Damian Carrington @dpcarrington RSS feed About Damian Carrington Damian Carrington is The Guardian's Environment editor 68 Articles The U.K. has a ‘ghost flight’ problem Exclusive: Data shows the tally at 5,000 empty ghost flights in the U.K. since 2019 and a further 35,000 flights have operated almost empty, with climate campaigners calling the revelations shocking. Race to a Safer World News | October 4th 2022 Scores of new pipelines around the world 'dramatically at odds' with climate goals More than 24,000 kilometres of pipelines are planned around world, showing "an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals." News, Energy | September 28th 2022 Fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled worldwide in 2021, analysis finds Government support for fossil fuel companies amid huge profits is a "roadblock" to tackling the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency says. Race to a Safer World News, Energy | September 7th 2022 Monstrous sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap ‘now inevitable’ The loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27 centimetres regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists say. Race to a Safer World News | September 1st 2022 U.K. and U.S. banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’ Ukrainian campaigners call for an immediate end to investments, cut funds for Russia's war and help avoid climate breakdown. Race to a Safer World News | August 30th 2022 Global heating in the Arctic ‘off the scale’ New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average. Race to a Safer World News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2022 UN boss tells graduates: Do not work for ‘climate wreckers’ António Guterres says young people should tackle the climate crisis by using their talent to deliver a renewable future. Race to a Safer World News | May 25th 2022 Early closure of fossil fuel production sites will help avert climate disaster: study Nearly half of all existing fossil fuel facilities will need to close prematurely to limit global heating to 1.5 C, scientists say. Race to a Safer World News, Energy | May 19th 2022 ‘Canaries in the coal mine’: We’re losing birds to our changing planet Billions of birds are disappearing because of humanity’s impact on the Earth, a global review finds. Race to a Safer World News | May 11th 2022 Microplastics found in human blood The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. The impact on health is as yet unknown. Race to a Safer World News | March 25th 2022 1 of 7
The U.K. has a ‘ghost flight’ problem Exclusive: Data shows the tally at 5,000 empty ghost flights in the U.K. since 2019 and a further 35,000 flights have operated almost empty, with climate campaigners calling the revelations shocking. Race to a Safer World News | October 4th 2022
Scores of new pipelines around the world 'dramatically at odds' with climate goals More than 24,000 kilometres of pipelines are planned around world, showing "an almost deliberate failure to meet climate goals." News, Energy | September 28th 2022
Fossil fuel subsidies almost doubled worldwide in 2021, analysis finds Government support for fossil fuel companies amid huge profits is a "roadblock" to tackling the climate crisis, the International Energy Agency says. Race to a Safer World News, Energy | September 7th 2022
Monstrous sea-level rise caused by melting of Greenland ice cap ‘now inevitable’ The loss will contribute a minimum rise of 27 centimetres regardless of what climate action is taken, scientists say. Race to a Safer World News | September 1st 2022
U.K. and U.S. banks among biggest backers of Russian ‘carbon bombs’ Ukrainian campaigners call for an immediate end to investments, cut funds for Russia's war and help avoid climate breakdown. Race to a Safer World News | August 30th 2022
Global heating in the Arctic ‘off the scale’ New data has revealed extraordinary rates of global heating in the Arctic, up to seven times faster than the global average. Race to a Safer World News, Climate Solutions Reporting | June 21st 2022
UN boss tells graduates: Do not work for ‘climate wreckers’ António Guterres says young people should tackle the climate crisis by using their talent to deliver a renewable future. Race to a Safer World News | May 25th 2022
Early closure of fossil fuel production sites will help avert climate disaster: study Nearly half of all existing fossil fuel facilities will need to close prematurely to limit global heating to 1.5 C, scientists say. Race to a Safer World News, Energy | May 19th 2022
‘Canaries in the coal mine’: We’re losing birds to our changing planet Billions of birds are disappearing because of humanity’s impact on the Earth, a global review finds. Race to a Safer World News | May 11th 2022
Microplastics found in human blood The discovery shows the particles can travel around the body and may lodge in organs. The impact on health is as yet unknown. Race to a Safer World News | March 25th 2022
