Climate change

Report urges aviation industry to enable better collective understanding of contrail impact, even if uncertainty over exact warming effect 'may always be present'

Carbon footprinting study of UK’s 15 national parks is published as parks join Race to Zero campaign

National Lottery-backed scheme to offer poorer and marginalised groups 'cascade of benefits' from wellbeing, education and training in nature

Met Office report catalogues yet another year of 'interesting' and 'significant' weather, with a spate of temperature records sent tumbling across the UK in 2023

Scientists claim fresh approach to restoring tree cover to previously deforested areas could remove more CO2 from the atmosphere and at a lower cost

Presidencies of COP28, COP29 and COP30 summits highlight upcoming UN General Assembly meeting as a key staging post for countries to showcase ambitious new climate plans for period to 2035

Joined-up approach at COP29 and COP16 vital for catalysing bolder action to tackle climate and nature crises, scientists claim

Retail giant to reward members of newly formed producer group for adopting regenerative farming techniques and cutting greenhouse gad emissions

More than one-in-10 areas of prime, grade one, farmland hit by at least one flood warning during winter 2023, new analysis finds

Green groups and firefighters urge Ministers to step up efforts to make country more resilient to rising temperatures on two-year anniversary of the UK's first 40C day