Ben Cooke

Judge rules that the reasoning behind the net-zero strategy ‘was simply not justified by the evidence’

Exploring vibrant rainforest, mangroves and mountains, the Times Earth editor sees the positive impact of tourism first hand — and looks at ways to make every trip more eco-friendly

As generous subsidies lure carbon capture start-ups across the Pond, there are fears that the UK has been too slow in providing a building ground for companies to flourish

The habitats that used to cover the UK’s coasts and absorb carbon dioxide are threatened by pollution from unregulated sewage spills

The Swedish company Aira is hoping a subscription model and 15-year guarantee will overcome the UK market’s high upfront installation costs

The latest eco models are affordable and can be installed in a day — and you don’t need to rip out your radiators

Finding heat pumps expensive and disruptive, one homeowner opted for a different way to keep warm without using gas

Good news: a young data scientist shows we have probably already averted the worst of the climate crisis. By Ben Cooke

Short-haul aircraft will be electric by the 2030s as stored power replaces fossil fuels

Climate change has made water shortages 100 times more likely. Ben Cooke travels to eastern Africa to see the effects first-hand

Carbon capture is vital to fighting climate change — and promising methods include modifying trees, sinking plankton and burying wood in the desert

One company, called Shanti, is helping cyclists to find safer routes through cities. Another, Sun Bear Biofuture, is genetically modifying yeast to produce a de

For vegetarians who have sullenly sat through barbecues, chewing their bland, stodgy, plant-based sausages, life might be about to change for the better. Lab-gr

From the ferry to the Isle of May, the waters appear to be so teeming with marine life that it’s difficult to believe they’re under threat. After I set off from

Cultivating the crop would offer more sustainable packaging, cosmetics and medicine

Campaigners are taking legal action against the government for setting quotas too high and ‘squandering’ stocks

What drives volcanologists to stand in places where they risk being vaporised, asks Ben Cooke

For a man trying to buck a decades-long trend of failure, Juergen Guldner is curiously confident of his success. In BMW’s research lab in Munich, Guldner and hi

If the UK is to fulfil its ambition to produce net-zero emissions by 2050, it will need many more young people like Harvey Dukes and Albie Springate. As electri

If our ancestors could time-travel to one location in the present, where would modernity astound them most? Cape Canaveral? The top of the Empire State Building