ICYM: Dubai downpour linked to climate change, ⁦Dr Friederike Otto⁩ and WWA team find

Interview with head of UK climate watchdog, Chris Stark:
• Boris Johnson strongest leader on climate in recent yrs
• Sunak net zero speech slowed electric car sales
• Ministers 'running scared' of farmers re CO2 cuts
• Just Stop Oil not helping
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UK heat pump grant applications have settled at around 2,000 a month in 2024

Looks like they may have found their level for the year, rather than rapidly increasing

New stats for March out today

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Bottle return scheme delay from 2025 to 2027 to be made official today (from the looks of the Commons order paper, per our story in Monday's edition)

UK govt confirms 10% of jet fuel to be biofuels by 2030, as part of aviation decarbonisation plan

Govt says it has 'plans in place to prevent any major [air fare] hikes' (but doesn't say what they are)

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Just 14% of people are likely to swim in Britain’s seas and rivers this summer because of concerns about sewage pollution

New YouGov polling commissioned by COPI (Central Office of Public Interest)

The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (Chartered Institute of Environmental Health) has called on the government to reinstate this axed air quality grant.

'This is an alarming, yet sadly unsurprising, move by the government backsliding on its commitment to tackling air pollution,' said Louise Hosking

Roughly as many electric cars were sold globally in Q1 this year as the whole of 2020. Sales were up 25% in Q1.

Yes, there have been a few places where EV sales growth slowed. But International Energy Agency Global EV Outlook shows obv direction of travel

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One for the diary: Environmental Audit Committee MPs holding evidence session about progress on water quality in rivers and seas on 15 May.

Follows their 2022 report on rivers, which I think it's fair to say was very influential and an important step towards campaigns like #CleanItUp

What's the best way to remove plastic pollution from the environment? Beach clean-ups are likely more effective than hi-tech solutions, says The Royal Society report

(But obv says stop plastic getting there in first place + curb demand)