The green energy revolution is well and truly underway. Renewables have proven to be highly resilient, emerging as the only energy sector to record any kind of growth at a time when fossil fuels are…
Volcanic eruptions drove global heating, causing mass extinctions and ushering in dinosaur era.
A mass extinction event sparked by a sudden shift in climate more than 200m years ago reshaped life on…
In the face of dangerous heat waves this summer, Americans have taken shelter in air conditioned cooling centers. Normally, that would be a wise choice, but during a pandemic, indoor shelters present…
Many countries are making “green” recovery measures a central part of stimulus packages to drive sustainable, inclusive, resilient economic growth and improve well-being in the wake of the COVID-19…
Last year, the United Nations sent out a grim warning: The world has a very short 10-year window to act to avert catastrophic and irreversible climate change.
More than half of the world's population lives in cities, and most future population growth is predicted to happen in urban areas. But the concentration of large numbers of people and the ecosystems…
Copernicus Sentinel-5P’s high revisit rate combined with GHGSat’s high-resolution commercial imagery can give landfill operators and regulators the information they need to reduce methane emissions…
Air pollution is one of the biggest environmental problems of our time. According to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), air pollution now contributes to one in eight deaths in…
For decades, climate scientist David Keith of Harvard University has been trying to get people to take his research seriously. He's a pioneer in the field of geoengineering, which aims to combat…
Scientists are carefully moving the sea animals to new locations to save them from construction schemes.
Transplanting coral is difficult work. “You only have 20 minutes to dive down 30 metres and…
Research says melting will continue even if temperature rises are limited to 2C.
Melting of the Antarctic ice sheet will cause sea level rises of about two and a half metres around the world, even…
LONDON (Reuters) - A new multilateral finance fund was launched on Wednesday that aims to cut carbon emissions and improve conditions in developing-world cities.
Implemented by the World Bank and…
Millions of people forced from their homes face dual hardship of COVID-19
Around 14.6 million new internal displacements were recorded across 127 countries and territories between January and June…
From rock art in southern Africa to pyramids along the River Nile, humans have been leaving their mark across the continent for millennia.
But extreme weather events, the rise in sea levels and…
The World Bank has launched its multi-billion dollar Africa climate change strategy for the next six years in a bid to kickstart green growth hampered by the Covid-19 pandemic.
New York – In light of worsening climate impacts around the world and strong public concern about the climate crisis, the United Nations is stepping up engagement of its global audiences, calling on…
Humanity at a crossroads’ after a decade in which all of the 2010 Aichi goals to protect wildlife and ecosystems have been missed.
The world has failed to meet a single target to stem the…
Lego said on Tuesday that it plans to stop using plastic bags inside of box sets and replace them with paper ones.
The Danish company said it would start making the switch next year and aimed to…
The American Southwest is witnessing a horrific and inexplicable phenomenon, likely due to the climate crisis: hundreds of thousands of migratory birds are dying off. The birds seem to be just "…
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