Covid vaccine pioneer: Lives depend on science funding
Sir Andrew Pollard warns against possible moves to reverse planned investment in science. …
Science
What is Climate Justice?
Who is responsible for climate change and who should take the lead in trying to fix it? …
Is the UK’s green plan enough to halt climate change?
Support for roads, aviation and fossil fuel drilling could undermine UK’s green credentials at COP26. …
Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade
Government plans to extract coal, oil and gas are incompatible with safe temperatures, says the UN. …
Ros Atkins on… Europe’s climate challenge
Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem. …
Heat pumps: How much do they cost and how do they work?
The government wants people to replace gas boilers with heat pumps. …
The climate activists who want Norway to end oil and gas production
The BBC’s Nick Beake meets the young climate activists trying to stop Norway drilling for oil and gas. …
The nightmare of India’s tallest rubbish mountain
India’s oldest and tallest mountain of rubbish in the city of Mumbai is 18 storeys high. …
One third of UK farmers could be depressed – survey
Regulation, the pandemic and extreme weather are among factors causing high stress to farmers. …
Nuclear fusion: Five sites shortlisted for UK energy plant
A final decision for the location of the UK’s prototype fusion energy plant is due in 2022. …
Climate change: Carbon emissions from rich countries rose rapidly in 2021
Emissions from the richest countries are going up again this year as the global economy rebounds. …
Waste electronics will weigh more than the Great Wall of China
Discarded waste like mobile phones and TVs in 2021 could weigh more than 57 million tonnes. …
Climate change: ‘Adapt or die’ warning from Environment Agency
The Environment Agency says hundreds could die in a flooding event at some point. …
Nobel Prize: We will not have gender or ethnicity quotas – top scientist
Journalist Maria Ressa was the only woman to win a Nobel Prize this year, and just the 58th in history. …
Black scientists say UK research is institutionally racist
Senior black scientists tell the BBC they believe UK science to be “institutionally racist”. …
The race to save California’s famous sequoia trees
Tourists flock to California’s famous sequoia trees, but wildfires are threatening their existence. …
Ros Atkins On… China’s climate change promises
Ahead of COP26, Ros Atkins looks at what the world’s biggest emitters are doing to tackle climate change. …
Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid ‘miracle’ drug
Thousands worldwide have taken ivermectin to fight Covid. But what’s the evidence? …