Local children discover summer bug bonanza

The My Wild City team have led families on several bug hunting events in North Manchester, which has discovered new wildlife species for the...

Greater Manchester fights air pollution with new low-emission vehicle funding platform

Greater Manchester is tackling air pollution with a new digital platform that will enable businesses and other commercial vehicle operators to apply for central...

Economic cost of climate change could be six times higher than previously thought

​​​​​​​Economic models of climate change may have substantially underestimated the costs of continued warming, according to a new study. Published today in the journal Environmental...

Massive Attack publish Manchester’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Live Music Roadmap

Massive Attack today published an open resource to the music industry, the Roadmap to Super Low Carbon Live Music, commissioned by the band &...

Country should switch to artificial meat to help combat climate change

Britain should support the development and sale of alternative meat products to help address climate change, a think-tank report says today. The Social Market Foundation...

Climate change has caused a surge in natural disasters

Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the...

A third of the world’s trees face extinction says report

A third of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to a report out today Well-known trees such as magnolias and dipterocarps among...

OFGEM releases £450m fund to unlock cutting-edge innovation across gas and electricity networks

A new fund opening today will unlock greener ways to travel and to heat and power homes and businesses, by harnessing a new approach...

England’s leaky homes are a greater threat to climate than all of its cars

England’s homes produce more carbon emissions every year than is produced by all of the country’s cars, reveals new research from the National Housing...

More food is being wasted as we lose our lockdown habits says survey

The latest UK Food Trends Survey shows that self-reported food waste has rebounded to pre-lockdown levels as restrictions lift, and more food is potentially...