Government accused of “lost decade” in preparing for climate change impacts

The Climate Change Committee has found that only five out of 45 adaptation outcomes across different sectors of the UK economy had fully credible planning in place

CCC: ‘Government not spending enough to tackle climate change’

More investment is needed to combat flooding, heatwaves and droughts – the watchdog says

UK’s first coal mine in three decades gets go-ahead

The coal mine in Cumbria will produce fuel for steel-making

CCC says Scottish climate aims ‘at risk’

It claims the country has lost its lead on the rest of the UK for climate progress

CCC Chair says no chance of net zero without policy changes

The block on new onshore wind in England must be lifted, he stressed

‘Carbon offsets give some companies a smokescreen on climate impact’

The carbon market is allowing firms to warp their actual environmental impact, the CCC has found

CCC: ‘Current government net zero plans will not deliver’

The government’s climate advisors have stressed that the rate of household insulation measures remains at rock bottom

Scotland not equipped to fight climate change, says CCC

It claims that the plan in place does not take into account the inevitable changes that climate change will bring

CCC: “We cannot reach net zero if we continue to use gas for heat”

There are still funding and policy gaps in the government’s Heat and Buildings strategy, the CCC has said

‘UK faces damages of more than £1 billion per year by 2050 with a temperature rise of 2°C’

The UK is facing 61 climate risks, according to the UK’s third Climate Change Risk Assessment