September 9, 2021

A new scientific study, published in the journal Nature has found that if we want to have even a 50% chance of keeping global temperature increases below 1.5C, almost 60% of existing oil and gas reserves will need to stay in the ground, along with 90% of coal. The report concludes that we are currently at the peak of oil and gas production and that production will decline by 3% per year from now on.

August 9, 2021

"Today's IPCC Working Group 1 Report is a code red for humanity." - Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General.

June 29, 2021

Episode 5 of the YPTE Podcast is now available to listen to from wherever you get your podcasts. Our guest is Ellie, a.k.a. Jen Zead, author of How To Fix the Planet (When You're a Teenager).

April 22, 2021

We have some really exciting news for Earth Day 2021!

April 7, 2021

Lots of sunshine and wind on Easter Monday, coupled with a lower demand for energy meant that nearly 80% of Britain's power was being supplied by zero carbon energy.

March 26, 2021

YPTE’s brand new podcast is now available from all the places you can listen to podcasts.

March 23, 2021

Supermarket Waitrose will no longer sell magazines for children that have cheap plastic toys on their covers. The move comes in response to a campaign started by Skye, a ten year-old girl from Wales.

March 11, 2021

New rules that are being introduced this summer should mean that fridges, washing machines, TVs and other home appliances should last longer and cost less to run. Ministers are implementing new rules from the EU, which are aiming to reduce the need for new raw materials whilst saving energy and saving consumers’ money.

January 21, 2021

Joe Biden, the newly-inaugurated 46th President of the United States yesterday signed an executive order for the US to rejoin the Paris climate agreement. The action comes after former President Donald Trump withdrew America from the Paris agreement last year.

December 9, 2020

The UK government’s official advisers on climate change, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) have released a new report, which sees the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2035 reducing by 78% when compared with 1990 levels. This new target vastly surpasses the carbon budget set in 2018, accelerating the path to net zero by 15 years, which the CCC said reflected recent rapid falls in renewable energy costs.