Climate

Money could help fund free nationwide home insulation programme

Government urged to impose tougher windfall tax

   Make energy efficiency a top priority, PM candidates urged

After months of headlines and scandal, Boris Johnson is to step down as the Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader in September 2022. Political Affairs Manager Adam Barnett weighs up the climate credentials of the two candidates vying to replace him – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – and offers his predictions on what to expect from each of our potential future leaders.

A provisional temperature of 40.2C was recorded at Heathrow this afternoon, exceeding the previous record set in 2019

In 2022 we won a court case against the UK government over its Net Zero Strategy, its main climate strategy to reduce carbon emissions. What's the government's new climate plan and why are we back in court?

Following victory in court, the government will now have to revise its climate strategy to show how key emissions reduction targets will be met.

Action to cut carbon emissions must be accelerated

Due to the climate crisis, we’re experiencing the impacts of high temperatures all over the UK. Find out about the consequences of this extreme weather.

New research identifies the areas in England most vulnerable to dangerously hot temperatures as the climate crisis worsens