UK car industry hails record electric vehicle sales in September, with almost 100,000 fully-electric vehicles registered

Fully electric cars secured a 30 per cent market share in August, making them the biggest selling fuel type for the first time

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The European climate service Copernicus says the world's oceans have reached their hottest temperature on record.

According to the analysis, which is based on data provided by EuroMomo, a total of 33,000 heat-related deaths were recorded across just eight countries.

In Indonesia’s Kalimantan, fires have ravaged tens of thousands of acres, with suffocating smoke reaching Malaysia and putting Singapore on alert

China’s oil demand probably peaked last year, earlier than previous estimates, according to the head of the nation’s top refiner.

A memo reviewed by The Washington Post, circulated by U.S. diplomats, comes as negotiations over a plastics treaty reach a critical point.

Supply chains crucial to the UK's automotive, clothing, retail, and food and drink sectors could face severe water stress during ‘Super El Niño’, analysis warns

Weaker electric vehicle targets could mean up to 12GW less flexible charging capacity being available by 2034, trade body warns

Primary and secondary schools with capacity for 1,300 pupils heralded as two of the most energy efficient buildings in England

Sobering scientific analysis estimates more than 2,700 people died from heat-related causes during the May and June heatwaves in England and Wales

High temperatures already estimated to cost the capital £577m a year in lost productivity, London Councils and Mayor's Office

Supply chains crucial to the UK's automotive, clothing, retail, and food and drink sectors could face severe water stress during ‘Super El Niño’, analysis warns

The crucial waterway's operator says low rainfall caused by the ocean pattern had led to the decision.

Experts warned Britain needed double its usual rainfall to restore groundwater and river reserves after the exceptionally dry summer

Parents in better-off areas are raising funds to lower temperatures and Cambridge OCR’s head fears pupils elsewhere will be at a disadvantage in future

Fire and rescue services have responded to 1,132 wildfires so far this year, surpassing the number recorded throughout the whole of 2025

UK's hottest summer on record to coincide with worst harvest since detailed records began in 1984, snap analysis finds

Londoners are facing historic levels of subsidence risk after five successive heat waves dried out the clay soil on which much of the city is built.