the middle of a flooded area after Storm Laurence passed through El Palmar de Troya in southern Spain, before Martinho swept in.

Large areas of holiday hotspot on alert as rainstorms cause flooding

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Why Tesco's move to give food away for free is a good call Tom Morton

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Sick joke' as Amazon rainforest cut down for COP30 climate meeting

Alan Titchmarsh

'Choose Weetabix over avocados - here's why'

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6 of the best eco-friendly banks for sustainable spending in the UK

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

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Holidaymakers could soon be charged more every time they fly

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

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Eerie changes to TikTok after the US ban

The Moon has, for the first time, appeared on the World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list.

The Moon on World Monuments Fund's endangered heritage sites list

2024 was officially the hottest year on record

-20C in UK and wildfires in US following hottest year on record

Gardeners' World host Monty Don receiving an honorary doctorate from the University of Stirling in recognition of his outstanding contribution to horticulture in 2023

Monty Don urged to ‘stay safe’ by worried fans

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The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

French astrologer and physician Michel De Nostradamus (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The six 2025 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

Snowman snow Christmas generic Canva

Weather forecast - what's the chance of snow this Christmas?

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