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11 years remain to fight climate change – what progress have we made?

6 November 2019

In 2018, we were told we had 12 years to save the planet. One year on, Graham Lawton finds reasons to be hopeful, despite ever-rising carbon emissions
Green home

Could your home be net zero carbon? The radical plan to make it happen

5 November 2019

The UK government is planning radical changes to the way the country builds homes in order to slash their carbon emissions, but will people accept them?

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