Drax received more than £800m in subsidies last year for burning woody biomass at its Selby plant, but the UK's classing of biomass as renewable is contentious.

Yet more growth in solar and wind last year, driven by countries like China and Brazil, marked a "milestone" in the world's switch to clean power, Ember said. There is now so much clean power that...

"Regrowth takes time the world does not have to solve climate change”, they write.

Days before the UK hosts climate talks aimed at "keeping 1.5°C alive," a new document shows a major overseas gas project funded by UK Export Finance was only assessed against 2°C of warming.

Climate campaigners have hailed a "huge victory" for the environment after a judge blocked the UK's first new coal mine in 30 years. The ruling suggests all UK fossil fuel extraction projects can be...

A number of household names have asked the government to commit to net zero power by 2035, requiring the phase out of gas by that date, and mimicking similar policies in the US and Canada.

As deadly flooding ravages parts of Germany, the country's government is still considering massive investment in a Russian-led gas project known as Arctic LNG II.

At least 3.3 billion people are already highly vulnerable, half of animals have already shifted towards the poles and, while it's not too late to act, the window to limit the damage is narrowing, the...

This year is set to be even worse than in 2018, when unusually favourable conditions in some parts of the bloc protected it from drought elsewhere, and the worst since the sixteenth century, a senior...

More Brits are sweating out in 30C in more parts of the country, the Met Office said. And scientists explained how the UK's climate can still be warming even though this summer has felt so dreary for...

Hurricanes, drought and flooding helped push the number of internally displaced people to a record 59.1 million last year. The figure for this year is expected to be "phenomenally worse", experts...

It's one of the most consumed beverages in the world, but the worsening climate crisis could mean that the milk of the future may no longer come from cows.In...

Twenty firms together plan multibillion pound investments in new projects, which would tip the world beyond internationally agreed warming targets, analysis warns.

The European Union's climate chief Frans Timmermans also hit back at claims the bloc's efforts at the climate summit had fallen short.

Last week we ran a piece by Rowan Atkinson casting doubt on the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. Here Simon Evans of Carbon Brief offers his response

Swathes of southern Europe are at "extreme" risk of wildfires, EU agencies have warned, as heatwaves bake holiday hotspots in Spain, Portugal and France. While heatwaves and fires existed before...

WWF UK hopes the NFTs will raise funds for its conservation work, but most NFT transactions rely on a cryptocurrency called Eth, supported by the energy-intensive blockchain Ethereum.

Has the political climate changed on the Government's Net Zero target?

The $500m (£370m) pact was part of a package of prominent deals signed at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030.

The UK government has appointed a law firm with a history of defending fossil fuel companies over environmental disasters to provide legal services for the upcoming COP26 climate summit. DLA Piper,...

Canada has long suffered wildfires but this season was the worst on record, with fires in Quebec made much more likely due to climate change from burning fossil fuels, World Weather Attribution Group...

Why should Palau disappear because the world didn't make the "hard choices to turn the tide", asks president of island nation being battered by climate change.

The mood in Davos seemed to lack the urgency needed to keep global warming to 1.5C, says Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, which has said if the world is to reach...

British-Palestinian surgeon Professor Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who left London for Gaza on Sunday, said delays getting supplies to burns patients will prove critical.

"The rapid changes in fossil fuel prices are causing this difference to grow... it's a constantly changing picture and it's only really getting worse," think tank ECIU said.

Water UK to drop its "Fine to Flush" certification on baby wipes, as billions of wet wipes end up clogging Britain's waterways every year.

Clear-air turbulence was long predicted to increase under climate change, but a new study from Reading University has painted the most detailed picture yet of the effects kicking in.

The government says the Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill will increase investor confidence and raise funds for public spending. But 30 cross-party MPs have urged the government instead to refocus...

HSE alleges that dust from the wood pellets burned at Drax's power station, the UK's largest biomass facility, could have threatened employee health, Sky News has learned.

Canada's climate ambassador said on Tuesday it is "very important" that COP summits are "an inclusive process, that everybody has a voice". Antonio Guterres, secretary general of the United Nations,...