The UK's climate minister has resigned, saying he will support Sunak from the backbenches

No mention of his concerns over Claire Coutinho MP watering down the 'boiler tax', which he had threatened to resign over

Says UK 'achieved a lot' on energy transition

ICYM: A man taking the UK government to court over climate change after being forced to “hibernate” during heatwaves hopes his case will be boosted by this week’s landmark ECHR CEDH ruling

Story on the Friends of the Earth-backed case here 👇

thetimes.co.uk/article/heatwa…

It's not like we needed the official confirmation but yep, the last week or so has been pretty wet in England. See the map on bottom right.

Marjority of river flows 'exceptionally high' for this time of year assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6617bbea…

The NFU is warning that Defra's new fund for farmers with flooded fields 'simply doesn't work'.

Claims many told they are ineligible because their land too far from a 'main' river.

Farmers, if that's you, I'd like to hear from you please! On here or [email protected]

As trailed in previous BBC reporting but now publicly confirmed by Defra...

Mark Spencer has ordered the EA to halt approvals of new incineration plants until at least 24 May. Includes the one Spencer's boss Steve Barclay opposes in his constituency

gov.uk/government/pub…

UN climate chief Simon Stiell says:
- climate denial is 'still very active'
- “next two years are essential in saving our planet”
- UK & rest of G20 must publish strong climate plans
- ordinary people need to pressure leaders to keep climate high up the political agenda

ICYM: The number of householders applying for heat pumps that draw warmth from the air jumped by more than three quarters last month compared with the previous year.

NEW: You've heard the controversies around net-zero, but what about net-negative?

I explore the moral & scientific arguments for countries turning into net-hoovers of CO2, as Germany becomes 1st major econ to consider it

Ft Joeri Rogelj & David Reiner
carbonbrief.org/explainer-why-…

Heat pumps are hot

Applications for air source heat pump grants were up 77% in February, year on year

Things are moving in the right direction. But they're below where govt expected to be by this point, as National Audit Office recently showed (thetimes.co.uk/article/heat-p…)