Efforts to mass-produce green steel are finally nearing reality
5 July 2023
Decarbonising steel production is essential if we are to cut global greenhouse gas emissions, but this energy-intensive process has been hard to clean up - until now
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Why have we seen so many heatwaves around the world in 2022?
8 September 2022
As well as China having the worst heatwave in world history, many other places around the globe have smashed records for extreme heat
How much do food miles matter and should you buy local produce?
20 June 2022
Despite a study claiming that food-mile emissions are higher than previously thought, eating less animal produce remains much more important than how far your food travels
The world's ageing dams are not built for ever more extreme weather
2 August 2019
A town in the UK has been evacuated after extreme rains eroded a dam’s spillway. It is just one of many ageing dams worldwide not designed for increasingly extreme weather
We need to shut power plants early to stay under 1.5°C warming
1 July 2019
Despite all the talk and target setting, emissions from existing and planned fossil fuel energy infrastructure will take the world well past the 1.5°C mark, unless we shut them down
UK goes a week without coal but the renewables revolution is stalling
8 May 2019
The country that first started turning coal into electricity has managed without it for a week. But don't be fooled by the good news
Why the UK using less electricity is weirdly bad news for the climate
4 January 2019
In some ways it is great news that electricity demand in the UK is falling, but paradoxically to meet climate goals it should be rising
Will there be beer shortages as the world warms? Well, maybe
15 October 2018
Predictions of beer shortages and rocketing prices as extreme weather hits barley production should not be taken too literally but do highlight a very real problem
Wind farms do affect climate - but they don’t cause global warming
4 October 2018
A study has claimed that large-scale wind power in the US would cause significant warming, but this is misleading and could harm take-up of renewables
Don’t give up, we can survive even a Hothouse Earth
8 August 2018
Bad news on the climate should lead neither to despair nor unfounded optimism. Instead, we need to roll up our sleeves and prepare for life on a drastically changing planet
