Richard Murphy and Colin Hines stress the importance of the government spending money on creating jobs as well as on infrastructure to deal with the impact of coronavirus on people and the planet.
Achievement comes following Nigeria vaccination drive, with last cases of wild virus recorded four years ago.
Africa has been declared free from wild polio, after decades of work by a coalition of…
Sustainability is crucial for the future of the world and energy transition has an important role in it.
To be able to achieve a sustainable future men and women has to be equal.
Turkish Women in…
The vast rainforest is experiencing a repeat of last year’s devastating fires and critics say Bolsonaro bears ultimate responsibility.
Jair Bolsonaro smiles down from a propaganda billboard at the…
Massive gap in direct and indirect support highlighted by Irena effort to put accurate figure on discrepancy.
The global fossil fuel sector enjoyed annual subsidy support worth $3.1 trillion, a “…
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a favorite cause among Western donors — including Germany. But a study finds that the work of the organization is actually counterproductive.
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Royal Commission has engaged UNSW’s High Performance Architecture team to reduce the city’s temperatures and make it more sustainable.
The Royal Commission for Riyadh has…
Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.
Billions of dollars spent promoting and subsidising…
The American Chemistry Council also pushed back against new global rules that will restrict the flow of plastic waste to the global south
A lobby group representing oil and chemical companies,…
Απευθύνομαι σε αναγνώστες που ξέρουν για τι πράγμα μιλάμε, οπότε δεν χρειάζεται να επιχειρηματολογήσω για το ότι αντιμετώπιση της κλιματικής αλλαγής χωρίς Ανανεώσιμη Ενέργεια δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει.…
Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise.
Approximately 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could be vulnerable to fracture, accelerating the loss of…
Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. Unless the European Union urgently rethinks its protectionist trade policies, a sharp uptick in food insecurity will turn the COVID-19 crisis into a…
The psychological toll of climate change-fueled disasters, now compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is mounting and the U.S. is unprepared. These are the findings of a project by the Center for…
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
What can a virus tell us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s…
Η πρόκληση είναι ιστορική. Οι επιλογές και οι διαδικασίες αξιοποίησης των €72δις των ευρωπαϊκών ταμείων, (ίσως και €100δις, αν αξιοποιηθούν τα ΣΔΙΤ), πρέπει να οδηγήσουν από τη σημερινή Ελλάδα της…
Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’.
A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems,…
The Republican national convention, dominated by veneration of Donald Trump and bleak warnings of the dangers of socialism, has completely ignored the climate crisis, an omission that has disturbed…
The Trump administration has announced that it is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development – the latest twist in a decades-long battle over the fate of this remote…
Researchers find that even exposure to levels below EU limits has an impact.
Infants exposed to even low levels of air pollution experience reduced lung function as children and teenagers,…