New research has found extreme melting of the country’s glaciers in 2018 was at least ten times more likely due to human-caused global heating
Twice a year, glaciologist Lauren Vargo and her…
Government investment in coastal wetlands protection and restoration is pathway to green recovery
The world is facing unprecedented challenges in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, with millions…
Australia's national science agency has called for leadership on climate change, amid concerns the public -and the public service - do not fully understand the risks it posed.
In a technical report…
Missing from the global discourse on climate change and biodiversity
When Paula Whyte, a technical advisor for Tanzania-based non-governmental organization Mpingo Conservation and Development…
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis hasn’t prevented the nascent battery storage industry from growing over the past several months. And some of the largest sites are underway at some of the most random…
EBRD supports PPC in Greece with working capital during coronavirus pandemic
€160 million loan to ensure stability of energy sector and support decarbonisation
Engagement under Bank’s Vital…
Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, continues to wrangle world leaders to make and meet ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions…
While the Covid-19 pandemic has devastated huge swathes of the global economy over the past six
New figures from research company BloombergNEF show that worldwide investment in new renewables…
An African economic leader like Botswana should embrace solar to reduce subsidies and tariff hikes.
As Sub-Saharan solar ambition has scaled up, Botswana has awarded its first ever power generation…
Οι τρεις επάλληλες κρίσεις της εποχής μας, η υγειονομική, η κλιματική και η οικονομική, μας ωθούν να ξανασκεφτούμε τις αναπτυξιακές μας αποφάσεις τις τελευταίες δεκαετίες.
The upcoming election looks to be an apocalyptic turning point for our democracy—and our planet. In Turnout! Mobilizing Voters in an Emergency, political visionaries and movement leaders such as Bill…
At the 2019 Republican Retreat, Donald Trump promised his allies that he would make this election about climate change: "I want to bring them way down the pike," he said, "before we start…
Nearly 3 billion animals were killed or displaced by Australia’s devastating bushfire season of 2019 and 2020, according to scientists who have revealed for the first time the scale of the impact on…
Κοιτώντας τις επιπτώσεις που έφερε η καραντίνα στο περιβάλλον, δεν μπορεί κανείς να μην σταθεί στα επιμέρους θετικά - και ενθαρρυντικά - σημάδια. Το lockdown σε διάφορα σημεία/μέρη/περιοχές του…
The pandemic has set back efforts to achieve the original 2015 targets. The need for change to make them more attainable is stronger than ever.
The United Nations has confirmed an unwelcome…
In 1997, Charles Moore was sailing a catamaran from Hawaii to California when he and his crew got stuck in windless waters in the North Pacific Ocean. As they motored along, searching for a breeze…
The Ministry of Energy requires more than Sh10 billion to connect or upgrade electricity connectivity to all Level 2 to Level 5 hospitals for the leased medical equipment service (MES).
Under the…
Recent summers have demonstrated dramatically that heatwaves are not only deadly, but they are already being influenced by human-induced climate change.
Biden’s $2tn green agriculture plan is ambitious but realistic. That’s important, because everything is riding on it.
The world’s food supply is imperiled by a climate crisis already upon us, and …