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Compendium of UK Statistics - Environment This page lists the issues that the United Kingdom currently has that are related to the environment, such as pollution and contamination . In 2015, it was reported that for the past decade, the state of the environment in London had significantly deteriorated both in urban and rural areas.
The Met Office confirms that 2022 was the UK's warmest year since records began in 1884, with an average annual temperature above 10 °C (50 °F) for the first time. [8] BioNTech announces a strategic partnership with the UK government to provide up to 10,000 patients with personalised mRNA cancer immunotherapies by 2030. [9]
Wind power is expected to continue growing in the UK for the foreseeable future. Within the UK, wind power is the second largest source of renewable energy after biomass. [22] As of 2018, Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) is the UK's largest windfarm operator with stakes in planned or existing projects able to produce 5 GW of wind energy.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, pictured at a news conference in Downing Street in September, became Conservative Party leader in October 2022. - Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg/Getty Images
The UK government announces that legislation will be brought forward to ban sex offenders in England and Wales from changing their names to avoid detection. [415] 10 May The UK economy is reported to have moved out of recession, with 0.6% growth between January and March, the fastest rate for two years. [416]
The UK Building Regulations set requirements for insulation levels and other aspects of sustainability in building construction. For the private sector, there is the case of the Association for Environment Conscious Building (AECB), which promotes green building (or sustainable building) in the United Kingdom since 1989.
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