UK first: Developers in Wales required to consider climate risks for future projects
Flood risk and coastal erosion maps that show current risk levels as well as the risks posed by…
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Climate threats top chart of global concerns for 2020
The World Economic Forum says politicians must work to avoid economic and political…
Air pollution ‘to blame for 20,500 people UK deaths every year’
That's according to the 2019 Lancet Countdown report, which forecasts climate change and…
Spikes in air pollution send hundreds of extra people to hospital across UK
A new report highlights that on days with low air quality, the number of people hospitalised by…
Air pollution could be as harmful as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day
Researchers found an association between long-term exposure to all major air pollutants,…
Could wind turbines be killing cows?
Some farmers in France believe electromagnetic fields coming from electrical infrastructure…
Air pollution ’causes four million children to develop asthma every year’
Researchers say around 11,000 new cases of the breathing condition occur each day around the…
World ‘sleepwalking into catastrophe’ over climate inaction
The World Economic Forum warns extreme weather events, exacerbated by climate change, is the…
BT ‘leads FTSE 100 in terms of managing climate risks’
The company beat previous winner Marks & Spencer to take top place on EcoAct's green…
Only a tenth of firms incentivise climate mitigation at board level
This is despite more than 80% overseeing climate change issues at the board level
