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A new fund for financing flood defences and home insulation plans to impose new levies on oils and gas firms polluting industries.

This comes as weather related home insurance claims were the highest on record the first quarter of this year.

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Home insurers react to parliamentary bill for major polluters to pay into climate resilience funds - The Offset
As weather-related home insurance claims reach the highest quarterly figure on record, insurers hope a new climate financing bill could ease the increase in claims by providing much-needed flood defen...
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June 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Plans for a new 1000 acre solar farm has drawn opposition from residents of Romney Marsh, Kent.

The site would be built on marshland currently used for farming, tourism and to sustain local wildlife.

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Residents resist plans to build solar farm on greenfield land in Kent - The Offset
Renewable energy company SSE Renewables is facing local opposition to the announcement of a new 1000 acre solar farm on a national nature reserve in Kent.  The Shepway Energy Park is expected to compr...
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June 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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A new study shows that the Amazon rainforest may be able to survive hotter and dryer weather.

However, this is only possible by using water from larger trees dying.

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Amazon rainforest could sacrifice its larger trees to survive long-term drought, study finds - The Offset
Rainforests may be able to adapt to warmer and drier conditions resulting from climate change by losing their biggest trees, according to the findings of a 22-year-long study in the north-eastern regi...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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AI experts gathered in London recently, calling for greater transparency from industry leading companies, such as OpenAI, DeepSeek and Meta.

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AI giants should come clean on climate impact, experts say - The Offset
Industry leaders like OpenAI, DeepSeek and Meta should be more transparent about the environmental impacts of AI, said experts at King’s College London’s (KCL) Festival of Artificial Intelligence.   W...
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June 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Friends of the Earth Netherlands announces it will file second lawsuit against Shell.

The notice argues Shell fails to comply with a 2021 court order to cut emissions.

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Dutch climate group files second lawsuit against Shell in attempt to thwart new oil investments - The Offset
Dutch climate group Milieudefensie (Friends of the Earth Netherlands) has formally notified Shell that it will file a second lawsuit against the oil giant, which it accuses of breaching its legal duty...
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June 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Extreme weather events have become the primary driver of food insecurity.

This comes as the number of people facing acute hunger reaches its highest this decade.

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Climate shocks: Global food crises reach alarming levels, new report warns - The Offset
The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises released earlier this month, found that 295 million people are facing acute hunger, almost three times the number in 2016.  In 18 of the countries surveyed, prima...
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May 30, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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The World Health Assembly has called the climate crisis a "global health crisis."

Read the full story to hear about how fossil fuels were omitted from the conversation.

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World Health Assembly's new climate change action plan omits fossil fuels - The Offset
The World Health Assembly (WHA) has agreed on a global action plan on climate and health in a 109-0 vote on Tuesday in Geneva, following almost a year of preparatory work and two days of negotiations....
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May 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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Climate activism groups announce plans for a ‘House of the People’ to rival Parliament.

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Climate activism groups announce plans for a ‘House of the People’ to rival Parliament - The Offset
Environmental and pro-Palestine group Youth Demand have announced plans to collaborate with other groups to create a citizen’s assembly. The assembly, named the “House of the People” is a joint ventur...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Over 500 people gathered on Dartmoor to celebrate the Supreme Court decision to restore wild camping.

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Dartmoor campaigners call for national Right to Roam Act - The Offset
More than 500 people gathered on Dartmoor on Monday to call for expanded Right to Roam laws across England following last week’s Supreme Court decision that restored wild camping on the moor without l...
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May 28, 2025 at 3:24 PM