Climate change
California votes to extend cap-and-trade climate law to 2030
California legislators have voted to extend a law to cut carbon emissions, weeks after President Donald Trump said the US would withdraw from the Paris climate accord.
The policy, which requires firms to purchase permits to release pollutants, will be… Continue reading
Heatwave Latest Update
Hot weather forecasts for parts of England have prompted warnings to take care from Public Health England (PHE).
Climate change -A third of the world now faces deadly heatwaves
Climate change has escalated the heatwave risk across the globe, the study states, with nearly half of the world’s population set to suffer periods of deadly heat by the end of the century even if greenhouse gases are radically cutNearly… Continue reading
‘blowtorch summer’ on the way says Met Office
Don’t laugh, but the UK could be set for a record-breaking summer with the mercury set to hit 35C. Despite large parts of the country being covered in cloud and chill, weather experts are predicting a risk of heatwaves in… Continue reading
‘Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement would turn America from a global climate leader into a global climate deadbeat’ — Greenpeace
In response to news that the Trump administration is leaning towards withdrawing the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, Greenpeace USA Executive Director Annie Leonard said:
“Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Agreement would turn America from a global climate… Continue reading
Low carbon drive ‘cuts household bills’
Britain’s low carbon energy revolution is actually saving money for households, a report says.
Households make a net saving of £11 a month, according to analysis from the Committee on Climate Change.
It calculates that subsidies to wind and solar… Continue reading
Warmest year yet likely to be 2016
Temperature data for 2016 shows it is likely to have edged ahead of 2015 as the world’s warmest year.
Data from Nasa and the UK Met Office shows temperatures were about 0.07 degrees Celsius above the 2015 mark.
Although the… Continue reading
UK signs up for Paris climate agreement
The UK government has signed a document ratifying the world’s first comprehensive agreement on tackling climate change.
Parliament raised no objections to the Paris deal; after the government signed the deal on Thursday, it is now just awaiting deposition at… Continue reading
UK government ‘short’ on climate target
The UK’s official advisers have issued a sombre assessment of government plans to hold climate change at a safe level.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) says the government is not on track to meet its pledge of cutting emissions… Continue reading
Leading insurers tell G20 to stop funding fossil fuels by 2020
Three of the world’s biggest insurers have called on G20 leaders to implement a timeframe for ending fossil fuel subsidies when they meet in China this week.
The G20 has already committed to phase out “inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that… Continue reading