Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has told Sky News the UK is “on track” to meet its “challenging” target of hitting net zero emissions by 2050.
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National Geographic says climate change has already touched every corner of the planet and will continue to reshape the human experience for centuries to come.
The Guardian says human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in ways “unprecedented” in thousands of years, with some of the changes now inevitable and “irreversible”.
Daily Mail says the Earth is likely to warm by 1.5C within the next 20 years, a decade earlier than expected — and heatwaves, flooding and droughts will be more frequent.
The Sun says HUMANS are warming up the planet faster than ever before in a ‘code red’ for humanity, a damning climate change report warns today.
The i says the latest update to the UK’s traffic light travel restrictions came on Wednesday 4 August, with movement on all three lists.
The Guardian says the government has launched a £4m fund to back projects trialling running fibre optic broadband cables through water pipes to help connect hard-to-reach homes without digging up roads.
The Times says middle-class parents should open their minds to apprenticeships when their children receive their A-level results tomorrow, Gavin Williamson has said.
The Times says Afghanistan slid towards collapse yesterday as the Taliban stormed three more cities and pilots deserted the air force after a colleague was murdered.
The Guardian says an eight-year-old Hindu boy is being held in protective police custody in east Pakistan after becoming the youngest person ever to be charged with blasphemy in the country.
The i says Afghan journalists working for the British media will be able to flee to the UK if their lives are endangered by the resurgence of the Taliban, the Foreign Secretary has announced.
The i says the UK faces an evictions crisis within weeks as hundreds of thousands of renters either on furlough or behind on payments have pandemic support measures stripped.
The Guardian says an Ariana Grande fan who attended the Manchester Arena concert in 2017 has been found dead in her bedroom after experiencing depression and PTSD following the bombing.
The Times says England will raise the possibility of postponing this winter’s Ashes series unless guarantees about quarantine exemptions for players’ families can be given.
The Guardian says thousands of people have fled wildfires that are destroying vast swathes of pine forest and razing homes on Greece’s second-largest island, Evia.
The Times says a new UN report will set out a stark message on the state of the climate crisis, raising pressure on governments ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow this autumn.
The i says the world is getting “dangerously close” to running out of time to avert catastrophic climate change, Cop26 President Alok Sharma has said.
The Guardian says the relaxation of lockdown rules in July sparked a surge of hiring among UK firms, but staff shortages caused by the pandemic and Brexit could still undermine the recovery
The Times says employment jumped to its highest level so far this year in July after the lifting of lockdown restrictions boosted the hospitality industry.
The i says Sainsbury’s will stop advertising on GB News and on Nigel Farage’s show after a campaign by the anti-Brexit political group Led by Donkeys.
The Guardian looks ahead to the publication of a major report into climate change science. It quotes scientists who warn that “urgent climate action was needed decades ago”.
The i newspaper reports that the government is in talks with private healthcare operators in a bid to agree deals that would create 7,000 extra NHS beds beds in private hospitals.
The Times says there is a plan for a “big push” to get civil servants back in the office. One government department is likely to order staff to work from the office at least three days a week.
Aljazeera says a senior aide to NY Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned on Sunday in the wake of an official investigation that found the governor of the northeastern state sexually harassed 11 women.
TRT World says the Dixie Fire in northern California has continued to grow overnight, making it the second-largest wildfire in US state history as thousands of people continued to flee advancing flames.