With Downing Street red in the face after admitting it should not have approved a Buckinghamshire data centre, a consultancy expert expounds on what needs to happen for the artificial intelligence boom to be more palatable for people and planet. 

Figures released by the Climate Change Committee paint a picture of ‘the growth story of the decade’, according to experts. 

With new rules meaning development sites smaller than 0.2 hectares no longer need to contribute to nature, a fresh analysis has revealed the scale of what this means. 

Despite its obvious impact on the environment, artificial intelligence can unlock a more efficient reuse economy. 

Manchester, Edinburgh, Leicester and Liverpool also feature in the UK top five, although none ranked globally. 

Although improvements are visible, minorities groups remain woefully underrepresented in jobs and roles linked to the environment. We crunch the numbers.