Top news of the week: 21.07.2022.
Court orders UK government to explain how net zero policies will reach targets
Green activists brought challenge, arguing climate change strategy did not spell out how carbon emissions cuts would be achieved
The climate crisis is coming home in our sweltering cities
Letters: Innovative ways are being found to cool cities, and justice demands that rich countries help those in the global south, say Dr David Dodman and Dr Aditya V Bahadur. Plus letters ...
UK is no longer a cold country and must adapt to heat, say climate scientists
Experts call on UK officials to prepare for periods of extreme heat or risk thousands of excess deaths
Factcheck: why fracking in UK will not reduce your energy bills
Experts say it would take years to begin shale gas production and it is far less accessible than once thought
OPINION: Why is it so hot? Climate change is here
Heat is the clearest signal of climate change – and deadly heat will get even worse over the next 30 years as we struggle to act
Britain is boiling – and the government wants to dramatically expand UK aviation
Its ‘jet zero’ strategy relies on the invention of pie in the sky technologies to tackle dangerous airline emissions, says Leo Murray of the climate charity Possible
We’ve reached boiling point – nobody should have to work in temperatures above 30C
Spain, Germany and China all have maximum working temperatures. It’s time the UK followed suit, says Mika Minio-Paluello of the Trades Union Congress