January
Taking office on 20 January, US president Joe Biden almost immediately signs a decision to rejoin the Paris climate agreement, alongside a series of orders bolstering American climate policy.
February
Protestors against the HS2 railway dug a tunnel to disrupt building work near Euston Station in London
March
Winchester University erected a statue of climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, the £23,760 cost of which students said would have been better spent on improving services.
April
Tonnes of dead fish washed up on the shore of a Lebanese reservoir. The cause of the unprecedented incident was not immediately clear. 
May
Having caught fire, a container ship was towed away from the coast of Sri Lanka into deeper waters, in an effort to minimise damage from the pollution leaking from the wreck. 
June
Just after recording a Canadian temperature record of 49.6°C, a devestating wildfire hit the village of Lytton, sparking an evauation order and killing two residents.
July
Enormous floods struck Germany and other parts of Europe, leaving behind a huge clean-up operation.
August
A wildfire tore through the Greek island of Euboea, causing residents to flee.
September
Germany’s social democrats win federal elections, installing Olaf Scholz as the successor of longstanding chancellor Angela Merkel, heading a coalition with the Green and centrist FDP. The party stood on a platform of strengthening climate policies.
October
Disruptive Insulate Britain protests continued.
November
Thousands of protestors descended on the Glasgow during the COP26 climate talks...
... only days before the Lords gave up efforts to reinforce the Environment Bill, which received royal assent on 9 November.
December
Tourists help collect debris, much of it plastics, on a beach in Bali after it washed up following an offshore storm.
