Climate Change
The United Nations environmental body, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has released a report detailing how humans are accelerating climate change in the way we use land on this planet. While the problems are wide-spread and deeply-rooted, we look at how we can all make individual contributions in the fight against further damage.
Reducing food waste and more sustainable farming should also be top of our priorities, say climate change experts.
Over 1000 Extinction Rebellion Activists Were Arrested In April – This Is What Happened To Them Next
The civil disobedience of climate change activists earlier this year brought London to a standstill. HuffPost UK catches up with some of those arrested.
The heatwave that swept across much of Europe over July has made its way to Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island's ice sheet. Scientists from the Danish Meteorological Institute said that since 1 June, the ice sheet has lost 240 gigatonnes, compared to a loss of 290 gigatonnes in the whole of 2012. The melting of ice in Greenland alone will contribute between 5 and 33 centimetres to rising global sea levels by the year 2100.
Wildfires in Russia’s Siberia continue to burn as emergency services fight to keep them under control. The country’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into the cause of the fires, which are currently burning over 3.1 million hectares of largely uninhabited forest.
Temperatures reached 38.1C in the UK, the second hottest day on record, as scientists assess whether the government is serious about tackling climate crisis.
The former One Direction singer referenced the US president's past tweets in his own social media post.
The climate change campaigners cited "division" across its members for the decision.
Frontman Matty Healy has revealed proceeds from the song will go towards environmental activists Extinction Rebellion.
The climate crisis is upon us and we can quite literally feel it, Green MEP Alexandra Phillips writes.