UK policy
More than three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales face a “high risk” of overheating during summer months over the next 15 years, according... Read More
The UK government could approve 13 new oil and gas projects in the North Sea, with the fuel produced emitting 350m tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e) ... Read More
Cutting emissions from buildings and transport across the UK could yield billions of pounds in economic “co-benefits”, leaving people healthier a... Read More
The UK’s new Labour government must urgently reinstate the net-zero plans shelved by its predecessor in order to “limit the damage” caused by C... Read More
Following the Labour party’s historic win in the UK general election, Carbon Brief put together a panel of climate and energy experts to discuss th... Read More
Following a “landslide” Labour win in the UK general election, attention is turning to the new government’s next steps. Climate and en... Read More
The UK’s Labour party has swept to victory in the country’s general election, securing 412 seats out of 650 – with the Conservatives registerin... Read More
Earlier this month, a years-long legal attempt by community and environmental groups to challenge a new oil project in Horse Hill, Surrey resulted in... Read More
Promises to improve the UK’s food security feature in the election manifestos that have been published ahead of the vote on 4 July. The Conserva... Read More
During the 2024 UK general election campaign, politicians and newspapers have used a series of “scary-sounding numbers” to mislead voters about n... Read More
UK governments have fallen so far short of their tree-planting targets since 2020 that they have failed to plant an area of forest nearly equivalent ... Read More