Solar and wind energy paired with battery storage are reliable and already can deliver cost-effective, round-the-clock electricity in prime regions, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
New polling from More in Common for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) conducted in the days running up to the local elections found that on net-zero, two-thirds (68 per cent) of voters said they thought the UK should at least try or be doing everything we can to hit its 2050 target with just under a fifth (19 per cent) saying the country should not be trying.
Meatly has announced that it has raised £10.4m in funding to build Europe’s largest cultivated meat facility.
The UK will need 5GW of new offshore wind every year if it is to meet the Government’s clean power goals, according to a new report published today by Offshore Energies UK (OEUK).
A new international coalition on carbon pricing has been created.
The two millionth EV has been registered with a 59.1 per cent jump year on year during a low-volume month.
Octopus Energy Generation has invested €584m in wind farms in France, Germany and Poland, marking a major Europe-wide push into the wind energy market, acquiring 321MW onshore wind farms across 17 sites.
A design of heating system could help the uptake of heat pumps in the UK.
Sales of residential heat pumps went up 25 per cent in the first quarter of 2026 in France, Germany and Poland on average. This includes the period after Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz on 2 March, pushing up gas and oil prices.
Europe, along with many other regions of the globe, is exposed to increasing impacts of climate change including record heatwaves on land and at sea and devastating wildfires.
Under an ambitious scenario, EU electricity system annual operating costs could fall by €55bn (or 49 per cent) from 2025 to 2030, but even under current trends operating costs would still decline by €33bn (or 29 per cent).
Extreme heat, the spread of climate-sensitive diseases like malaria and cholera, and disruptions to hospitals and other healthcare could drive close to $21tr in economic losses.
Individual environmental laws, such as those related to the climate or nature conservation, are not sufficient on their own to resolve environmental crises.
New analysis by ECIU indicates that UK food prices are on track to be 50 per cent higher by November 2026 compared to levels at the start of the ‘cost-of-living crisis’ in mid-2021.
27,000 solar installations completed in March 2026, the highest monthly deployment of solar in over a decade.
Simon Stiell, the head of the UN's climate body (UNFCCC) has commented on the war in the Middle East, saying that “an immense irony is unfolding as those who’ve fought to keep the world hooked on fossil fuels are inadvertently supercharging the global renewables boom”.
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Heat pump sales soar across Europe
Solar could cut EU power costs in half by 2030
Britain embraces the sun
Simon Stiell: An immense irony is unfolding
Outside the box thinking
A ray of hope from Santa Marta
Climate pushes food prices to rise by 50%
Glaciers shrink and Europe burns
UK hits 2 million EVs
Octopus' €600m European wind rush
Meatly secures £10m to build pilot
Energy bills and net-zero on voters’ minds
24/7 renewables outcompete fossil fuels
EU, China and Brazil create coalition of carbon markets
Every $1 of climate health returns up to $68
Two millionth electric car registered
Radical sustainability laws required
UK needs 5GW of offshore wind every year