Gland, Switzerland, 29 January 2020 (IUCN) – The degradation of nature can lead to gender-based violence including sexual assault, domestic violence and forced prostitution, according to a new…
Emissions are already way down in China, the world’s largest yearly contributor to climate change
Humans have seemed unable to get a handle on climate change, with global emissions of greenhouse…
Funding is intended to help countries protect their people from the climate breakdown
People in some of the world’s poorest countries are receiving as little as $1 each a year to help them cope with…
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The giraffe, described as one of a kind and believed to be the only one in the world, dazzled the local community, scientists and wildlife enthusiasts globally.
Scientists…
Humanity can prevent or draw down 1,570 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions between 2020 and 2050 to approach a 1.5°C threshold for average global warming, or 992.77 billion tons to settle…
Ο Όμιλος ΔΕΗ, στο πλαίσιο της στρατηγικής απολιγνιτοποίησης αλλά και της ευρύτερης στροφής του στον τομέα των ανανεώσιμων πηγών ενέργειας, υπέγραψε Μνημόνιο Κατανόησης και Συνεργασίας (MoU) με την…
Τεράστια εμπόδια καλείται να προσπεράσει η Κομισιόν για την εφαρμογή του φιλόδοξου Green Deal, αφού ο φόρος στις εισαγωγές άνθρακα, ένα από τα σημαντικότερα και πολυπλοκότερα σκέλη του σχεδίου,…
Όταν η ιταλική αστυνομία κατέλαβε μονάδα επεξεργασίας αποβλήτων κοντά στην Κατάνια της Σικελίας ένα μήνα πριν, το υπουργείο περιβάλλοντος ισχυρίστηκε ότι τα φωτοβολταϊκά πάνελ που κατέληγαν εκεί για…
The quickly spreading coronavirus has closed schools, constricted travel, shaken markets and infected more than 100,000 people. It is also already having impact on the environment: The buildup of…
Hotels, farms and schools across Spain are putting up solar systems at an unprecedented clip to save money.
Regulatory changes have not only helped Spain reemerge as Europe’s biggest market for…
Oil companies have set long term carbon emissions targets but the scale of their ambitions means near-term action is required
Like New Year’s resolutions, oil companies are promising to go on…
A study has called into question the effectiveness of measures to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade.
Critically endangered eels have been sold recently in Hong Kong stores, despite bans on…
New data from Carbon Brief has found that UK carbon emissions have dropped by 29 per cent in the last decade.
In 2019, Carbon Brief found that the UK’s CO2 emissions fell by 2.9%, bringing the total…
Renewable energy sources provided a record 61.2% of Germany’s net public electricity generation in February, according to figures provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE),…