MADRID - During the 25th round of climate change negotiations starting today in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments from both developing and developed nations…
The president of an island nation on the frontline of climate change says it is in a "fight to the death" after freak waves inundated the capital.
Powerful swells averaging 5m (16ft) washed across…
Madrid — A green economy is "not one to be feared but an opportunity to be embraced", UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, in a keynote speech to delegates at the opening of the…
Access to electricity has transformed the world, helping countries to develop their economies, and lifting millions out of poverty. However, this success has come at a great cost: the energy sector,…
350 experts call on PM to address president’s ‘dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’ claims.
Boris Johnson is being urged by 350 leading climate researchers to robustly challenge Donald Trump on his “…
The Madrid Climate Change Conference - COP 25 - will bring the world together to consider ways to strengthen the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Taking place from 2 to 13 December in Madrid,…
Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, leading to even wider-…
Warning of ‘existential threat to civilisation’ as impacts lead to cascade of unstoppable events.
The world may already have crossed a series of climate tipping points, according to a stark warning…
A UN report has urged global leaders to stage a dramatic scale-up of renewables deployment, the latest in a series of such warnings issued by world authorities ahead of next week’s climate talks.…
Another year, another record
Geneva, 25 November 2019 - Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to the World Meteorological…
Head of World Meteorological Organization says ‘no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline’
The concentration of climate-heating greenhouse gases has hit a record high, according to a report from…
The chief of the United Nations has warned Asia to quit its "addiction" to coal in a bid to tackle climate change.
UN Secretary General António Guterres said countries in the region were among the…
UN money will help South African PV players underpin project revenues without the need to resort to the government, after a year when Eskom’s woes have cast doubts on the state-offtaker route.
The…
Electric and diesel buses pass in turn along one of the main avenues in Chile’s capital Santiago, sweeping past the national football stadium and up towards the Andean mountains.
The differences are…
San José, Costa Rica, 10 October 2019 - After three days of panels, high-level discussions and exchanging best practices for climate action, PreCOP25 in San José concluded today with calls for more…
We are two weeks away from the 7th GGKP Annual Conference (#GGKP7) "Achieving Global Energy Transformation", which will take place on 21-22 October 2019 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Air pollution kills 7 million people every year according to WHO data. It is by far the world’s largest single environmental health risk and a leading cause of death by cancer. Air pollution is also…
New York, 27 September 2019 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially honoured 12 environmental changemakers from around the world with the 2019 UN Champions of the Earth Award…