First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed that all under 22s in Scotland will have access to free bus travel from 31 January 2022.

New analysis shows chasm in electric vehicle chargers between rural areas and cities – with London having more than England’s counties combined.

Children and young people will soon be able to undertake a new Climate Award in recognition for their work to improve their environment.

A £3.3 million ‘retrofit’ scheme from Devon County Council will cut carbon emissions and reduce energy use in several key buildings.

Over 100 million car and taxi trips made in city regions each year could instead be on e-bikes if the government is able to deliver its target for mode shift to cycling.

Efforts to plant trees and improve access to nature across the country is to take another step forward with a new £6 million ‘Trees Call to Action Fund’.

A third of England’s most important flood defences are in private hands, with some at risk of ‘complete performance failure’.

The UK will struggle to reach the net zero target by 2050 unless Government steps up efforts to work together with local councils on climate action.

First Minister Mark Drakeford has called for a ‘decade of action’ to tackle the climate change crisis in Wales.

The EV Charging Action Plan outlines how the Welsh Government will deliver a EV charging point facility for every 20 miles across Wales by 2025.

Education unions have written to the Education Secretary urging him to take action to ensure climate change education becomes fully embedded in ​the system.

Campaign for Better Transport is calling for more to be done to deliver a zero-emission bus fleet as only a minority are currently electric.

Over 1,000 homes a day could be retrofitted with low-carbon efficiency measures by councils by 2030 - reducing energy bills by nearly £700 million.

Introducing universal free garden waste collections is ‘unnecessary’ and will not solve the issue of garden waste ending up in landfill, says LGA.

MPs and the County Councils Network have warned that rural shires could be the ‘poor relation’ to cities in the government’s gigabit rollout.

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