The President of the European Committee of the Regions has called on the EU to set out a 5-year action plan to ensure all regions and cities are supported in achieving climate neutrality.
As the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the European Commission has tried to stay the course on green policies, launching a public consultation on Tuesday (30 March) to raise the bloc’s…
Tackling social and environmental challenges in a deeply interconnected world requires a new way of working.
A recent simulation hosted by Johns Hopkins University found that a ‘moderately…
British bank promises to align all financing activities with Paris Agreement and target at least £100bn green financing by 2030
Barclays has set out its ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050,…
O2 and SSE Business Energy have joined forces for a new renewable energy initiative.
The new initiative will let O2 suppliers and partners buy renewable energy direct from SSE Business Energy at a…
Green Climate Fund approves US$30.2 million towards climate-resilient development in Viet Nam
UNDP-supported project to increase water security and enhance livelihoods for half a million smallholder…
The Clean Economy Act will drive utility Dominion to procure gigawatts of solar, offshore wind and energy storage.
Virginia has become the latest state to pass a law that sets it on a path to 100…
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…
Empowerment, ahead of International Women's Day (8 March).
Check out our curated list of gender-related UN events this year. We also look at how gender equality is intrinsically linked to…
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…
JPMorgan Chase has expanded its sustainability commitment with a new announcement that they will end Arctic oil financing.
In 2017, JPMorgan Chase made two sustainability commitments: facilitate $…
The army has been called in to eliminate the insects swarming across Africa, but their mission is dangerous and unending
Sitting at a plastic table in the garden of Timisha hotel in Soroti, eastern…
Heathrow announces plans to be carbon neutral by 2030 to support the UK’s net zero target.
Heathrow has announced plans to become carbon neutral, for its infrastructure, and to target zero carbon by…
Portugal-headquartered oil and gas company Galp is targeting 10GW of installed renewables capacity by 2030 as part of its strategy to diversify its business into more clean energy generation.
The…
Italy has approved a new auction scheme, which is set to encourage renewable energy installations in the country.
Plants with a capacity from 1MW can access the incentives through the auction scheme…
When a small village in Finland took the country’s biggest peat producer to court over a polluted river, it didn’t expect to win.
But it had a secret weapon - a local fisherman-turned-scientist…
Renewable energy investment firm Generate Capital has raised over $1 billion for new projects
Renewable energy investment firm Generate Capital has raised more than $1 billion for new projects,…