Renewable energy has historically been considered too expensive and too unreliable to power our grid, but new research has overturned that trope for good.
As the planet faces the multiple impacts of COVID-19 on human health, well-being and economies, it's time for governments across the globe to show leadership and take the necessary steps to help…
Conservationists call to expand the amount of land formally protected.
About half of the Earth’s ice-free land remains free of significant influence from humans, according to a new study, which…
Lise Kingo says social equality issues must be part of sustainable development agenda.
The coronavirus pandemic is “just a fire drill” for what is likely to follow from the climate crisis, and the …
Focus should shift to renewables to avoid risk of being stranded with fossil fuel infrastructure, AMWU national secretary says.
A member of a government Covid-19 recovery taskforce has rejected the…
Modelling suggests climate is considerably more sensitive to carbon emissions than thought.
Worst-case global heating scenarios may need to be revised upwards in light of a better understanding of…
COVID-19 was not just a predictable crisis — it was predicted. An array of official guidelines for pandemic preparedness and response, from the World Health Organization and others, highlights just…
Busier roads to blame, with fears of worse to come as workers shun public transport.
Carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded around the world as lockdown conditions have eased, raising fears that…
About 4,000 mine workers infected in 18 countries
Virus spread to indigenous communities near mines
Mining sites in Canada, the US and around the world have become hotspots for the spread of…
Failure to consider dirty air as a factor in higher death toll among ethnic minorities wholly irresponsible, say critics.
The failure to consider air pollution as a factor in the higher rates of…
Despite the global plunge in oil prices, a major pipeline that would carry oil 900 miles across East Africa is moving ahead. International experts warn that the $20 billion project will displace…
The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis is threatening to derail vital UN climate talks aimed at staving off global catastrophe,…
The influential French thinker explains the politics of the Gaia principle, the problems of post-truth and how coronavirus gives us a model for spreading ideas.
On World Environment Day, global institutions working on development, labour and environment have united around key actions for spurring a green, just and transformative recovery.
The Partners for…
UN environment chief and economist warn human wealth depends on nature’s health.
The coronavirus pandemic is an “SOS signal for the human enterprise”, according to a leading economist and the United…
The European Commission’s €750 billion recovery fund could be covered financially by new sources of revenue, which include extending the EU’s carbon market to the aviation and shipping sectors, the…
Despite fossils’ loud claims to be taking the climate crisis and the renewable energy transition seriously, they only plan to spend US$17.5 billion on solar and wind projects over the next five years…
When the coronavirus pandemic broke, raising fears of a massive slump to follow, the big worry for climate action was that the struggle for economic recovery might halt global efforts to develop…
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