‘Disappointing and surprising’: Why isn’t this a climate election in the UK?
More than 400 scientists write to political parties urging ambitious action or risk making Britain and the world ‘more dangerous and insecure’
May 2024
The Guardian view on net zero: a bank-led green transition won’t work for Britain
UK is failing to put climate crisis at centre of national security measures, MPs told
April 2024
Net zero has become unhelpful slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog
Chris Stark says populist response and culture war around the term is inhibiting environmental progress
Sunak has ‘set Britain back’ on net zero, says UK’s climate adviser
Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee, says Tories’ decision to dilute key green policies has had huge diplomatic impact
There’s no such thing as a benign beef farm – so beware the ‘eco-friendly’ new film straight out of a storybook
George Monbiot
A highly misleading new documentary claims soil carbon storage can redeem the livestock industry – it’s all so much ‘moo-woo’, says the Guardian columnist George Monbiot
March 2024
Devolved leaders reject shortlist for climate watchdog chair over Tory links
Refusal by Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leaders to approve candidates means whole recruitment process may have to be rerun
February 2024
Ministers could use loophole to water down carbon reduction commitments
Climate committee urges government not to relax future targets after UK overachieved in 2018-22, in part thanks to lockdowns
January 2024
Sunak ‘dodging scrutiny’ by failing to appoint chair of Climate Change Committee
Jeremy Hunt’s net zero target claims criticised by climate advisers
December 2023
EV mythbusters
Are electric cars too expensive to tempt motorists away from petrol and diesel vehicles?
UK likely to miss Paris climate targets by wide margin, analysis shows
November 2023
From carbon capture to King Charles: what to look out for at Cop28
Claimants take UK government to court over inadequate climate adaptation
October 2023
UK meat consumption at lowest level since records began, data reveals
Ministers ‘misrepresented’ UK climate advisory body, say scientists
September 2023
Rishi Sunak urged to stop attacking Climate Change Committee
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
‘Wishful thinking’ for Sunak to say UK on course to meet emissions targets, says Climate Change Committee boss – as it happened
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Rishi Sunak delays some green targets and scraps others as he reveals net zero policy shift – as it happened
Ignoring call to halt new airports would be ‘electoral carnage’, Sunak warned
