Fiona Harvey for the Guardian, part of the Guardian Environment Network
Global warming likely to breach 2C threshold, climate scientists conclude
Global warming is likely to surpass the previously recognised danger threshold of a 2C average increase in temperature, according to the world-leading climate scientists meeting in Sweden this week.
Trial run for biggest battery in Europe
A trial of the largest battery in Europe, which proponents hope will transform the UK electricity grid and boost renewable energy is due to start in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.
Energy efficiency squads will visit UK households
Squads of insulators and energy efficiency experts are to be sent house to house around the UK, in the latest stage of the government's bid to plug the gaps in Britain's leaky homes and curb rising bills.
Future of UK offshore wind power in ‘serious doubt’
The future of offshore wind power generation in the UK is in serious doubt, as the government's plans to encourage new wind farms are over-expensive and flawed, a think tank study has found.
Eat less meat for greater food security, British population urged
People in Britain should eat meat less often, in order to help ease the food crises in the developing world, an influential committee of MPs has urged.
Britain resists EU bid to set new target on renewable energy
The UK government will oppose attempts to set a new renewable energy target within the EU, in a move that could put at risk tens of billions of pounds of green investment and tens of thousands of new jobs.
Oettinger calls for no new taxes as talks begin on 2030 climate targets
There should be no new taxes on energy within the EU, and current taxes should not be raised, if prices are to be kept competitive with rivals fuelled by cheap shale gas in the US, the EU's energy chief has told the Guardian.
UK seeks to water down Arctic oil drilling proposals
The UK government is seeking to water down planned EU regulations on deep-sea oil drilling, even while insisting to MPs that it wants "robust environmental protection" for oil drilling in the Arctic.
Coal to challenge oil’s dominance by 2017, says IEA
Coal is likely to rival oil as the world's biggest source of energy in the next five years, with potentially disastrous consequences for the climate, according to the world's leading authority on energy economics.
Doha climate change deal clears way for ‘damage aid’ to poor nations
Poor countries have won historic recognition of the plight they face from the ravages of climate change, wringing a pledge from rich nations that they will receive funds to repair the "loss and damage" incurred.
UN: Methane released from melting ice could push climate past tipping point
The United Nations sounded a stark warning on the threat to the climate from methane in the thawing permafrost as governments met for climate change negotiations in Doha, Qatar.
European companies ‘using emissions trading to subsidise overseas rivals’
Some of the companies that have complained loudest about the EU's environmental measures are using the EU's Emissions Trading System (ETS) to give money to rivals in other countries instead of cutting their own greenhouse gas emissions, it has emerged.
US can become world’s biggest oil producer in a decade, says IEA
The US can shed its longstanding dependence on Saudi Arabian oil within the next decade, redrawing the world's political systems and potentially leading to runaway global warming.
UK makes biggest emissions cuts in Europe
The United Kingdom cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than any other European country in 2011, over-achieving on targets under the Kyoto protocol on climate change. Some of the reduction was owing to milder weather and an increase in renewable energy generation, but the sluggish economy is also likely to have contributed.
UK Tories warned by EU against stifling green agenda
Brussels has placed itself on a collision course with Britain's ruling Conservative party by issuing a blunt warning on the dangers of stifling the green agenda.
London 2012 falls short of ‘greenest ever’ targets, report shows
The "greenest Olympics ever" could have been a great deal greener than they will be, says a critical new report that finds fault with the handling of the Games' environmental impact.
New cars in Europe may have to cut carbon emissions by one-third
New cars and vans in the European Union will produce one-third less carbon dioxide within eight years, under proposed new rules set out on Wednesday (11 July) in Brussels.
UK government waters down EU energy efficiency deal
Green campaigners angered by UK's opposition to a binding target in the Energy Efficiency Directive. The energy and climate change secretary, Ed Davey, defended the UK's role in EED negotiations.
Leaked documents reveal UK fight to dilute EU green energy targets
Allegations of coalition hypocrisy over green issues as critics say documents show UK has caved in to fossil fuel lobbyists.
EU emissions rise despite climate change policies
Greenhouse gas emissions for the European Union increased in 2010, despite the economic recession and policies intended to tackle climate change.
UK government announces biggest energy reforms in 20 years
The biggest reforms to the UK energy sector in two decades were set out yesterday (22 May), prompting warnings from consumer groups and green campaigners that they would raise bills and penalise renewable energy while boosting nuclear power.
UK gas ‘fracking’ gets green light
Ministers have been advised to allow the controversial practice of fracking for shale gas to be extended in Britain, despite it causing two earthquakes and the emergence of serious doubts over the safety of the wells that have already been drilled.