Future Support For Low Carbon Heat Consultation
https://www.gflzerocarbon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/future-support-for-low-carbon-heat-consultation.pdf
Going beyond Well-to-Wheel: Life Cycle Emissions
https://www.ngva.eu/medias/going-beyond-well-to-wheel-life-cycle-emissions/
Dutch farmers need to reduce emissions, Anaerobic Digestion can provide the solution
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-49891449
Five ways UK farmers are tackling climate change
By David BrownBBC News,18 August 2019 Farmers are on the front line of climate change – vulnerable to changes in temperature and rainfall, as well as increasingly frequent extreme weather events. They also face criticism, in particular over greenhouse gas emissions from the meat and dairy industry, with calls for a move to a more plant-based…
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Prime Minister agrees legally binding net-zero emissions target for 2050
11 June 2019, source edie newsroom BREAKING NEWS: In one of her last acts as Prime Minister, Theresa May has confirmed that Parliament will implement the recommendations of the Committee on Climate Change, creating a legally binding net-zero carbon target for 2050. The Climate Change Act will now be amended to account for net-zero emissions by…
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Big rise in atmospheric CO2 expected in 2019
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent Met Office researchers expect to record one of the biggest rises in atmospheric concentrations of CO2 in 2019. Every year, the Earth’s natural carbon sinks such as forests soak up large amounts of CO2 produced by human activities. But in years when the tropical Pacific region is warmer like this…
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Climate strikes spread worldwide as students call for action
Thousands of school pupils worldwide have abandoned classrooms for a day of protest against climate change. India, South Korea, Australia and the US are among the countries where teenagers are already on strike. The day of action is expected to embrace about 100 countries. They are inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who protests weekly…
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Global insect decline may see ‘plague of pests’
By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent A scientific review of insect numbers suggests that 40% of species are undergoing “dramatic rates of decline” around the world. The study says that bees, ants and beetles are disappearing eight times faster than mammals, birds or reptiles. But researchers say that some species, such as houseflies and cockroaches, are…
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10 years on from the Climate Change Act, how far have we come?
05/12/2018 The first line of the Climate Change Act passed in 2008 reads it is the duty of the Secretary of State to ensure that the net UK carbon account for the year 2050 is at least 80% lower than the baseline. This sentence lays down in law that Government must meet this target or…
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