The Latest Breaking News from Climate Change Committee

Climate Change Committee tells chancellor issuing new oil and gas licenses is ‘inconsistent’ with government’s temperature goals

Environmental campaigners have opposed the plans

Springwatch host claims politicians ignored veteran conservationist’s message on the climate crisis – and ‘failed humanity wholesale’

Campaigners speak out amid suggestion government could reject Climate Change Committee’s advice

Lord Deben, who has just finished a 10-year term as chair of the Climate Change Committee, slammed both governments for failing to hit their green targets.

The UK’s Climate Change Committee – the official independent advisory body of which I am interim chair – has spent the past three months poring over thousands of pages of government strategy documents to inform its latest annual progress report to parliament. And our confidence in the UK meeting its…

Our Government and civil service are overwhelmed by the complexity of our mitigation and adaption challenges, says Rod Oram

The Climate Change Committee said planning, regulation and consent policy is holding back investment in renewable energy.

This will be the first mine to open in the UK in 30 years, much to the dismay of climate change activists

A verdict by the Climate Change Committee says there is no clear delivery plan for the Scottish Government's targets.

Ministers have overseen a 'trend of failure' in meeting Scotland’s emissions goals and the country no longer leads the UK on Net Zero, the independent Climate Change Committee warned.