Global fossil fuel subsidies were expected to total US$5.7 trillion in 2017, and U.S. subsidies in 2015 exceeded the country’s profligate military spending, according to analysis released earlier…
MPs have warned that the UK must put climate change at the centre of their aid strategy.
In a new report, the International Development Committee has called for the UK government to set an example…
Sunshine splashing onto school rooftops and campuses across the country is an undertapped resource that could help shrink electricity bills, new research suggests.
The study, published in the April…
The German company has promised to make its entire business carbon neutral by 2020.
Starting in 2020, Bosch will compensate for any residual and unavoidable carbon emissions primarily by buying…
At its site in Lüdenscheid, in the presence of Nico Rosberg, ABB shows how the sustainable energy transition can succeed with digital energy management. With its “Mission to Zero”, the leader in…
We’re just over one month away from the second edition of GWEC’s Vietnam Wind Power 2019 which will take place in Hanoi from 11-12 June, in partnership with GIZ and the Danish Embassy Hanoi.
Why…
Οι 28 χώρες μέλη της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης καταναλώνουν τους πόρους της Γης πολύ πιο γρήγορα απ' ό,τι μπορούν να ανανεωθούν και καμιά τους δεν εφαρμόζει πολιτικές βιώσιμης κατανάλωσης, υποστηρίζεται σε…
From Lagos and Lahore to London, it’s the poorest people who are most affected by air pollution. The poor tend to be priced out of the leafy suburbs where there are fewer highways and air quality is…
Recent news reports in the UK of breast ironing portray yet more ways in which culture causes harm to young girls. The reports followed renewed calls for stronger action against the practice, which…
Europe can expect even greater migratory pressure from Africa unless action is taken to prevent global warming, Sir David Attenborough has said in a strongly worded warning to policymakers that time…
The recent devastation in Mozambique due to two successive hurricanes (Aida and Kenneth) of unprecedented severity for southern Africa, are a clear indicator that we are now living in a climate…
This is the first major retailer in the UK that has made all of their own-brand foods palm oil free.
Selfridges now has all of their own-brand foods palm oil free, nine months ahead of the original…
The Green Party’s win in the Nanaimo-Ladysmith byelection in British Columbia signals that climate change and other environmental issues will be at the top of Canadians’ minds during the federal…
Trump is planning to curtail the energy market and potentially the U.S. Constitution in order to save coal, ignoring his own government’s dire warning on climate.
This is the longest time the UK has been coal free since the industrial revolution.
The UK has now produced coal-free energy for seven days in a row, breaking the previous record set in April of 90…
Bonn, 9 May 2019 – Plastic pollution poses serious health risks to wildlife globally, affecting a wide range of species including whales, turtles, fish and birds.
On World Migratory Bird Day,…
· New report explores sustainability challenges in sand extraction and consumption.
· The Fourth UN Environment Assembly adopted a resolution on mineral resource governance.
· …
The Namibian government has declared a national state of emergency with respect to a drought that has hit several areas in the southern African nation.
A statement from the presidency said: “the…