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UK’s water crisis could cost lives, former environment secretary warns

Lord Deben has called for a ban on paving over front gardens for parking as an example of measures the incoming government must implement if it is serious about preparing Britain for the consequences of the climate crisis

The Independent UK

Kemi Badenoch accused of breaking pledge to Tory MPs of net zero by 2050

MPs claim during her 2022 party leadership campaign she promised them she was committed to green targets

The Guardian - UK

Mike Lynch was getting ready to ‘start again’, says former UK cabinet minister

Lord Deben pays tribute to tech entrepreneur who is feared dead after yacht capsized

The Guardian - UK

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Net zero has become unhelpful slogan, says outgoing head of UK climate watchdog

Chris Stark says populist response and culture war around the term is inhibiting environmental progress

The Guardian - UK

Devolved leaders reject shortlist for climate watchdog chair over Tory links

Refusal by Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leaders to approve candidates means whole recruitment process may have to be rerun

The Guardian - UK

Sunak ‘dodging scrutiny’ by failing to appoint chair of Climate Change Committee

No successor has been named for Lord Deben – and now the independent watchdog’s chief executive has resigned

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak Under Fire for Failing to Appoint New Climate Committee Chief

The watchdog, responsible for advising the UK government on climate policy, has been without a leader for 18 months since the departure of former chief Lord Deben.

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Sunak under fire for ‘inexplicable’ failure to appoint new climate committee chief

Experts say prolonged delay in replacing chair signals that government does not take net zero policy seriously enough and is harming investment

The Guardian - UK

David Attenborough’s Cop 26 speech had no impact, says Chris Packham

Springwatch host claims politicians ignored veteran conservationist’s message on the climate crisis – and ‘failed humanity wholesale’

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re going to be unpopular’: Do sports protests help or harm activism?

Climate activists are increasingly seeking to disrupt sports in protest, but how effective is their civil disobedience?

Al Jazeera

At least 60 people apply to head UK government climate crisis advisory body

Emma Howard Boyd and Laura Sandys believed to be candidates for one of most senior climate policy jobs

The Guardian - UK

Labour urged to work with Tories to counter ‘ignorant’ climate policy attacks

Tory former minister and chair of Climate Change Committee condemns ‘absolutely unacceptable’ attacks on Labour stance

The Guardian - UK

Rising temperatures ‘likely to be beneficial’ for Britain, says Lord Frost

The Tory former minister and Brexit negotiator said he is ‘sceptical’ about mitigating the impacts of climate change.

The Independent UK

Europe heatwave is a ‘wake-up call’ on climate change, says top adviser

THE intense heatwave hitting Europe is a “wake-up call” about the effects of climate change, one of the UK’s climate advisers has said.

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Daily Record

Outgoing climate tsar slams SNP and Tories' record on environmental targets

Lord Deben, who has just finished a 10-year term as chair of the Climate Change Committee, slammed both governments for failing to hit their green targets.

Daily Record

Climate crisis a threat to us all and governments have to act now

The Scottish and UK Governments have to address the climate crisis before it is too late, says Record View.

Belfast Live

The Earth's Corr: Hiding toxic waste inside a ring of bonfire pallets is not bright

The folks you are harming are those who’ll be standing right next to you as you watch those towering pyres crackle and burn, before crumbling to the ground as you breathe in toxic fumes

The Guardian - UK

Sunak U-turn on wind farms in England draws wrath of green Tories

Prime minister under fire as government backtracks on plan for more onshore turbines to keep voters on side

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The Independent UK

UK failing to meet net zero targets, government’s own climate watchdog warns

Ministers ignoring recommendations and heading off-track with climate, Climate Change Committee warns

The Guardian - UK

Time is short for Tories and Labour to show leadership on the climate crisis

Neither party is showing much appetite for the hard policy decisions that are necessary to cut CO2 emissions – and time is running out

The Guardian - UK

UK missing climate targets on nearly every front, say government’s advisers

Britain has lost leadership in climate action and political failure means progress has stalled, Climate Change Committee says

The Guardian - UK

Halt new roads and developments adding to emissions, advisers to tell UK government

Committee on Climate Change report likely to recommend ending road-building programme

The Guardian - UK

Lord Deben backs Labour’s plan to halt new North Sea oil and gas drilling

UK’s most senior climate adviser says policy is ‘right thing to do’ and criticises government’s stance

The National (Scotland)

Coal mine ban backed by House of Lords in parliamentary defeat for Government

THE Government has suffered a defeat at Westminster as peers narrowly backed a ban on the opening of new coal mines.

The Guardian - UK

Revealed: cabinet ministers warned of legal action over UK’s failure to tackle climate crisis

Senior civil servants have issued the warnings as government is way behind on net zero pledges, according leaked documents

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