If many countries take the stance that ‘we’re only contributing 1% of global emissions’, responsibility dwindles and action stalls.
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It’s the government’s job to make it easier and cheaper for people to change their lives.
Electric arc furnaces can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions.
The UK is focusing on carbon capture and storage technologies but the future is uncertain.
Strengthen commitments to reduce emissions by 2030, redouble efforts to raise climate finance and junk fossil fuel subsidies.
District heating can recycle waste heat and pump it where it’s needed.
It may seem a long way away, but meeting targets in 2035 demands taking action today.
The most eco-friendly way to cook your meals revealed.
The Climate Change Committee has laid out a road map for net zero emissions that the UK government could follow.
Taxi drivers are exposed to twice the level of pollution compared to other drivers.
To hit emissions targets, Wales will need to drastically reassess how 90% of its landscape is used.
Contrary to the advice of the UK’s climate advisers, aiming for net zero before 2050 is credible – but the country must reassess how much its future is worth.
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Professor of Physical Climate Change; Director of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures, University of Leeds
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Former Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex, University of Staffordshire
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Materials Scientist and SUSTAIN Impact & Engagement Manager, Swansea University
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Associate Professor in Sustainable Development
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Professor of Food, Climate and Society, University of York
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Senior Lecturer in Energy and Climate Policy, University of Sussex
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Professor of Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University
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Global Challenges Research Fellow, Brunel University of London
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Low Carbon Manager, Aberystwyth University
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Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Manchester
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PhD Candidate, Environmental Research Group, King's College London
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Reader in Food Policy, City St George's, University of London
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Professor of Environmental Psychology, University of Bath
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Climate Scientist, British Antarctic Survey
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Researcher, Environmental Geography, University of Oxford