Emily Beament

New records set for rising seas and heating oceans in 2021, UN report shows.

Pollution is the world’s largest environmental risk factor for disease and premature death, a Lancet Planetary Health report warns.

London and the South East of England could run out of water within 25 years, according to Christian Aid.

New Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) watchdog warns of impending tipping points and demands action from UK Government.

Countries meeting in Copenhagen to assess action needed to deliver commitments made at Cop26 talks in Glasgow last November.

At 1.5C of warming more extreme weather, crop damage and losses of key systems such as coral reefs are expected.

Scientists say this microbial meat alternative is a protein-rich food that can taste and feel like red meat and be as nutritious.

UK Government takes step towards ending stop bottom trawling in 'iconic and ecologically important' Dogger Bank.

Head of the Environment Agency James Bevan calls for ban on waste exports and for regulators to have more weapons to tip the scales on waste crime.

The world is heading for a cataclysmic 3C of global warming or worse, scientists from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warn.

Monkfish, skates and rays, crab and lobster from some UK fisheries are among 14 kinds of sea life joining those with a red rating from the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).

Shell is reportedly considering returning to the Cambo oil field project - and doubling down on climate catastrophe.

The best approach to reducing consumers’ exposure to volatile prices is to cut demand for fossil fuels, confirms official Climate Change Committee.

The Wildlife Trusts is calling for an immediate ban on all uses of peat for amateur gardeners and professional horticulture.

World’s whales facing increasing threats along migration ‘superhighways’ from ghost nets, oil drilling and other pollutants.

Rewilding Britain will offer up to £15,000 each for projects that create new opportunities for large-scale restoration of nature.

Environmental charity WWF slams the UK Government's spending plans as missed opportunity to meet COP26 promises.

Christian Aid reports climate storms caused death and displacement around the world - as well as financial costs.

Leaders from union organisations, green NGOs and business groups call on PM to implement the Glasgow Climate Pact.

New draft of Cop26 deal weakens language on fossil fuel phaseout.

A total of 503 delegates at Cop26 directly affiliated with fossil fuel companies or with governments but linked to oil, gas or coal firms.

Vulnerable countries risk GDPs falling 13 percent by 2050 even if 1.5 target discussed at COP26 is met.

'The world has to wake up to the imminent peril we face as a species,' Inger Andersen, executive director, UN Environment Programme.

'We need to transform our commitment into action that will have an impact on the gases that drive climate change.'