November 30, 2023

The latest United Nations climate conference, COP28 has started today in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With 2023 set to be the hottest year on record, surely this will help focus the thoughts and actions of over 160 world leaders, who are meeting there to discuss collective action on the climate crisis. Notable absentees from this year's COP include US President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping, but UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will be attending.

October 18, 2023

In 2019, a staggering seven million Halloween costumes ended up as waste, whilst 60% of people who buy pumpkins admitted that they just threw the insides away.

October 16, 2023

Use YPTE's new guide to writing a letter to your local MP.

October 4, 2023

Pope Francis has today issued an update to his 2015 message about the Climate Crisis, which was entitled 'Laudato Si''. His new apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, has been written 'to all people of good will on the climate crisis.'

September 29, 2023

The State of Nature report, published on 27 September brought together data from 64 conservation and research organisations. It found that the abundance of species in the UK has declined by an average of 19% since 1970, with almost one in six (16%) in danger of extinction from Great Britain. But mammals like the Hazel dormouse have seen their population decline in Britain by 51% since 2000. 54% of flowering plants have also seen their distributions reduced.

September 26, 2023

According to the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), significant growth of renewable energy and green investments over the last two years has meant that the world has a greater chance of staying within a 1.5C global temperature increase.

August 4, 2023

In some good news for the environment, work is beginning to install the turbine blades at the world's biggest offshore wind farm, which is located at Dogger Bank, off the coast of northeast England.

August 4, 2023

The world's oceans have reached their highest ever recorded temperature, with global average surface temperatures hitting 20.96C, well above the average for this time of year. Temperatures are likely to continue to increase, because the world's oceans are at their hottest in March.

August 3, 2023

Forget global warming, "the era of global boiling has arrived". So said United Nations Secretary General António Guterres following confirmation from scientists that July 2023 was on course to be the world's warmest month on record.

July 4, 2023

We are thrilled to announce the virtual PAGES 2023 Awards Ceremony, where we honour the remarkable achievements of our primary schools who are leading the way in environmental education is now available to view.