disease

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has set out key principles for a nationwide green recovery. In letters addressed to the Prime Minister and First Ministers in…

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) invites you to a virtual discussion on: coronavirus and the future of capitalism.

Scientists say fewer particles and polluting gases means more sunlight can reach Earth’s surface. The dramatic improvements in air quality associated with the coronavirus lockdown could increase…

To get London moving again, the city’s mayor wants to drastically increase space for bicycles and pedestrians, measures that could permanently transform the capital.

RE-Sourc

Global emissions are expected to be 8% lower this year but the long-term impact is unclear.

City leaders publish ‘statement of principles’ putting climate action at centre of recovery plans. Mayors from many of the world’s leading cities have warned there can be no return to “business as…

Measures taken in response to court ruling have yet to face much dissent, partly owing to coronavirus.

US President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal saw infrastructure and energy as a crucial part of getting the country back to work. The world currently faces four interconnected crises: public health…

Climate advisers call for work and training in low-carbon heating, water efficiency and flood-protection Restarting the economy and getting people back to work after the coronavirus lockdown should…

Business interruption during the coronavirus crisis has caused a 14% fall in demand for electricity in Europe over the past month. Combined with record solar output, this has caused a 39% drop in…

Most Europeans support a universal basic income, yet young people doubt democracy’s capacity to deliver change.

Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. may be feeling the fallout of a historic oil-price crash amid the Covid-19 pandemic, but they haven’t completely forgotten to give a nod to concerns about climate…

Mexico’s Centro Nacional de Control de Energia (Cenace), which oversees the electrical system, indefinitely suspended critical tests for new clean-energy projects as the nation grapples with the…

Coal power generation has worn 100% of the COVID-19 power demand drop The coronavirus pandemic and national lockdown has highlighted the growing financial risks to India’s coal-fired power plant…

'Coronavirus could kill, but hunger kills many more people' COVID-19, desert locusts or torrential rains and floods — where should East Africa focus its attention among this “triple threat”? As the…

With occasion of this year’s Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF) vigorously advocates to maintain the level of ambition set in the European…

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has been working on “inclusive wealth” for a few years now. What is it, and how does it differ from Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

A consortium comprising EDF and JinkoSolar emerges as the leading bidder in Abu Dhabi’s latest solar tender. Abu Dhabi has set a global record-low solar price as authorities confirmed the winning…

Mayors coordinating efforts to support a low-carbon, sustainable path out of lockdowns ities around the world are already planning for life after Covid-19, with a series of environmental initiatives…