“I see the air is good today,” says the security guard, as he sips his cup of bright green pea soup - “I can tell by the flavour.”

The UK has announced an ambitious new carbon target for the early 2030s, allaying fears that the climate goal would be a casualty of the EU referendum.

The Science Based Targets initiative, which aims to persuade companies to set emissions reductions targets in line with keeping global warming to well below two degrees, now has more than 168 signatories, its organisers have announced. 

New West End Company has launched a West End-wide, first ever business-led air quality strategy.

Roadside signposts and online alerts could be used to inform Londoners of air pollution hotspots and periods of poor air quality, under proposals announced by the capital's new Mayor Sadiq Khan.

European Union (EU) greenhouse gas emissions continued to decrease in 2014, with a 4.1% reduction in emissions to 24.4% below 1990 levels, according to the EU’s annual inventory published last week by the European Environment Agency (EEA).

A statistical bulletin on greenhouse gas emissions for Northern Ireland during the period 1990-2014 has been published by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

One-third of Europe’s countryside is potentially affected by noise pollution caused by human activity, according to a new report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA).