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Environment

Legal battle over UK's Net Zero Strategy poses challenge for next PM

Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s successor will have to sign off on a new net-zero strategy after the UK government's plan was ruled unlawful

Analysis

Sign on motorway warning of severe weather

Environment

Temperature hits 40°C on the UK's hottest day on record

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Life

Antarctic bacteria reveal an evolutionary limit to dealing with heat

News

Map of UK showing heat alert

Environment

UK prepares for health emergency with 50 per cent chance of 40°C heat

News

Sign showing temperature of 43°C.

Health

Why are heatwaves dangerous and how does extreme heat affect the body?

News

Ariel view of off road tracks near Muriwai Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. Deforestation.

Environment

Forests are becoming less resilient because of climate change

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Engineers working with concrete

Environment

Firms pledge to clean up construction with green net-zero concrete

News

Hurricane Ida causes devistation

Environment

40 per cent of people could live outside 'human climate niche' by 2100

News

Piles of coal at the PacifiCorp Hunter coal-fired electrical generation plant in Castle Dale, Utah, US, on Monday, June 13, 2022. Residential electricity rates have been??surging for months??and are poised to climb even higher this summer on a combination of tight supplies of natural gas and coal, an unrelenting??drought??in the Western US, and a nationwide forecast for extreme heat. Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Environment

What does the new US Supreme Court ruling mean for carbon emissions?

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Loft installation

Environment

'Shocking' failure to insulate homes means UK will miss carbon goals

The Climate Change Committee criticises the UK government over energy efficiency and agriculture policies, saying the country won’t hit its net-zero goals, but praises action on electric cars

News

Environment

Every heatwave occurring today is more intense due to climate change

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Life

African wild dogs give birth 22 days later than they did 30 years ago

News

Environment

UK's largest carbon capture project will turn CO2 into baking soda

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Environment

We must accept we won’t meet 1.5°C climate target, says report

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