Simon Roach , Climate Journalist
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FactCheck: what we know about the Libyan flood and climate change
Research is still underway to establish the exact role climate change could have played in Storm Daniel and the Libya flood.
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Sunak claims North Sea gas ‘four times’ less polluting than imports
On the day he announced hundreds of new North Sea oil and gas licenses prime minister Rishi Sunak told reporters that producing natural gas in the UK is “better for the climate” than importing it from abroad. He said that’s because it’s “far better to have it here at home rather than shipping it here…
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Would new North Sea oil and gas make Britain more energy independent?
The government will grant hundreds of new licences to extract oil and gas from the North Sea, Rishi Sunak said on Monday. The initial decision was announced last year, but Mr Sunak reiterated the plan this week alongside “millions of pounds” for so-called “carbon capture and storage” technology — which the government says would help reduce…
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FactCheck: were the Greek wildfires caused by climate change?
This summer has already been marked as another year with record-breaking heat right across the globe, from China to North Africa and North America to Europe. In the past week at least 34 people died from spreading wildfires in Algeria, while in the Greek island of Rhodes thousands were evacuated due to wildfires following extreme…
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Is the climate emergency behind this global heatwave?
We’ve seen record-breaking temperatures across the world in the last few days, from Asia to North America, to the Antarctic.
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Will Tories reconsider green policies amid shock by-election win?
Despite the warnings from nature, the Conservatives might be on the verge of reconsidering some of their green policies.
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What’s going on with the world’s oceans – and what’s a marine heatwave?
The world’s oceans have been heating to unprecedented levels in recent months, with some scientists debating whether the climate is changing beyond expectation. In the UK, June is now set to be the hottest on record. Similar records have been tumbling elsewhere and Antarctic ice has receded to its lowest point ever. The Met Office…
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‘Majority want more progressive politics’, says outgoing Green MP Caroline Lucas
Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to lawmakers across the globe. But today, the UK’s first and only Green MP Caroline Lucas announced she’d stand down at the next election.
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Global carbon budgets nearly spent, say climate scientists
Scientists have not yet said the exact role which the climate crisis has played in exacerbating wildfires in Canada, but we do know that increasing global heating will make wildfires like these more intense, and often longer lasting.
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Uncontacted rainforest tribe endangered by race for green tech
The developments in renewable energy and technology the world needs to tackle the climate crisis.
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Italy floods: thousands flee after six months of ‘apocalyptic’ rain in a day
Flooding in northern Italy has forced more than ten thousand people to flee their homes.
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UN warns global temperatures set to rise 1.5 degrees in next five years
United Nations’ scientists have warned that global temperatures are set to rise by the crucial 1.5 degree threshold in the next five years, with potentially devastating consequences.
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FactCheck: what is El Niño and is it about to make the world much hotter?
What is El Niño and what could it mean for the world? FactCheck takes a look.
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New UK net zero strategy: Will it work?
Will the UK government’s new plan to reach net zero actually work?
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‘Strikingly unprepared’: Committee gives damning verdict on UK’s plans to tackle climate change
“Strikingly unprepared” – that’s the stark verdict from the UK’s climate change committee about the country’s current status when it comes to adapting to environmental change.
