Don’t look up: 50-50 chance of exceeding 1.5C warming threshold in next five years
In 2015, the chance of exceeding the key threshold for global warming was zero.
Tag: climate crisis
Record heatwaves at Earth poles prompt fears of faster climate breakdown
"These events drive home the urgency of action," one scientist said.
Environment Agency ‘lowered 93 per cent of serious pollution prosecutions’
Only 35 out of 495 serious incidents of water and waste crimes were carried forward, despite its own conclusion that all should be prosecuted.
‘Atlas of human suffering’: UN report warns of ‘devastating’ climate impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that many impacts of the climate crisis were already "irreversible".
Liz Truss criticised after flying on private jet instead of commercial flight or train
“Commercial travel options were not possible for this trip due to the foreign secretary’s busy schedule, and would have been more expensive," the government's foreign office said in defence of the Tory secretary.
Flight particles linked to deaths and several health issues, scientist warns
A senior lecturer in air pollution said airports put millions across UK and European cities at risk of death and several health issues.
‘Divided’ govt is one of ‘climate delay’ leaving country ‘vulnerable’, Ed Miliband warns
“The problem is that we already have a government of climate delay, which by failing to take the necessary action on everything from energy efficiency to the deployment of onshore wind has left us more vulnerable as a country."
Green activists and businesses hit out at Gove’s levelling up plan
The government only mentioned “the green industrial revolution and transition to net zero” second bottom on a list of 16 priorities.
Wealthiest responsible for most carbon emissions – and their share is rising
Rich people have much higher carbon footprints and the share of global emissions they are responsible for is rising, researchers said.