Monday 23 December 2024

This edition reflects on 2024’s major climate developments—from missed corporate targets and banks quitting net-zero alliances to policy shifts like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and new UK packaging waste laws. Also news on Australia’s and India’s climate challenges, methane emissions scandals, North Sea drilling concerns, and breakthroughs in hydrogen, low-carbon cement, and carbon removal technologies. Plus, rising protests, university bans on oil firms, and how US–China tensions and Trump’s potential cabinet picks could shape future climate action.

24 Hours In Sustainability

Worldwide Highlights

UK Highlights

The Daily Climate Sceptic

Long-Read of the Week

Looking for a last minute stocking-filler or something to read over the break? Ever wondered the difference in carbon emissions between adding milk or not to your morning coffee?

It is eye opening how small daily choices make large cumulative impact.

“If you take your tea with milk, and you boil only the water you need, then the milk accounts for three quarters of the total footprint. The obvious way to slash the footprint of your tea is reduce the amount of milk, switch to soya or oat milk or drink black or herbal tea.”

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