China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew by 2% in the first quarter of 2026, after a rise in the amount of “wasted” wind and solar power.

The Labour government wants to cut UK greenhouse gas emissions to 87% below 1990 levels by 2040, which it says will deliver £865bn in economic benefits. The target has been set out in draft ...

Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies will need to be deployed at rates even faster than those seen for solar power, if the world is to have a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C by 2100, ...

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A major change in the way that China measures its core climate goal has effectively halved the growth in the country’s carbon ...

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US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions ...

At least 67 NHS hospital wards, departments and other sites across the UK have been forced to temporarily close or relocate due to weather-related flooding over the past five years, a Carbon Brief ...

China has said that hydrogen is a key “future industry”, important to both its energy transition and its industrial policy. Yet, even in China, the world’s largest producer and consumer of the fuel, ...