Government responds to BEIS Committee’s Climate Assembly report
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee has published the Government’s response to the BEIS Committee’s Climate Assembly UK: where are we now?-report.
Darren...
New fusion site in Yorkshire reaches construction milestone
EXTERNAL construction of the new Fusion Technology facility in South Yorkshire is complete, with the building being handed over to UK Atomic Energy Authority...
NatWest to disclose climate impacts of projects it finances in new scheme
NatWest Group has become the first major UK bank to sign up to the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials.
Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials is...
Coventry and Oxford set to be UK’s first all-electric bus cities
Coventry and Oxford are developing proposals to become the first parts of the UK to run all-electric bus services.
The cities are developing business cases...
Two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970, new WWF report reveals
Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century due in large...
Council climate change strategy to build on new lifestyles
Cabinet councillors have agreed a revised timetable and format for next steps in developing Lewes District Council’s climate change and sustainability strategy.
In July 2019,...
New inquiry examines how government trade approach interacts with its environmental goals
In a new inquiry, the International Trade Committee will examine how the Government can ensure its environmental policies are protected as it negotiates free...
Planning applications will have to show how they help meet Scotland’s net zero targets...
Planning applications will have to show how they help meet Scotland’s targets to cut emissions to net zero by 2045 to get approval under...
Wales announces rule to make manufacturers responsible for waste created by their products
Wales has joined forces with other UK nations to introduce new ‘polluter pays’ rules to make businesses which place packaged goods onto the market...
“A dire warning about the consequences of inaction”: IPCC publishes climate report
People and ecosystems least able to cope with human-induced climate change are being hardest hit, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
