Latest updates: Kwasi Kwarteng makes Commons statement after talks with energy companies and watchdogNo 10 dismisses ‘winter of discontent’ warnings amid energy crisis talksJohnson defends trade secretary after climate crisis denial tweetsMeeting Cop26…
Climate activist injured and colleague killed in Highlands paramotor accident
Man supporting Sacha Dench’s bid to circumnavigate mainland Britain before Cop26 killed in incident on SaturdaySacha Dench, who was attempting a world-first circumnavigation of mainland Britain in a paraglider to raise awareness about the climate crisi…
Johnson defends trade secretary after climate crisis denial tweets
PM admits he used to be a climate sceptic and says Ann-Marie Trevelyan will do ‘outstanding’ jobMeeting Cop26 finance goals ‘going to be tough’, says Boris JohnsonBoris Johnson has acknowledged that he has altered his views about the climate crisis ove…
Climate crisis leaving ‘millions at risk of trafficking and slavery’
Droughts and floods forcing workers from rural areas, leading to their exploitation in cities, report warnsMillions of people forced to leave their homes because of severe drought and powerful cyclones are at risk of modern slavery and human traffickin…
Devon teenager plans cycle to Glasgow for Cop26 climate summit
Jessie Stevens, 16, hopes to deliver speech to UN conference in November after completing 570-mile rideUnable to afford the extortionate train fare and refusing to fly, a 16-year-old environmental campaigner has decided to cycle 570 miles to the Cop26 …
Climate top of the agenda as knife-edge race to lead Germany enters final stage
Cheers and jeers greet political rivals trying to succeed Merkel, as they chase green votes in the former DDRAs Annalena Baerbock steps on to the stage, the downpour that minutes before had soaked those gathered on Chemnitz’s Theater Platz ceases. The …
Are the Wombles really the best children’s characters to tackle the climate crisis?
The stars of 1970s television have been announced as ambassadors for the British government’s #OneStepGreener campaign. But would the Octonauts and Go Jetters do better?From Wimbledon Common to Kelvingrove park – the Wombles, Britain’s much-loved envir…
An actor, two big bees and a lot of experts: a week spent tackling the planet’s problems
World’s largest conservation summit since Covid-19 brought 4,000 people to Marseille to showcase issues and solutions from coral reefs to land protection At times in Marseille’s early autumn sun, pre-pandemic life felt tantalisingly close at the world’…
The Australia deal shows the UK is happy to compromise climate goals for trade | Gwen Buck
Leaked documents that reveal the removal of references to temperature targets set a worrying precedentWhen the prime minister, Boris Johnson, launched trade negotiations with Australia in June last year, he lauded the opportunities of trading with a li…
Netherlands proposes radical plans to cut livestock numbers by almost a third
Dutch farmers could be forced to sell land and reduce the amount of animals they keep to help lower ammonia pollutionDutch politicians are considering plans to force hundreds of farmers to sell up and cut livestock numbers, to reduce damaging ammonia p…