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Behind the rhetoric what is really being done to combat desertification?

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:28:02 GMT

Like most people living along the Sahel – the drylands between Africa’s tropical savannahs and the Sahara Desert – Mustafa Ba is all too familiar with the effects of desertification.

Lord Lawson's climate-change think tank risks being dismantled after complaint it persistently misled public

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:16:09 GMT

Lord Lawson’s climate-change think tank faces being dismantled or even wound down after a formal complaint that it has persistently misled the public prompted the statutory regulator to probe into the group.

Lord Lawson's climate-change think tank risks being stripped of charitable status

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:16:09 GMT

Lord Lawson’s climate-change think tank could be stripped of its charitable status after a formal complaint that it has persistently misled the public prompted the statutory regulator to probe into the group.

Climate change threat to North Sea oil and gas output from increasingly intense storms caused by global warming

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:41:38 GMT

The North Sea oil and gas industry is set to lose hundreds of millions of pounds a year as global warming threatens to unleash increasingly frequent and intense storms, producing bigger waves that could damage platforms and make it harder for staff to do their jobs, the International Energy Agency (IEA) warned today.

Threat to North Sea oil and gas output from increasingly intense storms unleashed through global warming

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:41:38 GMT

Cut out the carbon! Tory MP Tim Yeo turns up the heat on energy industry

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:55:23 GMT

The Tory MP Tim Yeo has warned that Britain's entire strategy to tackle climate change could unravel unless Parliament passes a crucial vote tomorrow to make the country's electricity supply almost entirely green by 2030.

Humans may not be to blame for global warming, says Tory MP Tim Yeo

Wed, 29 May 2013 17:11:57 GMT

Tim Yeo, the Tory MP pushing to make Britain's electricity supply almost entirely green, provoked surprise after suggesting that “natural phases” may be partly to blame for global warming.

Britain calls for EU target to halve emissions by 2030

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Britain has challenged Europe to sign up to an ambitious target of cutting carbon emissions by 50 per cent by 2030.

HSBC reviews logging policy as Bill Oddie film sparks petition

Thu, 23 May 2013 21:00:37 GMT

HSBC has ordered an audit of its relations with logging companies after campaigners exposed its links to clients responsible for the destruction of rainforests in Borneo.

No 10’s new energy adviser is a former British Gas lobbyist

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:42 GMT

David Cameron has appointed a former lobbyist for British Gas to be his personal advisor on energy and climate change.

Switch to low-carbon future would save households £1,600

Wed, 22 May 2013 23:00:57 GMT

British households will save £45bn, or £1,600 apiece, if the government hitches its electricity supply to low-carbon sources such as wind and nuclear rather than gas, a parliamentary advisory committee has estimated.

China agrees to impose carbon targets by 2016

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:26 GMT

The battle against global warming has received a transformational boost after China, the world's biggest producer of carbon dioxide, proposed to set a cap on its greenhouse gas emissions for the first time.

China proposes emissions cap for first time

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:35:26 GMT

Campaigners in China challenge authorities over environmental impact of planned petrochemical plant

Thu, 16 May 2013 18:04:08 GMT

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the southern Chinese city of Kunming to voice their fears over the environmental impact of a planned petrochemical plant – highlighting the increasing willingness of the country’s emerging middle class to challenge authorities.

Floods could overwhelm London as sea levels rise - unless Thames Barrier is upgraded

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:59:18 GMT

There is significant risk of London being hit by a devastating storm surge in the Thames estuary by 2100 that could breach existing flood defences and cause immense damage to the capital, a study of global sea-level rise has found.

Sea levels rising so fast, London faces significant risk of flooding without Thames Barrier upgrade

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:59:18 GMT

Rising sea levels now pose 'significant risk' of London being inundated this century

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:59:18 GMT

Life on Earth under threat from CO2 levels, say scientists

Sun, 12 May 2013 17:00:38 GMT

There will be a dramatic global decline in the number of animal and plant species this century if the world continues to procrastinate over measures to cut carbon dioxide emissions to limit climate change, a study has found.

Coming to sites across the UK soon – fracking flares

Thu, 09 May 2013 17:44:06 GMT

The British countryside could be dotted with hundreds of naked flames several metres high after the head of Britain's biggest fracking company warned that any production of shale gas would involve “flaring off” leakages.

The Acid Ocean: Arctic’s soaring CO2 leaves fish and hunters gasping for life

Tue, 07 May 2013 19:07:59 GMT

The Arctic Ocean is absorbing carbon dioxide at a far greater rate than was previously thought, threatening fish stocks and the livelihoods of indigenous peoples, a report suggests.

Battling climate-change: How snakes and ladders could save the planet

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

Snakes and ladders, bingo and top trumps might be old-fashioned games most associated with childhoods past, but if climate-change experts are to be believed, they could just help us to save the planet.

Go-ahead for Kent airport expansion angers green lobby

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:55:00 GMT

Controversial plans to expand a small local airport in Kent into a regional hub were approved by the Government tonight, to the anger of conservationists and some locals.

Greenland reaps benefits of global warming

Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT

Inside the Arctic Circle, a chef is growing the kind of vegetables and herbs – potatoes, thyme, tomatoes, green peppers – more fitted for a suburban garden in a temperate zone than a land of northern lights, glaciers and musk oxen. Some Inuit hunters are finding reindeer fatter than ever thanks to more grazing on this frozen tundra, and, for some, there is no longer a need to trek hours to find wild herbs.

Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, warns Government's chief scientific adviser

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:44:58 GMT

Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Government's outgoing chief scientific adviser has warned as he called for urgent action to tackle global warming.

The world is hottest it has been since the end of the ice age - and the temperature's still rising

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 19:00:22 GMT

The world is now warmer than at almost any time since the end of the last ice age and, on present trends, will continue to reach a record high for the entire period since the dawn of civilisation, a study has found.