Climate change

COP31 is the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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File pic: The Langdale Moor fire last August. Credit: Getty | Getty Images

Ban barbecues and fund fire-fighting planes - how to stop wildfires

Prime Minister Andy Burnham meets with Dan Harris, Chief forecaster at the met office in Exeter. PIC: Finnbarr Webster/PA Wire

Risk of wildfire will not disappear - Yorkshire Post Letters

Langdale Moor during the wildfire in August 2025

Senior Tory urges Government to U-turn on controlled burning clampdown

Burnt areas due to a wildfire in West Sussex. PIC: Jamie Lashmar/PA Wire

Organisations need to become more resilient - Emily Alexander

York has been ranked as the happiest place to live in the UK

York Minster adds solar panels as climate change harms historic stone

Lupin specialises in pharmaceutical products

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Sagar Adani, Lord Adair Turner, Nigel Topping and Ian Blatchford attended the dialogue

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Dr Tim Thom, who founded the Yorkshire Peat Partnership, on moorland above Skipton.

Near £50m funding boost to protect 'UK's Amazon rainforest'

A farmer works the land near Beverley, East Yorkshire. PIC: James Hardisty

Put food security on par with energy security, Government told

Tom Nelson, co-founder of Nature Impact, and James Hilditch, co-founder and creative director at BearJam.

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The “Wainwright Way” ends in Robin Hood’s Bay overlooking the North Sea.

Wainwright’s coast to coast route becomes newest national trail

An offshore wind farm. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Reliable information on climate change is vital - YP Letters

A wildflower display created as part of the Walls in Bloom Project in Station Rise, York.

Expansion of wildflower displays on York's bar walls approved

Autumn colours at RHS Harlow Carr in Harrogate. Pictured here are ornamental grasses in the main borders

How RHS Harlow Carr plans to future-proof gardens for drought

Christmas decorations at a home.

There are plenty of reasons for hope in Yorkshire

A Sheffield boy has been arrested in connection with posts on social media.

Why we’re not likely to be replaced by AI robots anytime soon - Jamie Dobson

VPI is one of the companies involved in the Viking project

Humber CCS project could benefit from Scottish scheme's struggles

Climate Change Minister Katie White at The Yorkshire Post's Great Northern Conference. Credit: John Clifton

Exclusive Britain has to 'use own resources' to bring down energy bills

A group of global leaders, activists and survivors are driving bold, sustained action at every level.

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How farmer is helping to pioneer sustainably-grown Christmas trees
Climate change is increasingly affecting agriculture, including the production of Christmas trees. Stuart Minting reports.
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Root veggies, brassicas, apples and pears will all be in season this month

Root veggies 'back on the menu' - 9 others in season this November

Hurricane Melissa pictured by satellite as it churned northwest through the Caribbean Sea on Monday evening

Why 'supercharged' Hurricane Melissa is so powerful - and dangerous

Solar panels at a solar farm. PIC: Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA Wire

Solar developments in Yorkshire risk undermining net zero

From chillies to pears, beets to Jerusalem artichokes, there are plenty of exciting fruits and veggies in season now

26 hearty, flavourful fruits and vegetables in season this October

First Bus is driving greener travel with First Charge — making its nationwide electric vehicle charging infrastructure available to more users.

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The weather over the past summer may trigger an especially vibrant display this autumn

Why autumn leaves may be more spectacular than ever this year

There are dozens of fruits and veggies in season this month

25 fruits and veggies in season now - why eating them helps the planet

The Yorkshire Post Climate Change Summit 2025 takes place at The Leeds Conservatoire on October 16.

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Legionnaires’ disease is a potentially fatal lung infection caused by inhaling droplets of water contaminated with Legionella bacteria.

Take these five steps to protect yourself from Legionnaires’ disease

Dunesforde was planted in 2016 by Ian and Mandy Townsend, a family whose passion for wine was sparked not in Bordeaux or Burgundy, but in the sun-drenched hills of central Italy, says Mark Bailey. (Photo supplied by Mark Bailey)

Yorkshire vineyard produces 'internationally recognised' wine

Temperatures reached a high of over 36C in one Liverpool classroom

School classrooms got ‘worryingly hot’ this term
This summer term has been almost too hot to handle in some classrooms 🔥
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Harold Grove in Hyde Park, Leeds, an area where the housing can become very hot when temperatures rise. Credit: Leeds City Council.

'Rising temperatures affect everyone but the health risks aren’t equal'

The effects of climate change could cost children days of school time each year, a government risk report says

3 ways climate change may soon impact schools - costing children days

The EnergyTown game is marketed towards UK schoolchildren, and funded by energy giant Equinor

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

Yorkshire Post Climate Change Summit: New venue revealed

Students using ClassVR

Avantis Education encourages pupils in the North East to learn about the dangers...

US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists before boarding Air Force One from Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, May 25, 2025, after spending the weekend in New Jersey. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

Climate change: United States' wrong-headed short-termism presents the United Ki...

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

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Young people across the UK have a lot of big worries on their plates

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

Water dripping out of a kitchen tap. PIC: John Stillwell/PA Wire

Dry spell means the public will once again have to make sacrifices

New documentary explains how old Christmas trees are helping to protect the coast

Sand, Sea, Xmas Trees: How old festive saplings guard against floods

Studies suggest hedgehog numbers have declined by up to 75 per cent in some rural areas since 2000.

Fresh hope for much-loved but threatened creature

Drax has announced a 20-year agreement with Power Minerals Limited (PML) for a new factory to process millions of tonnes of legacy ash.

Greenhouse gas removals review could boost Drax carbon capture plans

Houses in the middle of a flooded area after Storm Laurence passed through El Palmar de Troya in southern Spain, before Martinho swept in.

Large areas of holiday hotspot on alert as rainstorms cause flooding

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6 of the best eco-friendly banks for sustainable spending in the UK

Inspiring young people to connect with nature and building greener schools are both on the government agenda

Three things the Government is doing to make schools 'greener'

A combine harvester harvesting a field of corn in the evening sunshine. PIC: PA

Climate change is increasing the risk to Britain’s food security - YP Letters

More than 1,600 claims were made on home insurance policies over the 5 years

Brits have claimed £31m for flood damages between 2020 and 2024

Traffic on the motorway. PIC: Ben Whitley/PA Wire

Some might find wind turbines ugly but so are motorways - Yorkshire Post Letters

Drax Power Station is 50 today and on track for a happy new golden era of green energy

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Alan Titchmarsh, gardener, broadcaster, TV presenter and patron of Horticap

Alan Titchmarsh 'thrilled' after getting CBE in New Year Honours list

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The rules, fuels and regulations around wood burners for 2025

A person holds a hard copy of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill proposed by Labour MP Kim Leadbeater. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Assisted dying debate showed why we need more free votes - YP Letters

A flood warden pushing a boat in floodwater in Hereford, Herefordshire, after Storm Darragh hit the UK. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

'Serious risk' posed to UK food security by worsening climate change

A sheep scheme is required in NI. (Picture: Cliff Donaldson)

Hill farmers face 'outsized' hit to livelihoods with scheme delays

Engineers checking out the biomass domes

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Katie White MP.

Meet the Leeds North West MP, climate campaigner Katie White

Drax Power Station is going BECCS to the future to transform its energy production with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage to produce secure renewable power.

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NG Bailey

NG Bailey net zero target validated by leading environmental body

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