Category: Climate Change Committee

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back | George Monbiot

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies insteadThe new prime minister will be looking for money? Well, here’s £21.7bn lying...

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Watchdog urges Scotland to take action after repeatedly missing climate targets

Climate Change Committee says original goal of a 75% emissions cut by 2030 will now be delayed by up to six yearsThe UK’s climate watchdog has warned that Scotland needs to take “immediate action at pace and...

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Downing Street forces Tony Blair to row back from net zero strategy criticism

Labour politicians warn former PM had boosted Tory and Reform climate sceptics on the eve local electionsTony Blair has been forced by Downing Street to row back from his criticism of the government’s net zero strategy...

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Labour not protecting people, economy and homes from climate crisis, watchdog says

Plans to protect UK from extreme weather are inadequate, Climate Change Committee says in scathing assessmentLabour is putting people, the economy and the environment in increasing peril by failing to act on the effects of the...

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More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones

Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five yearsMore than 100,000 new homes will be built on the highest-risk flood zones in England in the next five years as part...

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Keir Starmer to unveil ambitious new UK climate goal at Cop29

Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of actionKeir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the Guardian can reveal, with a...

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