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- Can southern Brazil’s deadly floods spur the shift to green energy? Thu, 14 Nov 24, 9:00pmMonths after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual consensus has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables
- Reasons to be hopeful: five ways science is making the world better Sat, 9 Nov 24, 9:00pmIf Trump’s re-election is getting you down, these innovations in medicine and technology should cheer you up
- The Starmer story so far: what has Labour done in its first 100 days? Sat, 12 Oct 24, 9:00pmA roundup of the government’s work, from its early moves on energy and housing to Thursday’s workers’ rights bill
- Ed Miliband pledges to end scourge of cold and draughty rented homes Tue, 24 Sep 24, 1:16amLabour will bring in regulations that apply to social as well as private housing, says energy secretary
- The solar pump revolution could bring water to millions of Africans but it must be sustainable and fair | Alan MacDonald Mon, 9 Sep 24, 8:00pmSolar power could enable 400 million Africans without water to tap into groundwater aquifers. However, we must ensure smaller projects do not lose out in the rush for new technology
- Give local authorities the power to achieve net zero | Letter Wed, 3 Jul 24, 1:56amThe next government should give councils devolved powers to create new investment ecosystems for renewable energy based on local needs, says John Merry, deputy mayor of Salford city council
- North Sea oil decline: ‘We can’t have a repeat of what happened to 80s miners’ Mon, 1 Jul 24, 8:43pmUnlikely alliance of unions and climate groups call for ‘clear and funded’ transition plan for communities reliant on dwindling industry
- Tax giveaways, rent caps and childcare: what the manifestos would mean for your finances Sat, 22 Jun 24, 6:00pmWe look at general election pledges from Labour, the Tories and the Lib Dems on tax, spending and benefits
- Failure to insulate UK homes costing thousands of lives a year, says report Wed, 13 Mar 24, 8:12pmAnalysis finds 58 people have died due to cold homes every winter day since 2013 Tory pledge to ‘cut the green crap’
- Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know now about our green plan | Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Fri, 9 Feb 24, 4:48amNo one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this
- Circumstances have changed, our ambitions have not. That’s what you need to know about the £28bn green plan | Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves Fri, 9 Feb 24, 4:48amNo one expected the Tories to crash the economy like they did. Building a greener Britain means being honest about this
- Women added to Cop29 climate summit committee after backlash Sat, 20 Jan 24, 12:42amPanel was originally composed of 28 men, a move condemned as ‘regressive’ and ‘shocking’
- I thought most of us were going to die from the climate crisis. I was wrong Tue, 2 Jan 24, 6:00pmIn an extract from her book Not the End of the World, data scientist Hannah Ritchie explains how her work taught her that there are more reasons for hope than despair about climate change – and why a truly sustainable world...
- ‘Quite a gap to close’: women ‘vastly underrepresented’ in green jobs sector Thu, 14 Dec 23, 2:00amWomen comprise a strikingly small portion of the green workforce, although the White House has made steps to address the issue
- Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say Fri, 17 Nov 23, 5:00pmMove would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear