CLIMATE ACTION PROGRAMME

The UK Government has put forward plans to introduce a deposit return scheme to dramatically reduce the amount of waste from drinks.

Over 50 business leaders in the UK have called on the government to set much stricter energy efficiency targets to help reduce carbon emissions and drive investment.

The UK Government has recently launched a package of funding to help combat pollution in some of the worst areas in the country.

French President Emmanuel Macron told a sustainable finance conference on Thursday that Europe needs to set a minimum price for emitting carbon.

The UK has decided to stop plans for a new opencast coal mine because it would “adversely impact upon measures to limit climate change”.

The UK’s capital is making progress towards reducing high levels of air pollution through the uptake of new electric vehicles and charging points.

Swedish energy company Vattenfall has won the right to build a major non-subsidised offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.

The UK’s recent bitter cold snap has had at least one redeeming feature: a bountiful supply of clean electricity.

One of Britain’s oldest and most revered universities is joining the growing movement of institutions who are divesting from companies involved in fossil fuel extraction.

A new battery storage facility has been given planning permission on a brownfield site in the borough of Swindon.