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Tomorrow's Climate - Today's Challenge

What's being done

Everyone can make a contribution to tackling climate change. Some people have already started to make a difference.

Read the latest news from this campaign and check out our Climate Change Champions Competition 2008.

Climate Change Champions 2008

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The winning Champions are going to be announced in February 2008.

Current Champions

Check out the nine winners and their entries from the 2006 Climate Change Champions competition.

Climate Challenge Fund

Details of the projects that have received funding from the Climate Challenge Fund.

Map of activity

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Explore an interactive map showing projects, champions, events and more all around England.

Latest news


Act on CO2 Calculator reaches quarter of a millionAugust 2007

The Government's Act on CO2 Calculator, launched on 20 June, has received over 250,000 visits.


Draft Climate Change Bill publishedMarch 2007

The Government's blueprint for tackling climate change was today set out by Environment Secretary David Miliband.


Winter second warmest on recordMarch 2007

The UK has experienced its second warmest winter on record, with a mean temperature of 5.47C (41.8F), provisional Met Office figures show.


Melting of glaciers 'speeds up' January 2007

Mountain glaciers are shrinking three times faster than they were in the 1980s, scientists have announced.


The Dutch Kids who bet on KyotoDecember 2006

Being 14 is no obstacle to helping the planet, judging by the example of a group of Dutch school kids fired up by an idea as bright as an energy-saving light bulb.


North East Champion supports Energy Saving WeekOctober 2006

Climate Change Champion, David Saddington (14), today helped launch the Energy Saving Trust’s Energy Saving Week in his region, the North East.


Climate Challenge Film Scoops Clarion AwardOctober 2006

The Climate Challenge film created for the Tomorrow’s Climate, Today’s Challenge initiative has taken first prize in the climate change category of the IVCA Clarion awards at Bafta on Friday (29 Sep)


EU praises climate change communicationsOctober 2006

The Climate Change Communications Initiative (CCCI) has received recognition from an environmental communication body of the European Union.


Champions visit Chelenalp Glacier to see further evidence of climate changeJuly 2006

The nine England Climate Change Champions braved a thunderstorm and a five hour trek to and from the Chelenalp glacier, near Goschenen, close to the Swiss/Italian border at the weekend.


Climate Change Champions visit the Gurschen GlacierJuly 2006

The nine England climate change champions today witnessed at first hand the effects of climate change on one of Switzerland's well-known glaciers.