climate change
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
Hottest June ever recorded worldwide – NOAA
Last month was the hottest June ever recorded worldwide, and the 14th straight month that global heat records were broken, scientists say.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says global sea temperatures were fractionally higher than for June… Continue reading
Business and sustainability leaders welcome fifth carbon budget
Business leaders and sustainability professionals have unanimously welcomed this morning’s confirmation that the government has set the fifth carbon budget at the recommended level.
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd laid a draft order before parliament setting the carbon budget for the… Continue reading
Warming unlikely to limit chances of UK soggy summers
The UK is likely to continue to have soggy summers regardless of global warming according to a new study.
Scientists say that greenhouse gases will cause a general rise in summer temperatures, over the course of this century.
But they… Continue reading
El Niño likely to boost CO2 in 2016
CO2 levels have been boosted by El Nino and mean the greenhouse gas is about to pass a symbolic threshold.
Twenty-sixteen will very likely mark the first time the concentration of CO2, as measured atop Hawaii’s famous Mauna Loa volcano,… Continue reading
March 2016 temperatures highest since 1880
The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for March 2016 was the highest for this month in the 1880–2016 record, at 1.22°C (2.20°F) above the 20th century average of 12.7°C (54.9°F). This surpassed the previous record… Continue reading
Scientists compare climate change impacts at 1.5C and 2C
Half a degree makes a very big difference when judging how different parts of the world will feel the effects of climate change.
Cheapest energy will always be what we don't use
Pathways to the future
Here in the UK, we rely on electricity to flow at the flick of a switch. So, it’s easy to overlook and underestimate the complexity of the… Continue reading
Subsidy cuts looming, David Cameron urged to reconsider following Paris climate deal
The prime minister has been urged to intervene in planned cuts to solar power subsidies as a response to the signing of the Paris agreement on climate change at the weekend.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc)… Continue reading
Climate change – UK ‘scores well’ for now
Not surprisingly perhaps Scandinavian countries have scored highly in the international rating for combating climate change. Some may be more surprised to see that the UK has also scored well in the international rankings. Denmark, the UK and Sweden… Continue reading