It’s not looking good… Climate experts have issued a wake up call to the UK in the country’s starkest warning yet. Top government advisers must prepare for an increase of at least 2 degrees within just 25 years. This limit is hotter and sooner than previous official advice, and even worse than the 1.5C level […]
3 months ago
Germany, Sweden and Ireland have already rolled out this scheme The UK government is set to incentivise the return of household plastic waste to supermarkets. Launching in October 2027 across England, Northern Ireland and Wales – Scotland is independently assessing its own regulations – this environmentally-conscious scheme follows in the footsteps of more than 50 […]
9 months ago
2024 was the first year where global temperatures breached the key warming threshold of 1.5C The Earth has suffered its hottest year on record, as the planet moves ever closer to breaking the crucial 1.5C of warming that could trigger a climate catastrophe. On Friday, the European Copernicus climate service, which is one of the […]
1 year ago
We actually might be finished The world is getting warmer, that’s no secret and weather and climate patterns continue to become more sporadic. Last year was the warmest ever on record with 2024 looking set to break the very much unwanted record. Between 2014 and 2016, Earth was hit with one of the largest El […]
1 year ago
To be clear – this is very bad news Trees and land absorbed almost no carbon dioxide (CO2) last year, and scientists are struggling to work out why. Carbon sinks, such as forests, oceans and soils, are an essential part of regulating the Earth’s climate. Through natural processes, these land and ocean masses absorb almost […]
1 year ago
The death of dino-power Britain’s last coal power station has closed down, marking the end of a 142 year coal-fuelled era that helped transform the UK. The very last coal power plant in the UK, located in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, in Nottinghamshire, was switched off for the final time today. This means that for the first time […]
1 year ago