Climate

Case against mine still overwhelming

Money could help fund free nationwide home insulation programme

Government urged to impose tougher windfall tax

   Make energy efficiency a top priority, PM candidates urged

After months of headlines and scandal, Boris Johnson is to step down as the Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader in September 2022. Political Affairs Manager Adam Barnett weighs up the climate credentials of the two candidates vying to replace him – Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss – and offers his predictions on what to expect from each of our potential future leaders.

A provisional temperature of 40.2C was recorded at Heathrow this afternoon, exceeding the previous record set in 2019

In July 2022, Friends of the Earth won a key court case against the UK government over one of its climate strategies. Find out what the Net Zero Strategy is and why we’re determined to fix it.

Following victory in court, the government will now have to revise its climate strategy to show how key emissions reduction targets will be met.

Action to cut carbon emissions must be accelerated

All over the country we’ve been experiencing the impact of high temperatures. This extreme weather condition is yet another consequence of global heating.