“While Covid-19 generated a large international health and economic crisis from which it will take years to recover, it is crucial to remember that climate change will continue to pose an ongoing and increasing threat to human lives, ecosystems, economies and societies for centuries to come."
Opposition MPs were highly critical of the defence, with shadow minister Peter Kyle saying ministers “don’t even pretend not to embrace bigots any more”.
Sir Charles Walker, deputy of the 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers, said it was becoming increasingly difficult for MPs to defend the government - as policies can be quickly dropped by ministers.
June saw a new reported record high Arctic temperature, on the back of unusually hot conditions since the beginning of 2020
Addressing the dilemma of short-term financial prosperity over long-term environmental survival.
The teenager hopes coronavirus will open up the discussion about deaths caused by climate change.
The world is witnessing the ‘decline and fall of the fossil fuel industry’, analysts say.
The 17-year-old activist encouraged youngsters to take their protests to Twitter rather than the streets amid the coronavirus outbreak.
The figure is four times more than original predictions and is due to governments failing to address the urgency of the crisis, according to international experts.
Warwick District Council is holding a ballot on May 7 over a £3m annual climate action plan.
The Swedish activist will be speaking at Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate on College Green in the city.
By Zak Derler, Desmog UK
Tories say that regulation will make the UK less competitive. But climate-driven floods and heatwaves already cost Britain billions.
US researchers identified rising maximum temperatures as the key threat to animals and plants, which both face a similar risk of extinction.
Environmentalists have warned that climate change cannot be tackled by damaging nature.
North Somerset Council turned down a planning application to expand Bristol Airport because of environmental concerns.
Boris Johnson faced criticism on the issue from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn during Prime Minister’s Questions.
The film director and sibling of Sir David died in 2014.
“This isn’t a pretty place to be and we owe the world a lot better” - former clean growth minister Claire Perry O’Neill spoke out
The meeting in November is the most important set of UN climate talks since the Paris Agreement was secured in 2015.
If temperatures rise by two degrees celsius, the world’s wine-growing districts could shrink by as much as 56 per cent.
The broadcaster and naturalist was speaking at the first UK-wide citizens’ assembly on climate change in Birmingham on Saturday.
The charity calls on Government to ban peat in horticulture and boost tree cover to conserve nature and cut emissions.
Sir David Attenborough thanked members of the public who will meet in Birmingham for giving up time to discuss how to reach net zero emissions.
Australia's devastating drought is having a critical impact on the world's most unique creature.
Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough said action has been put off ‘year after year’ but there is no more time to ‘prevaricate’.
Australian firefighters turn from defence to offence, risking lives in wildfire battle.
Melting snow and ice has fuelled an abundance of plant life - nearly 20,000 feet up the world's most famous mountain.
With the COP25 dubbed “a climate summit to forget”, the pressure is piling on PM Boris Johnson to deliver tangible results if London wants to be seen as a global climate leader.
From the science to the protests on the streets, 2019 saw a huge rise in environmental awareness. Now 2020 must be the year of action, experts say.
Rowan Williams also criticised conspiracy theorists.
Around 200 wildfires were burning in four states.
The UK “must get on track to delivering net zero emissions” in this Parliament, the Committee on Climate Change warned Boris Johnson.
Environmental groups and activists accused the world’s richer countries of showing little commitment to seriously tackling climate change.
Labour’s environmental policies scored higher than both the Green Party and Liberal Democrats, with the Conservatives languishing far behind in the NGO’s assessments.
Sparrows, thrushes and other migrators have got smaller over the last four decades - and climate change is to blame, according to a new study
They lay down on the floor, buzzing in protest.
Jo Swinson says it is ironic they focused on an electric bus.
With no sense of irony, or indeed sense, Tuesday's Sun published a propaganda piece with the headline 'Boris Johnson warns voters Jeremy Corbyn is a national security risk who will bow down to Britain’s enemies'
Antonio Guterres made his warning ahead of the crucial two-week climate conference in Madrid.
Sir David’s intervention came as Boris Johnson insisted he wants an ‘unbridled’ media.
The Prime Minister shunned the hour-long Emergency On Planet Earth debate due to air at 7pm tonight.
#ChickenBoris trends on Twitter as Boris Johnson chickens out of Andrew Neil interview and his own constituency hustings too.
Researchers spent a decade compiling the largest plant biodiversity dataset ever created
The broadcaster said the debate will take place whether or not all the leaders show up.