The Offset · Episode

Under threat from extreme weather, community gardens may offer the pollinators a new refuge

Renewable energy company SSE Renewables is facing local opposition to the announcement of a new 1000 acre solar farm on a national nature reserve in Kent.  The Shepway Energy Park is expected to compr...

As weather-related home insurance claims reach the highest quarterly figure on record, insurers hope a new climate financing bill could ease the increase in claims by providing much-needed flood defen...

The Offset · Episode

Researchers in Ireland have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model designed to optimise crop yields for the tea in your breakfast mug.  Their research — published last month — was built on da...

Your daily cup of coffee could soon become a luxury treat, predict industry insiders, as a recent report shows that more than half of coffee imports into the EU come from countries that are both vulne...

The UK could lose over 100 million working hours this summer unless the government, trade unions and employers introduce better extreme heat policies, a new study warns.   A survey conducted last summ...

Campaigners have urged the government to set supermarkets legally binding climate targets as part of the UK’s new food strategy, which is expected to be rolled out this month. A report released last m...

Rainforests may be able to adapt to warmer and drier conditions resulting from climate change by losing their biggest trees, according to the findings of a 22-year-long study in the north-eastern regi...

Industry leaders like OpenAI, DeepSeek and Meta should be more transparent about the environmental impacts of AI, said experts at King’s College London’s (KCL) Festival of Artificial Intelligence.   W...

Dutch climate group Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) has formally notified Shell that it will file a second lawsuit against the oil giant, which it accuses of breaching its legal duty...

Environmentalists around the world are highlighting the role that peatlands play in regulating the earth’s climate on World Peatlands Day today, while recently released mapping data shows that 80 per ...

The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released earlier this month, found that 295 million people are facing acute hunger, almost three times the number in 2016.  In 18 of the countries surveyed, prima...

The World Health Assembly (WHA) has agreed on a global action plan on climate and health in a 109-0 vote on Tuesday in Geneva, following almost a year of preparatory work and two days of negotiations....

Environmental and pro-Palestine group Youth Demand have announced plans to collaborate with other groups to create a citizen’s assembly. The assembly, named the “House of the People” is a joint ventur...

More than 500 people gathered on Dartmoor on Monday to call for expanded Right to Roam laws across England following last week’s Supreme Court decision that restored wild camping on the moor without l...