greenhouse gas emissions

As an individual, what is the single, most important thing I can do in the face of climate change? The most important individual climate action will depend on each person’s particular circumstances…

Carlsberg has announced that they will halve the amount of water they use in their beer in the name of sustainability. The brewery group has invested in an initiative that will allow them to recycle…

Methane is a powerful short-lived climate pollutant. It is also the main precursor of tropospheric ozone (O3). Over a 20-year period, methane’s effect on global warming is 84 times greater than…

Commitments include national cooling plans, business reform and funding ●       Without action, emissions from cooling sector set to grow 90 per cent by 2050 ●       Moving to best available…

Revoking the state’s tough fuel-efficiency standards would increase US greenhouse-gas emissions. US President Donald Trump’s administration plans to revoke California’s legal authority to set its…

Road transport emissions are on the rise in the UK, despite heavy investment to reduce it. Road transport emissions are on the rise in the UK, despite heavy investment to reduce it. A new report…

Independent planning commission refuses South Korean company Kepco’s $290m proposal. The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has rejected the development of a coalmine near Mudgee…

Low-carbon measures in cities could reduce urban emissions by nearly 90% and support 87 million jobs annually by 2030

A common greenhouse gas could be repurposed in an efficient and environmentally friendly way with an electrolyzer that uses renewable electricity to produce pure liquid fuels. The catalytic reactor…

Analysis reveals the contribution of burning organic material from plants, trees and animals – including millions of tonnes of imported wood pellets from the USA and Canada – to the UK's energy mix.…

Widerøe, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, has partnered with industrial technology experts Rolls Royce to develop zero emissions air travel. The programme, announced at a Clean Aerospace…

On track? The United Arab Emirates have announced ambitious plans for cutting emissions and boosting renewable energy by 2050.

They can help consumers be much more aware of—and aid them in reducing or changing—their energy use. Consumers are becoming increasingly aware of the need to make sustainable lifestyle choices in…

Tokyo, Japan – The Japanese Government and its public finance agencies JBIC, JICA, NEXI are exporting pollution to other countries by funding coal-fired power plants abroad, that emit far more toxic…

Earlier this year, one of Meryam Omi’s deputies at Legal & General Investment Management sat down with board members and managers from Exxon Mobil Corp. to discuss how the oil giant could address…

Our world’s richest have a great deal of money. They also have the power to decide whether our civilization sinks or swims. So what can we do?

Scientists are to deliver a stark condemnation of the damage being done to the land surface of the planet. Human activities have led to the degrading of soils, expanded deserts, felled forests,…

Clicking through videos on YouTube, watching porn online or binge-watching shows like Game of Thrones are growing threats to climate goals, according to a French study published on Thursday (11 July…

In an interview with EURACTIV’s partner le Journal de l’Environnement, the newly elected chair of the European Parliament’s committee on transport and tourism (TRAN), French Green MEP Karima Delli,…

Germany’s Greens plan to make domestic flights ‘largely obsolete’ by 2035. To this end, they want to introduce a tax on kerosene and gradually increase rail traffic. The EU, however, is far from…