Defra ‘On Saturday (12 December), the UK became one of the first countries in the world to fulfil a key commitment of the Paris Agreement, publishing our Adaptation Communication, setting out how we are enhancing our resilience to the changing climate. Published as the Prime Minister brought leaders together at the virtual Climate Ambition Summit, the […]
UK sets ambitious new climate target ahead of UN Summit A new plan aims for at least 68% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by the end of the decade, compared to 1990 levels. The Prime Minister has today (Friday 4 December) announced a new ambitious target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68% […]
Climate Change Committee: ‘We’ve just published our advice to Government on the Sixth Carbon Budget. The Budget, required under the Climate Change Act, provides Ministers with the Committee’s recommendation on the level of greenhouse gases the UK can emit during the period 2033-2037. Please visit our Sixth Carbon Budget page to view and download our […]
Climate change and water: Are we doing enough, fast enough? Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency to the Institute of Water February this year was the wettest on record. It was followed by the sunniest spring on record. Climate change will increasingly bounce us between these extremes in the coming decades, and water […]
Guardian ‘Governments have rejected calls for tougher regulation of international shipping, settling instead for new rules on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that campaigners say will imperil the Paris climate goals. The International Maritime Organization (IMO), the UN body that regulates international shipping, agreed on Friday after a week-long online meeting to make an existing target […]
The 10-point plan comprises: A ban on combustion engine sales by 2030, with grants for electric cars, and funding for charge points. The sale of some hybrid cars and vans will continue until 2035. A previously announced pledge to quadruple offshore wind powerby 2030, to 40GW, enough to power every UK home. Moves to boost hydrogen […]
Water UK’s CEO Christine McGourty considers the role of partnerships in building a blueprint for decarbonisation in the water industry and beyond BuisnessGreen ‘Water is critical to all our lives, and yet it’s estimated that England alone could see a shortfall of at least 3.4 billion litres of water a day by 2050 as a […]
Met Office: ‘A new set of projections from the Met Office reveal that extremes of rainfall and high temperatures are expected to exceed the extreme conditions already experienced in the UK, breaking records and placing increasing challenges on health, infrastructure and services. The latest addition to the set of UK Climate Projections (known as UKCP) […]