People flocked to parks and pools across Europe for a bit of respite from the early heat wave that saw the mercury rise above 40C in France and Spain.

As Europe wilts under the sun the heatwave sees temperature reach 40C in Spain

The Welsh Government has announced £2.4m to fund projects that will help reduce the carbon emissions of NHS Wales by more than a third by 2030.

Wales' biggest public sector carbon emitter and what's being done about it

Views inform long-term goal for the Liverpool City Region to reach net zero, but study also shows half of adults believe climate change is real but exaggerated.

Four in five people think action is needed to reduce carbon emissions

As COP26 gets underway, we speak with people across the region who say they - or the animals they study - have already suffered the impact of climate change.

COP26: How climate change is thought to be affecting the region 

A leading climate change expert has warned that Britain is failing to adequately prepare for the inevitable impact of global warming on its coastlines.

'It is our home': Coastal erosion causing houses to fall into the sea

A clifftop dog walker passes the ENSCO-72 drilling rig in Poole Bay, off the coast of Dorset, where it is sinking an appraisal well on behalf of Corallian Energy to assess the potential reserves of oil in the 'Colter prospect', to the south of the existing Wytch Farm oilfield. Steve Parsons/PA 

Experts say the exploitation of new oil and gas fields must stop, but Kwasi Kwarteng argued new tech might allow oil to be removed in a carbon-neutral way.

Boris Johnson consigns coal to history - but why no mention of oil and gas? 

Almost 3,500 pools with peat moss are being dug into this ancient bogland, which could store ten times more carbon than a forest of the same size. 

An ancient bogland is being transformed into a 'giant sponge' to soak up carbon

One oil well could emit as much as 1,000 cars' worth of greenhouse gas over a year. But what's being done about the problem?

How millions of disused methane-pumping oil wells are fuelling climate crisis

Even if humanity manages to limit global warming to 1.5C, extreme heat will continue, the UK’s leading meteorologists have warned.

UK ‘to hit 40C' on regular basis even if global warming is limited

Campaigners in Cumbria are backing calls for the government to take urgent action to prevent extreme weather caused by global warming. 

Cumbria flood campaigners back Climate Change Committee

The Climate Change Committee says immediacy is needed to deal with the threat of overheating in homes, power cuts and damage to nature, crops and food supplies.

Climate Change Committee: Government must take urgent action in 'next two years'

Scientists will conduct numerous studies to assess the impact of climate change in the polar region

Research expedition around the arctic circle sets sail under the Jersey flag

The WWF says that if global warming is not stopped, spring wildlife such as bumblebees and bluebells will be threatened. 

Bumblebees are under threat due to climate change and global warming

Mountain hares, puffins, bumblebees and coffee plants that produce one of the world's favourite brews are among the species under threat from climate change.

From puffins to emperor penguins: The species at risk from global warming

Methane is a short-lived but very potent climate pollutant - here's why it's so damaging, and what actions you can take to reduce it.

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