Local Climate Change Commission announces net-zero plans
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough’s Independent Climate Change Commission (CCC) has announced plans to decarbonise agriculture and transport in the region. Earlier
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Scottish coastlines play vital role in tackling climate emergency
Protecting Scottish coastal wetlands may be vital to mitigate the impacts of climate change, according to researchers at the University
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Climate change may lead to sudden changes in British vegetation
Climate change could cause sudden changes in British vegetation patterns, according to research published in the journal Global Change Biology. Researchers
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Green policies helping businesses weather coronavirus crash, study suggests
Businesses with strong environmental and social credentials have been more resilient during the coronavirus stock market crash, research has found.
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Coronavirus is a ‘sliding doors’ moment. What we do now could change Earth’s trajectory
Coronavirus has been the most environmentally disruptive event of our lifetimes. Writing in for The Conversation, an international team of
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Coronavirus lockdowns cut carbon emissions by 17%
The coronavirus global lockdown has had a drastic effect on daily carbon emissions, falling by 17% across the globe, according
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Stop blaming each other for the climate crisis – coronavirus shows what we can achieve together
Coronavirus is teaching us crucial lessons on how to tackle climate change, write Oliver Taherzadeh and Benedict Probst from the
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The age of stability is over, and coronavirus is just the beginning
Whilst coronavirus will eventually pass, the climate crisis will only become more pronounced, warns Wolfgang Knorr, senior research scientist at
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Coronavirus shows we are not at all prepared for the security threat of climate change
How might a single threat, even one deemed unlikely, spiral into an evolving global crisis which challenges the foundations of
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New technology won’t save us from climate disaster
A belief that new technologies such as nuclear fusion or carbon capture and storage will ‘save’ us from climate change
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Almost 50% of the UK’s carbon footprint comes from overseas emissions
Almost 50% of the UK’s carbon footprint comes from emissions released overseas to satisfy UK-based consumption, according to a new
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Government extends Climate Change Agreement to save businesses £300m
The government yesterday (April 16) launched a consultation on the terms of an extension to the Climate Change Agreement scheme
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Coronavirus lockdown boosting UK wildflowers
Because of staff shortages, UK councils are not cutting roadside verges which is already boosting wildflower numbers and could be
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Coronavirus: world’s response has slashed CO2 emissions – here’s how to keep them down
Simone Abram, a professor in the Department of Anthropology at Durham University discusses how we can continue to keep CO2
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Interview: sustainability and climate change expert, Rebecca Willis
Rebecca Willis is a researcher in environment and sustainability policy at Lancaster Environment Centre and is an expert lead for
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Why the lockdown could be just what the environment needs
Now in our third week of the not quite a lockdown, lockdown, we’re all aware of the personal challenges we’re
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The Big Interview: Ben Fogle, TV presenter and environmentalist
Environment Journal spoke to environmental campaigner Ben Fogle about accusations of hypocrisy, moving his family out of London due to
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Climate scientists won’t know exactly how the crisis will unfold until it’s too late
Wolfgang Knorr, senior research scientist at Lund University and Will Steffen, professor at the Australian National University discuss why it
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New network of universities to combat climate change
An international network of universities has been created to help communicate research around climate change. Initiated by the University of
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A national office for carbon removal is vital, says new report
A national ‘office for carbon removal’ is vital to guarantee the credibility of carbon offsetting scheme, says a new report
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