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19 06 2020 | 07:06

Plunging renewable energy prices mean U.S. can hit 90% clean electricity by 2035 without extra cost.

Renewable energy has historically been considered too expensive and too unreliable to power our grid, but new research has overturned that trope for good. 

18 06 2020 | 07:09

New EU Biodiversity Strategy Can Reduce Risk of Future Pandemics — If It Fully Addresses Wildlife Trade.

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…

18 06 2020 | 07:03

Half the planet is still free from a significant human influence – and it should remain like that.

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…

17 06 2020 | 07:44

Covid-19 pandemic is 'fire drill' for effects of climate crisis, says UN official.

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 …

17 06 2020 | 07:08

Gas ‘completely dominated’ discussion about Covid-19 recovery, commission adviser says.

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…

17 06 2020 | 07:01

Climate worst-case scenarios may not go far enough, cloud data shows.

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…

16 06 2020 | 09:47

The COVID-19 recovery can be the vaccine for climate change.

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…

14 06 2020 | 14:29

'Surprisingly rapid' rebound in carbon emissions post-lockdown.

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…

13 06 2020 | 09:11

Mines are hotspots for spread of Covid-19, study finds.

  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…

13 06 2020 | 08:55

Omission of air pollution from report on Covid-19 and race ‘astonishing’.

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…

12 06 2020 | 09:53

A Major Oil Pipeline Project Strikes Deep at the Heart of Africa.

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…

12 06 2020 | 09:28

Big Oil could end up even bigger by the end of the coronavirus pandemic

The nation’s biggest oil and gas companies could end up even bigger by the end of the coronavirus pandemic.

10 06 2020 | 08:14

The world must seize this opportunity to meet the climate challenge.

As current and former central bankers, we believe the pandemic offers a unique chance to green the global economy  

10 06 2020 | 07:20

Covid-19 relief for fossil fuel industries risks green recovery plans.

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,…

10 06 2020 | 07:16

Bruno Latour: 'This is a global catastrophe that has come from within

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.

09 06 2020 | 10:50

World Environment Day: Global institutions call for a global green recovery.

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…

09 06 2020 | 10:30

Coronavirus is an ‘SOS signal for the human enterprise’.

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…

08 06 2020 | 07:19

Ships, planes could help EU pay for virus recovery.

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…

07 06 2020 | 11:44

Fossils’ five-year spending plan shows $17.5b for renewables, $166b for new oil and gas.

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…

07 06 2020 | 11:38

How the renewable energy industry is battling the impact of coronavirus.

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…