The Climate Change Committee’s chief executive said the UK seems to be moving backwards in its approach to emissions reductions.

The expected loosening of the UK’s climate ambition brings it more into line with other nations in transport but behind in home heating.

The PA news agency looks at why becoming net zero by 2050 has become a legal target for the UK and what changes people will have to make.

A leak to the BBC suggests the Prime Minister’s intention is to water down some of the key climate commitments his Government has made.

It also combined with poor maintenance of the broken dams and because the city is built on floodplains, exposing thousands of homes.

Ministers have been told to make urgent corrections in how they are handling the ongoing sewage issue, peers have set out in an open letter.

It is a new record year for the growing population despite continued persecution on grouse moors.

The PA news agency looks into how and why the steel industry is being decarbonised.

Researchers have developed a tool to map how changes in the weather impact energy consumption.

UN patron of the oceans Lewis Pugh said he dreams of the day when people can swim down British rivers without getting sick.

Therese Coffey expressed her support for the weedkiller during an address to the National Farmers’ Union.

A report from Oceana has found that half of the top 10 UK fish stocks are overfished or are at critically low levels.

The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency and Ofwat may have misinterpreted the law.

Forestry England said the wet spring with heatwaves in the summer could mean trees are red, gold and orange for longer.

Climate change is likely to bring 40C summers to the UK again in future, with London firefighters learning from colleagues abroad.

They expect hundreds of walkers to meet at a yet-to-be-disclosed location to demonstrate the difference between the countries’ laws.

Temperatures are forecast to peak on Saturday in London, which is set to be the hottest day of the year.

The recording is 0.2C short of the hottest day of the year, which was recorded in June.

Forecasters believe temperatures will rise above the 32.2C recorded in June.

Development will be made easier, the Government has said, as it tells councils not to give too much weight to a vocal minority in opposition.