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UK

Environment

The UK is making five big bets in the hope of hitting net zero by 2050

Details of how the UK government is planning to reach net zero by 2050 reveal that the five biggest policy areas include decarbonising power and ramping up heat pumps - but will these bets actually pay off?

Analysis

Wild Isles,16-08-2022,Sir David Attenborough,Sir David Attenborough, filming for Wild Isles series, next to Common puffins (Fratercula arctica), Skomer Island, off Pembrokeshire coast, Wales, UK, June 2022,?Alex Board/Silverback Films,Alex Board WARNING: Use of this copyright image is subject to the terms of use of BBC Pictures' Digital Picture Service (BBC Pictures) as set out at www.bbcpictures.co.uk/terms-and-conditions/. In particular, this image may only be published by a registered User of BBC Pictures for editorial use for the purpose of publicising the relevant BBC programme, personnel or activity during the Publicity Period which ends three review weeks following the date of transmission and provided the BBC and the copyright holder in the caption are credited. For any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising and commercial, prior written approval from the copyright holder will be required.

Comment

Wild Isles review: David Attenborough turns focus to UK and Ireland

Culture

People working at Oxford Quantum Circuits

Technology

UK's quantum computing sector is flourishing after early investment

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Patrick Vallance

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UK needs bigger role for science in government, says chief scientist

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Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers his keynote address to delegates third day of the annual Labour Party conference in Liverpool, north west England, on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP) (Photo by OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Environment

Could Labour's Great British Energy firm spark a green revolution?

Analysis

Anti-fracking protesters

Environment

Can Liz Truss kick-start UK fracking by lifting the shale gas ban?

Analysis

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Environment

Jacob Rees-Mogg: Climate change concern over new energy policy chief

Analysis

NHS ambulances at a hospital in London

Health

There are thousands more UK deaths than usual and we don’t know why

Insight

People sitting on parched grass in Greenwich Park, London

Environment

With drought in England more frequent, how can it keep water flowing?

Analysis

Damage is surveyed at homes gutted by fire on 25 July 2022 in Wennington, Greater London, the UK

Environment

Record weather conditions made the UK's destructive wildfires possible

A fire weather index, which estimates how conducive weather conditions are for wildfires, was at its highest ever level as grass fires raged on 19 July, the UK's hottest day

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Environment

Sadiq Khan urges UK parliament to pass 'Ella's Law' for clean air

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Environment

Climate change made UK 40°C heatwave at least 10 times more likely

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Environment

Temperature hits 40°C on the UK's hottest day on record

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Life

Beavers to be legally protected from harm in England from October

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