June 26, 2023

Rocky, one of YPTE's Young Trustees has written this fantastic article about how climate change is causing glaciers in the Himalayas to melt more quickly and what that means for our planet.

June 21, 2023

Charlotte is one of our Young Trustees.

March 21, 2023

Rising greenhouse gas emissions are pushing the planet towards irreversible damage that can only now be stopped if drastic action is taken quickly. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was released on 20 March 2023. UN secretary-general said, "Our world needs climate action on all fronts: everything, everywhere, all at once."

March 10, 2023

Plans for 199 solar panels to be fitted to the roof of York Minster have received approval from the City of York Council. The panels will be fitted on the roof of the South Quire Aisle. They are expected to generate 75,000 kWh (kilowatt hours) per year, providing energy during the day and also for evening services.

March 6, 2023

On 4 March 2023, the world came together to protect our oceans for the benefit of future generations. After 38 hours of talks, that were preceded by 10 years of negotiation, the United Nations' High Seas Treaty was signed at the UN's headquarters in New York.

February 27, 2023

A new study, led by Briana Abrahms of the University of Washington in Seattle, USA has found that climate change is increasing the number of times that humans and wildlife are coming into conflict.

February 22, 2023

Charlotte, who is one of YPTE's Young Trustees, attended the SOS UK Student Sustainability Summit, which took place in Lincoln Students' Union in early February. Here, she writes about her experience of the Summit.

January 12, 2023

Two years after the government banned plastic cotton buds, microbeads and drinking straws in England, a new ban has been announced that will apply to single use cutlery, cups and plates. This has the potential to end the production of more than 4 billion items of plastic cutlery and over a billion plastic plates each year.

January 5, 2023

The Met Office has confirmed that 2022 was the UK's warmest year on record, with the annual average temperature exceeding 10 degrees C for the first time.

December 9, 2022

A proposed new coal mine in Cumbria gained government approval on 7 December 2022. Levelling up secretary Michael Gove approved the Woodhouse Colliery project, which will be the UK’s first new coal mine for three decades. The new mine, near Whitehaven, will cost around £165 million to build and will create around 500 new jobs in the area. Around 100 of these jobs are expected to be taken by people from outside the local area. Once operational, it will produce in the region of 2.8 million tonnes of coking coal per year, most of which will be used in the steelmaking industry. The mine will also produce an estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per year.