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Avonmore, Ireland’s leading dairy brand, has switched to Tetra Top® cartons for its Fresh Cream range, a move which will save up to 40 tonnes of plastic every year, or the equivalent weight of two fully loaded tour buses. It’s all part of a ...

05 Aug 2022 at 10:33

Key points of new UN report: From cutting fossil fuels to greener cities

UN scientists have warned that without immediate and deep cuts to greenhouse gases, it will be impossible to limit temperature rises to 1.5C – beyond which the most catastrophic impacts of climate change will be felt. Here are some of the ...

04 Apr 2022 at 17:55

Government ‘must be open with public’ about net zero strategy

Labour has questioned the “credibility” of the Government’s net zero strategy after it refused again to publish details of the flagship climate policy. The Business Department has turned down Freedom of Information (FOI) requests from ...

21 Jan 2022 at 08:25

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Scotland’s carbon footprint down 11.5% in year to 2020

Scotland’s carbon footprint fell 11.5% in a year, according to official statistics. The country’s carbon footprint is based on estimates of the consumption of greenhouse gas emissions. Data from Scotland’s chief statistician shows ...

21 May 2024 at 19:43

New records set for rising seas and heating oceans in 2021, UN report shows

“Alarming new records” for sea levels, ocean heat and concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere were set in 2021, experts said. The annual “state of the global climate report” from the UN’s World Meteorological ...

18 May 2022 at 10:25

World

Indian capital engulfed in smoke after landfill catches fire

Acrid smoke is blanketing New Delhi for a second day after a massive landfill site caught fire during a heatwave. The landfill in northern Delhi’s Bhalswa area is taller than a 17-storey building and covers an area ...

27 Apr 2022 at 10:25

Vegan diets produce quarter of high-meat diets’ greenhouse gases – study

Vegan diets produce a quarter of the greenhouse gases of high-meat diets, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Oxford looking at the eating habits of 55,000 people found meat-free eating to ...

20 Jul 2023 at 16:00

Carbon capture technology ‘will not help achieve Paris Agreement targets’

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) will not help achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, the trade body representing oil and gas companies in the North Sea has said. Climate scientists have said that slashing ...

20 Jul 2023 at 12:42

Climate advisers lose confidence in Government’s net zero plans

The UK Government appears less likely to meet its net zero targets since it became more transparent on its plans, its climate advisers have said. Lord Deben said he was sad that his last progress report as ...

28 Jun 2023 at 00:01

Scotland

Greenhouse gas emissions increase by 4% after ‘industry bounceback’

Greenhouse gas emissions in Scotland increased by 4% due to industry recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, figures show. Statistics released by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) showed ...

26 Sept 2023 at 14:05

Key points from Rishi Sunak’s speech on changes to emissions reduction targets

A raft of changes impacting how the Government plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and address other environmental concerns including air pollution has been outlined by the Prime Minister. ...

20 Sept 2023 at 18:32

UK greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 2.2% in 2022, figures show

The UK’s territorial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.2% in 2022, new provisional statistics show. Publishing annually, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) tracks the emissions ...

30 Mar 2023 at 11:39

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