It's notoriously tough to get commitments from electoral candidates, but supporters and groups from across the Friends of the Earth family pulled out all the stops for May elections. Find out how many of our newly elected local leaders have publicly committed to climate action.
If we’re going to tackle climate breakdown, we need more trees. 72% of UK land is currently used by farmers for food production, but combining trees with farming could suck carbon out of the atmosphere, and make farming more profitable, productive and sustainable.
As outright climate denial gives way to deliberate lies about green jobs, net zero and the economy, these claims are increasingly used to justify rolling back climate action. We examine the evidence behind them, showing how climate change is already hitting living standards — and why delaying action would only make the damage worse.