14 h. ago Climate change is spiralling out of control: Damning report reveals how records were smashed for greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures and sea level rise in 2024

Climate change is spiralling out of control, with many of the consequences now 'irreversible', a damning report from the World Meteorological Organization has found.

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5 d. ago Britain's greenhouse gas emissions have FALLEN to their lowest level since 1872, promising analysis reveals

The UK's greenhouse gas emissions are now at levels not seen consistently since Victorian times, report experts at Carbon Brief.

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6 d. ago EPA considers pulling scientific study that shaped modern climate policy

The 2009 scientific finding says carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health

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7 d. ago Climate change could affect Earth's orbit and litter space with 'millions of pieces of junk'

Scientists have warned that greenhouse gas emissions will result in less space junk being burned up – and more debris littering outer space

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9 d. ago Trump’s USAid cuts will have huge impact on global climate finance, data shows

Campaigners say funding halt is a ‘staggering blow’ to vulnerable nations and to efforts to keep heating below 1.5CDonald Trump’s withdrawal of US overseas aid will almost decimate global climate finance from the developed world, data shows, with potentially devastating impacts on vulnerable nations.The US was responsible last year for about $8 in every $100 that flowed from the rich world to developing countries, to help them cut greenhouse gas emissions and cope with the impacts of extreme weather, according to data from the analyst organisation Carbon Brief. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US exits fund that compensates poorer countries for global heating

Trump pulls out of Cop28 loss and damage deal that recognises harms done by richer, polluting economies to vulnerable nationsThe Trump administration has withdrawn the US from a global agreement under which developed nations most responsible for the climate crisis pledged to partly compensate developing countries for irreversible harms caused by global heating.The loss and damage fund was agreed at the Cop28 UN climate summit in Dubai – a hard-won victory after years of diplomatic and grassroots advocacy by developing nations that bear the brunt of the climate crisis despite having contributed least to greenhouse gas emissions. The fund signalled a commitment by developed, polluting countries to provide financial support for some of the irreversible economic and noneconomic losses from sea level rise, desertification, drought and floods already happening. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Switzerland told it must do better on climate after older women’s ECHR win

Council of Europe says Swiss government failing to respect human rights court’s ruling on emissionsEurope live – latest updatesThe Swiss government has been told it must do more to show that its national climate plans are ambitious enough to comply with a landmark legal ruling.The Council of Europe’s committee of ministers, in a meeting this week, decided that Switzerland was not doing enough to respect a decision last year by the European court of human rights that it must do more to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and rejected the government’s plea to close the case. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago EPA pushes White House to ignore scientific finding that helped form current climate policy

The 2009 finding says carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions threaten public health

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3 w. ago Switch to EVs and heat pumps will save households cash, say climate advisers

The Climate Change Committee is urging the Government to commit to an 87% cut on 1990 levels by 2040 and has set out a cost-effective route to the greenhouse gas emissions cuts required

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3 w. ago Switch to EVs and heat pumps will save households cash – climate advisers

The Climate Change Committee is recommending a 87% cut in UK greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

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3 w. ago Forest fires push up greenhouse gas emissions from war in Ukraine

Emissions estimated at 55m tonnes in 2024 and nearly 230m tonnes in three years of war The burning of Ukraine’s forests at unprecedented rates over the past year has helped push the total greenhouse emissions from the war since Russia’s full-scale invasion to almost 230m tonnes, analysis shows.The study, published on the third anniversary of the invasion, found the fighting and its consequences had led to 55m tonnes of emissions in the past 12 months. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago How much more you'll pay as Ofgem energy price cap to rise to highest level since January 2024

The exact amount you pay can vary based on your region, how you pay your bill, and the type of meter you have

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4 w. ago Ofgem energy price cap to rise to highest level since January 2024, final forecasts claim

Energy price cap forecast to rise for a third consecutive term in a blow to consumers

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4 w. ago Fossil fuel industry accused of seeking special treatment over oilfield emissions

Lobbyists argued it was unfair for their industry to be treated the same as others as end product – oil and gas – inevitably produced emissionsExperts have accused the fossil fuel industry of seeking special treatment after lobbyists argued greenhouse gas emissions from oilfields should be treated differently to those from other industries.The government is embroiled in a row over whether to allow a massive new oilfield, Rosebank, to go ahead, with some cabinet members arguing it could boost growth and others concerned it could make the goal of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 impossible to reach. Labour made a manifesto commitment to halt new North Sea licensing, but Rosebank and some other projects had already been licensed and were awaiting final approval when the party won the general election. Continue reading...

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