Climate change

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

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A tree on the Roseburn Path was brought down in the storms

Climate change is no longer a distant threat. We need to act now

Edinburgh Airport needs to make the passenger experience a considerably more pleasant one (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell)

Edinburgh Airport expansion plan labeled 'climate vandalism' by MSP

Princes Street Gardens was packed as the sun gave people an excuse to get out and about

Princes Street Gardens at risk as report warns of climate damage

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‘Landscapes we treasure are becoming increasingly vulnerable’ - Lorna Sla...

Lupin specialises in pharmaceutical products

Ad Feature Lupin named among world's most sustainable companies

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

Ad Feature Sagar Adani calls for faster electrification amid rising power demand

Parliament Hall

Exclusive Historic Parliament Hall fires to stop burning over environmental concerns

Groups working with the Regenerative Futures Fund celebrate the launch of the programme

11 projects get up to £1m to tackle poverty, racism and climate

Edinburgh 'eco-friendly airline' collapses into liquidation

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

Ad Feature BearJam first to commit 1% of AI production budget to nature

The home owner argues that the area outside his Pathhead home is used for parking and should have an EV charge.

Home owner fights for ‘cheaper’ electric charger outside his home

Edinburgh Zoo’s one-eyed penguin makes return to colony after second operation.

Watch: Edinburgh Zoo’s one-eyed penguin rejoins colony after operation

Berwick Bank, an offshore wind farm to be built off the East Lothian coast, has been approved.

AR7: Berwick Bank wind farm secures 'monumental' UK contract backing

Children and staff from the Waterfront Nursery.

Edinburgh College’s Waterfront Nursery achieves Eco-Schools Green Flag Award

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

Ad Feature Global leader launch panel to end gender-based violence
New report calls for coordinated leadership, sustained financing, and system-wide prevention to confront a global crisis affecting over one billion women and girls.
Emily Jordan

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

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

Chris Murray, MP for Edinburgh East and Musselburgh at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool.

Edinburgh MP “thrilled” with £20m funding announcement

There are dozens of fruits and veggies in season this month

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

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

Bass Rock's gannet population could be put at risk by the Berwick Bank wind farm (Picture: Lisa Ferguson)

Can only hope turbines strike right balance - Susan Dalgety

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

Warning over classroom game accused of 'brainwashing' schoolchildren

It will offer inhabitants round-the-clock electricity

Ad Feature Iraq’s first solar-powered village begins operating

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

5 of the biggest concerns for children in 2025

Capital sticks to target on cutting car use
Edinburgh is sticking to its target of cutting car use in the city by nearly a third by 2030 - despite the Scottish Government abandoning its less ambitious 20 per cent objective as “not realistic”.
Ian Swanson

Brothers who rowed across Atlantic feature in new documentary

Rockhopper penguin chicks at Edinburgh Zoo.

Watch: Sweet penguin chicks nestle under their parent at Edinburgh Zoo

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

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

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

66 steps to protect against climate change

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

Research of 2,000 adults revealed Queen Victoria’s 63-year reign from 1837 to 1901 and the Tudor period were other areas of interest

History buff Brits consider WWII to be the most interesting period

A pile of dead batteries. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images

Recycling expert explains what to do with your dead batteries

SEPA has lifted advice against swimming at Portobello Beach

A Clean Water Act can upgrade our Victorian sewage network - Alex Cole-Hamilton

AI predictions show what impact climate change could have on major British cities. Photos via NightCafe

11 photos show how major cities could be transformed by climate change

What Britain will look like in the Year 3,000 according to AI. Photo by NightCafe

What your city will look like in Year 3000 - according to AI

World Environment Day. Photo: Adobe

World Environment Day helps to highlight climate challenge - Steve Cardownie

A Spain holiday warning has been issued as a “major cockroach infestation” is expected to hit the popular destination this summer. (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

'Cockroach infestation’ to hit holiday hotspot

Gran Canaria.

Watch: Booking a holiday? Tourism tax and airport delays explained

Watch as Beltane Fire Festival members perform in the streets

The Beltane Fire Society band provided a thunderous percussive heartbeat to the event

Beltane Fire Festival 2024: Everything you need to know

Hiker points to a giant sinkhole estimated to be around 20m deep

Hiker films 20-metre deep sinkhole as it suddenly appears in field

Labour plans for council budget include council tax freeze

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained - including a new Pope and a new king. Composite image by NationalWorld/Kim Mogg.

The four 2024 predictions of French astrologer Nostradamus explained

The glass protecting the Rokeby Venus was shattered with safety hammers, the group claimed (Just Stop Oil/Supplied)

Breaking Just Stop Oil activists smash glass protecting Rokeby Venus

The number of electric vehicles has increased since last year.

NHS electric vehicle fleet expanded

An image of how a battery energy storage park might look.

Vast battery park could meet demands of all the homes in Edinburgh and Glasgow

Lego has ditched plans to make bricks out of recycled bottles (BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images)

Breaking Lego scraps plans to make bricks out of recycled plastic bottles

Liz McAreavey, CEO at Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce

Edinburgh Airport set for post-pandemic take off - Liz McAreavey

Met Office warns 40C summers & extreme heat to become more common

Angus Robertson, right, meets Arnold Schwarzenegger, bodybuilder, actor and former Republican governor of California

How Arnie and Scotland are working to reach net-zero – Angus Robertson

100 cows deployed to reserve 50,000 acres of land

Rare penguin chick hatched at Edinburgh Zoo

Watch as rare penguin chick hatches at Edinburgh Zoo

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