Sweden taken a major step towards meeting its targets in accordance with the Paris Agreement by legislating a new Climate Act containing a pledge to reach net zero greenhouse gad emissions by 2045.
President Trump has gone against the shared wisdom of almost every country on the planet by announcing his withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord, citing domestic economic concerns.
President Donald Trump is set to make good on a campaign pledge to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, joining Nicaragua and Syria as the only other countries to have done so, according to multiple inside sources.
All but two EU member states have pledged that no money will be invested in new coal plants from the year 2020, as the bloc works on decarbonising in light of the Paris Climate targets.
A group of MPs across four separate committees have banded together to launch a “super inquiry” into the effects of air pollution on the health of residents of major UK cities.
Massive increases in the amount of solar generators installed in China and the US last year saw the world’s rate of capacity growth increase by 50% compared to 2015.
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Helped by the closure of coal-fired power plants and simultaneous rollout of several renewable generating facilities, the UK’s carbon emissions have fallen to their lowest level since 1894, a new report from Carbon Brief has shown.
A recent report published by the European Commission shows that while the EU as a whole is currently on track to meet targets for renewable energy generation, there UK is lagging behind.
Researchers at Imperial College London are collaborating with non-profit renewables action group 10:10 to work on developing trackside solar panels to power trains across the UK.
Donald Trump’s recent victory in the US Presidential election has had environmental campaigners vocally concerned about the future of global efforts to slow climate change.
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