Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres
Airline emissions in Europe top pre-Covid levels despite pledge to decarbonise
December 2025
Change by degrees
The path of least emissions: how to take a sustainable holiday this summer
While it’s impossible to escape the emissions associated with flying, some travel methods are more carbon intensive than others
November 2025
Seascape: the state of our oceans
Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?
The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
The big emitters
‘If you ignore emissions, we did great’: Germany’s challenging fight to go green
Despite progress in cutting carbon pollution, climate groups say country’s toughest hurdles are yet to come
October 2025
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Trump threatens vulnerable countries before key shipping emissions vote
August 2025
UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035
Thinktank predicts wider inequality gap and calls for revised policies to tackle flying and excess private car use
May 2025
How the US became the biggest military emitter and stopped everyone finding out
Academic Neta Crawford warns that if Donald Trump follows through on his threats of war, emissions will soar and the planet will pay the price
March 2025
The alternatives
‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy
In Sweden, most residential heating and hot water comes from heating networks – helping to pool resources and innovation
November 2024
The real cost of cruises
Selfies and surf simulators: the young cruisers driving boom in sea holidays
A new generation is taking to the ocean in growing numbers – and fears over the environmental impact of cruise ships appear not to be denting their popularity
Work to regulate one of Australia’s biggest sources of carbon dioxide stalls, FoI documents reveal
Exclusive: Environmental group says it is ‘concerned’ to hear progress on cleaning up air pollution from diesel-burning may have hit a wall
Beautiful, eco-friendly and fire resistant: why architects are choosing walls made of hemp
Sumptuously textured, carbon negative and just a bit more expensive, hempcrete is being increasingly used in eco-friendly building
October 2024
Concerned about your data use? Here is the carbon footprint of an average day of emails, WhatsApps and more
Vast datacentres are being built worldwide, amid growing concerns about the environmental costs. So should we all be considering a data diet – if not complete digital sobriety?
September 2024
America’s first ‘carbon positive’ hotel comes to Denver – but do its climate claims stack up?
Only 65% of UK firms have plan to cut emissions to net zero, study shows
August 2024
Massive Attack castigate music industry over climate inaction: ‘We don’t need to talk. We need to act’
As the group prepare for Act 1.5, a Bristol festival aiming to have the lowest emissions of any big music event, Robert Del Naja says decarbonised touring is possible
Excess memes and ‘reply all’ emails are bad for climate, researcher warns
Most data stored on power-hungry servers is used once then never looked at again
‘Cruisezilla’ passenger ships have doubled in size since 2000, campaigners warn
Experts say booming demand for holidays afloat mean ocean liners’ burden on the environment is growing
