Category: Climate change

Global climate strike: thousands join coordinated action across world

Rally to demand government action on climate crisis is first worldwide since start of pandemicHundreds of thousands of people in 99 countries have taken part in a coordinated global climate strike demanding urgent action to...

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Ed Miliband: honour promises on jabs to poor countries to save Cop26 deal

Labour’s shadow business secretary says the government must ‘rebuild trust’ after a series of missteps on way to climate summitBoris Johnson should set out plans to provide Covid-19 vaccinations to all...

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US and EU pledge 30% cut in methane emissions to limit global heating

Major commitment with deadline of 2030 is big advance towards reaching 1.5C goal set out in Paris agreementThe US and the EU made a joint pledge on Friday to cut global methane emissions by almost a third in the next decade, in...

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UK planning last-ditch China climate talks to break impasse before Cop26

Exclusive: crunch meeting of world leaders tabled for this month with China key to success of climate summitBoris Johnson is planning to convene last-ditch climate talks with the president of China, Xi Jinping, at a crunch...

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Extinction Rebellion blocks junction in London’s West End in latest protest

Activists earlier blocked Whitehall in protest against HMRC and Barclays over funding of fossil fuel industriesEnvironmentalist protesters have blocked another main junction in London’s West End, calling for “crisis...

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UK net zero delay has left room for sceptics’ attacks, says government climate adviser

Lord Deben says he is ‘pressing very hard’ to get details of strategy published as Cop26 approachesBoris Johnson’s delay in publishing the net zero emissions strategy has left a space for climate sceptics to...

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UK net zero delay has left room for climate sceptics’ attacks, says Tory peer

Lord Deben says he is ‘pressing very hard’ to get details of strategy published as Cop26 approachesBoris Johnson’s delay in publishing the net zero emissions strategy has left a space for climate sceptics to...

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