Sheffield Friends of the Earth

Sheffield’s first £1m from climate bonds will buy solar panels for 26 schools The £1 million raised by Sheffield’s first-ever climate bond is being spent on solar panels for city schools.

Sheffield’s first £1m from climate bonds will buy solar panels for 26 schools.

Sheffield climate bond raises more than £700,000 in first few weeks A scheme to invest in projects to help tackle climate change has already raised more than £700,000 in its first few weeks.

Sheffield climate bond raises more than £700,000 in first few weeks.

The giant heat pumps designed to warm whole districts Across Europe huge heat pumps are being installed that can heat tens of thousands of homes.

Work is to start in 2026 to install two giant heat pumps in Germany. They will take heat from the River Rhine to keep 40,000 homes warm.
#ClimateSolutions #heatpump

South Yorkshire lands £17m for walking, wheeling and cycling schemes South Yorkshire has landed almost £17m for walking, wheeling and cycling schemes after active travel leadership went up a gear.

South Yorkshire lands £17m for walking, wheeling and cycling schemes.

Sheffield e-bike scheme could boost cycling despite city's hills Sheffield City Council hopes to have the first of 950 bikes available to hire from August 2026.

Almost 1,000 e-bikes are to be made available for hire in Sheffield.

Rotherham Council could build 1,500 electric vehicle chargers The scheme is part of Rotherham Council's Public EV Infrastructure Strategy, adopted in March 2024.

Up to 1,500 new electric vehicle charging points could be created in Rotherham ensuring the majority of homes in the district were within half a mile of a charging point by 2040.

If approved, we'll hopefully see more solar and battery storage coming to Sheffield. This is a great way to lower bills and tackle the climate crisis.

Cyclists in Sheffield have snapped up dozens of spaces in the latest round of Cycle Hangars to be installed on streets across the city.

Sheffield primary schools to benefit from Government solar panel funding.

Wheat could use far more water than expected during future heatwaves Wheat crops prioritise water loss during extreme future climate conditions, according to new research from the University of Sheffield

Wheat provides around 20 per cent of daily calories worldwide, but it could use far more water than expected during future heatwaves.

Is the government's new climate plan fit for purpose? We’ve pored over all 238 pages and compiled our expert analysis.

What we know for sure is that we need the government to go further and move faster. They can do so by making fossil fuel companies and the super-rich pay more for climate action.✊

A few photos from the COP30 march in Sheffield. #Cop30

See you later!

Sheffield citizens to be offered chance to invest in local climate projects by end of 2025, starting at just £5 The first round of Local Climate Bonds will aim to raise £1 million, and could fund projects from renewable energy installation to electric vehicle infrastructure.

Sheffield citizens to be offered chance to invest in local climate projects by end of 2025, starting at just £5.

More electric charging points for Sheffield ⚡️🔌🚘

Let's make this massive.⤵️

📍Visit our stall today at the Sheffield Biodiversity and Regenerative Food Festival.🥃🥑

#foodie #foodfestival #dayout
#environment #Biodiversity #Sheffield

How the rise of the 'franken-trees' could help beetles, bats, and birds These ‘standing dead’ will hopefully soon take on new life 🧟

'Frankenstein trees': How an experiment bolting bits of dead trees together could boost conservation efforts.

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

What an amazing saving thanks to renewable energy.

#WindPower #renewables #cleanenergy #costofliving #savemoney #EnergyBills

🌍 Join Sheffield Friends of the Earth for the COP March!

We're marching for climate justice and a sustainable future and we need YOU with us!

📅 Date: Saturday, 15 Nov
📍 Location: Devonshire Green
🕒 Time: 11 am
🎯 Why: To show our leaders that Sheffield stands strong for climate action ahead of COP!

🔔An event for your diary ⬇️

Local environmental data | Local action Whether you’re part of a community group, a council worker or an interested resident, use data from Friends of the Earth’s Near You tool to access information about your local area and drive improveme...

Friends of the Earth has just launched a powerful new tool that reveals the environmental risks facing every constituency in England—from flood danger and toxic air to sewage spills and extreme heat.
📍 Find out what’s happening where you live: groups.friendsoftheearth.uk/near-you

The installation of several brand-new Bike Barns at schools across Sheffield have proved to be a massive hit both with pupils and the local communities, encouraging more and more students to cycle or scoot to and from school every day and help the city to tackle congestion.

45 meat and dairy giants emit more methane than EU and UK combined, study finds Global meat and dairy production's environmental footprint dwarfs that of all EU member states and the UK combined, according to a new report.

45 meat and dairy giants emit more methane than EU and UK combined, study finds.

Year's worth of British bread lost this decade as extreme weather… New analysis suggests that wheat production is down by the equivalent of over a year’s supply of bread for the UK, after extreme weather hits harvests

Extreme weather events are impacting our food security. UK wheat production is down and imports are up. #Bread #FoodSecurity #CostOfLivingCrisis #Farming

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year. Solar has seen prices fall a staggering 99.9% since 1975 and is now so cheap that large markets for solar can emerge in a country in the space of a single year.
#solar #wind #renewables #cheap

Marginal Gains: how wind is pushing gas out of the power market and… Growth in British renewables cutting electricity prices by up to a quarter.

UK wholesale electricity prices in 2024 could have been up to 33% higher without the contribution of wind power. #wind #renewables #energyprices #costofliving

"Hopefully we can prove this is a better solution": Sheffield's compost revolution-in-the-making Compost Connection is helping local communities prove there's a better way to handle our food waste than shipping it off to industrial facilities.

Compost Connection is helping local communities prove there's a better way to handle our food waste than shipping it off to industrial facilities. #waste #recycling #compost

Asad Rehman’s journey from antiracism campaigner in Burnley to head of Friends of the Earth Climate crisis is ‘interconnected crisis of inequality’, says Rehman, who began organising at his school in the 1970s

Discover more about our new chief executive and his vision for the future.

Tories pledge to scrap landmark climate legislation Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says her party would axe legally binding targets to cut emissions.

The Climate Change Act is vital for protecting people & planet. @KemiBadenoch – don’t roll it back. Weakening or scrapping it would be a disaster. We need stronger climate action, not less.