‘Governments today haven’t been spending as green as they should,’ the report’s author told The Independent.
Less than a fifth of the money spent by major economies on long-term Covid recovery…
There are more than 4,000 coal power plants globally. Now you can track every one and see if they’re closing—or if countries are adding more.
Over roughly a decade, 256 coal power plants in the U.S…
Claim: Once global warming reaches 2°C (which we’ve nearly reached already, but scientists are downplaying it), positive feedback loops and tipping points will trigger rapid runaway warming and…
Keeping global temperatures to 1.5C could stem deadly increases in heat and humidity, study says.
Meeting the world’s climate goals could prevent millions living in the tropics from facing episodes…
Με επιστολή τους προς τον ευρωπαίο Επίτροπο Περιβάλλοντος, Ωκεανών και Αλιείας, Βιργίνιους Σινκεβίτσιους, 13 περιβαλλοντικές οργανώσεις καταγγέλλουν σειρά από παραβιάσεις του δικαίου της ΕΕ για τη…
The first UN climate change conference was held in 1995 in Berlin.
More than two decades later, our planet remains on track for three degrees of warming above pre-industrial levels by the end of the…
Food discarded in homes is 74kg per person each year, with problem affecting rich and poor countries.
People waste almost a billion tonnes of food a year, a UN report has revealed. It is the most…
Call comes at event hosted by UK government, which is under pressure over planned coalmine in Cumbria.
All planned coal projects around the world must be cancelled to end the “deadly addiction” to…
People urged to be on the lookout for subadult crocs 'about 5km upstream towards Robertson and 5km downstream towards Swellendam'
Traps have been set in the Breede River after an unknown number of…
The cats and dogs lie as if asleep, in individual graves. Many wore collars or other adornments, and they had been cared for through injury and old age, like today’s pets. But the last person to bury…
Construction will start later this year, and the concept may expand to other countries.
The school was designed by Studio Mortazavi, an architecture firm based in San Francisco and Lisbon, in…
Aquatic Murals for a Cause
Beautiful images of aquatic life can be seen painted on the facades of 13 houses in Porto Mosquito, a fishing village 20km from Praia the capital of Cape Verde.
Inspired…
We must address the needs of rural communities in Africa to help solve the continent’s human-elephant conflict.
When we think of elephants, we may think: gentle giants, majestic, noble creatures.…
Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the state’s …
The Independent speaks to Prof Hayhoe as she is appointed chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest environmental organisations.
More effort must be made to represent…
OCEAN WINDS (OW, a Joint Venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE) and TERNA ENERGY have signed a collaboration agreement to co-develop floating offshore wind projects in the Greek seas.
OW and…
Greenhouse gas stored in country’s marine world heritage sites about same as four years of national emissions.
Three of Australia’s world heritage-listed marine sites have more than 2bn tonnes of…
The Aviation Environment Federation, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance, Possible and Transport & Environment have written an open letter directly to Boris Johnson to urge the UK…
Announcing Climate Risk Labs: A global community of experts advancing ground-breaking research and radical strategies for climate risk management.
Riskthinking.AI has launched ClimateRiskLabs.org, a…