Climate

Ten UK data centres could cancel EV emissions gain

Research has underlined the lack of transparent and reliable figures for expected emissions driven by data centre growth

Reform councils axing net zero targets

Environmental fears are being described as lies and fantasies to justify scrapping green policies

Richard Branson bangs the drum for climate investors at muted UN gathering

Sir Richard was in New York to rally investors for a new fund aimed at protecting geographical basins in the Amazon, Congo and Southeast Asia

BP is turning back to petroleum – and away from greener pastures

In 2020, BP told the world that it cared about climate change. Today, it is doubling down on oil and gas. How did an aggressive US hedge fund help pressure Britain’s best-known energy company to abandon its green ambitions?

Global rise in sea levels may be inevitable, experts warn as sci-fi becomes reality

Scientists say that a hotter planet will see Antarctica’s vast glaciers crumble – and change the face of the Earth

Spanish blazes foretell a fiery future

Resilience and public awareness can mitigate against raging wildfires. But climate change is the elephant in the room

Can’t bear your hot house? The Med has lessons for us

As Britain faces serial heatwaves, we need to learn how to keep our buildings cool and habitable

As the world burns, people head north – like swallows

Scotland could take on a new role, a Monaco of the future where the scenery is beautiful and rainfall abundant

The treaty that could end the plastic deluge

The man behind landmark research into microplastics thinks a possible UN pact might help us clean up our act

China’s energy endeavours offer a sliver of hope for the planet

The greatest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world has ambitious plans for clean power

Texas was cursed with a perfect storm – but there’s a bigger picture

Last week’s floods were freakish, though climate change and forecasting cuts won’t help prevent future crises

Unless we look after farmers, our food supply is at risk

As the climate changes, rural economies need better protection to safeguard the food supply

This is an emergency. The UK is sticking its head in the sand

Sweltering temperatures harm the economy and kill thousands – the government needs a strategy to deal with this

The Alps are melting – and never faster than now

Last month, a Swiss village was buried when the mountain above ‘exploded’. The impact of climate change is no longer anecdotal

Druids of TikTok: it’s not all Stonehenge and white robes

The modern message is about climate change, the environment and community connection

300 trawlers defy deep-sea fishing ban

Conservationists call for action after tracking hundreds of vessels they suspect of harmful deep-sea fishing

‘We must stop treating the ocean like a bottomless trash can’

The two-thirds of the Earth that is water is being overlooked by climate targets, yet could hold the answer

My week as a cetti warbler

Each week Simon Barnes hears what the last seven days has been like for a member of the animal kingdom