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Revealed: Three-quarters of prisons in England and Wales face ‘high risk’ of overheating

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

UK policy | Aug 16. 2024.
North Sea Oil and gas industry platforms and drilling rigs, Scotland, UK.

Analysis: UK could approve 13 new oil and gas projects despite North Sea pledge

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

UK policy | Aug 5. 2024.
Cycling using cycle lanes on Oxford Road, Manchester.

Net-zero transition will deliver at least ‘£164bn in benefits’ to UK

Cutting emissions from buildings and transport across the UK could yield billions of pounds in economic “co-benefits”, leaving people healthier a... Read More

UK policy | Jul 30. 2024.
Labour leaders Ed Miliband, Sir Keir Starmer and Anas Sarwar on the campaign trail.

CCC: Labour must ‘make up lost ground’ to hit UK climate goals

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

UK policy | Jul 18. 2024.

Webinar: What are the key climate priorities for the new UK government?

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

UK policy | Jul 11. 2024.
Keir Starmer speaking in British Parliament.

Experts: What is the Labour government’s top priority for meeting UK climate targets?

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

UK policy | Jul 10. 2024.
Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband visiting Teesport in April 2024.

Interactive: Labour government’s in-tray for climate change, energy and nature

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

UK policy | Jul 8. 2024.
An environmental protection camp near the planned site for new oil wells at Horse Hill in Surrey, UK.

Q&A: What does the ‘landmark’ Horse Hill judgment mean for UK fossil fuels?

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

UK policy | Jun 28. 2024.
Flooded fields in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in December 2023.

Q&A: The state of the UK’s ‘food security’ in a fast-warming world

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

Food and farming | Jun 28. 2024.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer debate at BBC.

Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero

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

Factchecks | Jun 27. 2024.
Man plants a tree in Abernethy Forest, Scotland.

Analysis: UK misses tree-planting targets by forest the ‘size of Birmingham’

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

UK policy | Jun 26. 2024.
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