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COP26 president Alok Sharma has welcomed key climate commitments from the Brazilian government made during his recent visit to the South American country.

Writing for The Leaders Council, Hey with Zion Primary School headteacher Andrew Clowes shares his thoughts on a common issue facing governors and school leaders at present: whether to transition into an academy or not.

The Society of Chemical Industry’s [SCI] head of innovation, David Bott, has reassured that the organisation is supporting efforts to mitigate the use of fossil fuels in the wake of this week’s damning IPCC report on the state of the planet.

Health secretary Sajid Javid’s plans to offer a Covid booster jab to the most vulnerable from early September have been criticised by the chief of the Oxford Vaccine Group.

The National Association of Air Duct Specialists UK [NAADUK] has launched its new SCQF Level 5 Ventilation Hygiene Certificate, believed to be the first of its kind in the country.

Baroness Dido Harding is to step down from her role as chair of NHS Improvement in October this year.

The 2020/21 academic year saw 44.8 per cent of candidates achieve A* or A grades in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, the highest on record.

Taylor Wimpey has offered an in-depth look into one of its exciting new developments at Forge’s Wood in Crawley, West Sussex, designed by Phoenix Interior Design’s Susan White.

Opus Land reports that groundworks are underway for the construction of a new office facility in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, that will be occupied by gas distribution network owners and operators, Cadent Gas.

In response the IPCC’s ominous warning on climate change, the UK has called for an urgent global response to help avert disaster.

Innovative adult care charity Tapestry has recently reopened its sensory room at the HOPWA House Hornchurch HuB for usage following the lifting of Covid-19 social restrictions in England.

On the day that the IPCC delivered its most ominous warning on climate change yet, some climate experts instead opted to caution the global population against fatalism.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] has issued a new report, warning that limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius as per the 2015 Paris Agreement will be unachievable without immediate and large-scale reductions of carbon emissions.

Within the government’s ten-point plan for a Green Industrial Revolution to accelerate our path to net zero, prime minister Boris Johnson is clear about Westminster’s ambition to put buildings at the heart of the economic recovery from coronavirus.