Environment

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Country diary: A blank, unsettling place where even death has been erased | Amy-Jane Beer
Wetwang, East Yorkshire: Around this site of an iron age cemetery, the rats cluck and pheasants take flight in neurotic clatters

Amy-Jane Beer

04, Dec, 2023 @5:30 AM

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The slow race to save Brittany’s rare Quimper snails from a tramway – one gastropod at a time
In Brest, this protected species, found only in Brittany and the Basque Country, is being painstakingly moved to a new home before their habitat is destroyed

Kim Willsher in Brest

04, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Agreement to phase out fossil fuels would be huge for humanity, says Gore
Exclusive: former US vice-president and climate activist says phase-out can be only measure of success for Cop28

Oliver Milman in Dubai

04, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM

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Cop28 live: UAE climate chief’s comments ‘incredibly concerning’,
Climate analyst Bill Hare described Sultan Al Jaber’s dismissal of the need for a phaseout of fossil fuels as ‘verging on climate denial’

Jonathan Watts and Alan Evans

03, Dec, 2023 @3:36 PM

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London’s biggest minicab firm Addison Lee makes emissions U-turn
Lack of public chargers blamed for decision to be only ‘zero-emissions capable’ by April 2024

Jasper Jolly

03, Dec, 2023 @3:30 PM

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Cop28 officials fail to clarify if protesters are safe to protest in Dubai
Thousands of activists attending climate conference in UAE, which has a poor record for demonstrations

Ruth Michaelson

03, Dec, 2023 @2:00 PM

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‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’
Amid the cost of living crisis and threats to the climate, many are pledging to consume less and spend sustainably

Jem Bartholomew

03, Dec, 2023 @12:00 PM

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A knife-edge quest: Lord of the Rings resonates at Cop28 climate summit | Larry Elliott
Tolkien’s hostility to rampant industrialisation should chime with the nations represented in Dubai

Larry Elliott

03, Dec, 2023 @10:55 AM

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Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels
Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’

Damian Carrington and Ben Stockton

03, Dec, 2023 @10:33 AM

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Greenhouse gas emissions soar – with China, US and India most at fault
Satellite tracking data shows many countries and firms do not provide accurate figures

Fiona Harvey, Oliver Milman and Damian Carrington in Dubai

03, Dec, 2023 @6:01 AM

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Windfarm plans in choppy waters as Coalition and One Nation whip up doubts
People in the Hunter and Illawarra fear offshore turbines could damage marine life and tourism, but parties are accused of ‘weaponising’ the issue

Jordyn Beazley

02, Dec, 2023 @11:00 PM

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Rishi Sunak accused of hypocrisy after backing phase-out of fossil fuels at Cop28
UK prime minister attacked for inconsistency after allowing more gas and oil exploration in the North Sea

Fiona Harvey, Toby Helm, Oliver Milman and Damian Carrington

02, Dec, 2023 @7:25 PM

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