October 1, 2020

From today, it is illegal for businesses to sell or supply single-use plastic items like straws and stirrers. People who have medical conditions meaning that they need to use straws will be exempt from the ban in hospitals or when visiting bars or restaurants.

September 28, 2020

Leaders from 65 countries, including Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel have warned that we are now facing a planetary emergency because of climate change and the unchecked destruction of the world's ecosystems.

September 24, 2020

Here's some good news to brighten up your Thursday: new statistics released by the government-funded Recycle Now campaign have shown that almost nine out of ten UK households regularly recycle.

September 23, 2020

Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced to the United Nations General Assembly that China will aim to reach carbon neutrality by 2060, having hit peak emissions before 2030. His announcement came a week after the European Union pledges to reduce its carbon emissions by 55% by 2030.

September 21, 2020

The UK looks set to bring forward its ban on sales of new petrol and diesel-powered vehicles from 2040 to 2030. An announcement was planned for later this week, but will now be put back until later in the year, as the government focuses on tackling the new increase in Covid-19 infections. The 2030 ban is supported by the Committee on Climate Change, the government's advisory panel.

September 1, 2020

New data from the EU's Copernicus atmospheric monitoring service has shown that 245 megatonnes (that's 245 million tonnes or 245 billion kilos) of carbon dioxide (CO2) has been emitted from wildfires in the Arctic from the start of 2020 up until 24 August. In the whole of 2019, total CO2 emissions from the same region were 181 megatonnes, so that's a big increase.

August 21, 2020

The Greenland ice sheet lost 532 billion tonnes of ice in 2019. The rate of melting has been monitored since 2003 and 2019’s ice loss was more than double the average of 255 billion tonnes and broke the previous record, set in 2012, by 15%.

August 17, 2020

What could be the highest temperature on Earth has been recorded in the Death Valley National Park, California, USA.

March 25, 2020

Our new essay writing challenge for 15 to 18 year-olds, '2,000 Words to Change the World' produced lots of extremely impressive essays, written on one of four key topics: climate change; sustainable development; responsible travel; and reducing waste. In its first year, 2,000 Words to Change the World has been sponsored by Eurostar.

March 3, 2020

Four years after ministers scrapped support for new onshore wind energy projects, the UK government has ended its opposition to subsidies.