Simon Roach
The chance to meet climate targets almost gone, warns UN report
A landmark UN report warns that devastating climate change is already here, and the time to prevent more is running out.
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9m
US election: What a Trump or Biden victory means for the climate
What are the climate implications of a Trump or Biden presidency?
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9m
Carbon offsets: can you really pay off your carbon footprint?
Can we pay someone else to take responsibility for our carbon emissions?
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4m
Scott Pruitt says CO2 not primary contributor to global warming
Donald Trump’s new head of the Environmental Protection Agency has said that he doesn’t agree that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
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8m
No slowdown in global warming
Donald Trump hasn’t just dismissed the evidence about Russian hacking he’s also famously sceptical about climate change. There’s been more worrying research today showing there has been no slowdown in the rate of global warming over the last 15 years.
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6m
How bad would a Trump presidency be for the environment?
William Yeatman, of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and James Thornton, founder and CEO of the environmental law organisation, Client Earth.
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4m
2016 set to be warmest on record
2016 is set to become the warmest year on record. Global temperatures so far are 1.2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.The data has been released as climate scientists meet in Morocco to push ahead with the detail of the historic Paris climate agreement.
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4m
Village flooded twice in a week
The Lake District village of Glenridding is cleaning up again after a torrent of flood water crashed through its main street for the second time in five days.
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Jon Snow
Bangladesh poised between agony and ecstasy: the choice depends on us!
If world leaders settle for modest restraints on global warming, I do not want to have to be the reporter sent to see the unfolding tragedy in Bangladesh.
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Jon Snow
The great smog – who's at fault, Europe, China or us?
The great smog has hit England. Is it us, the Chinese or the Europeans who are to blame?
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Paul Mason
‘Climate of fear’ over corporate sponsorship in theatre
Protesters mass at the British Museum, dressed as Vikings, to oppose the sponsorship of an exhibition by oil company BP – but when funds are low – where else can you turn?
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Tom Clarke
‘Sure as dammit’ – IPCC’s latest verdict on global warming
The most important conclusion of the latest IPCC report on climate change is that it is more than likely global warming will exceed the agreed target of two degrees by the end of the century.
