There has been criticism of the number of world leaders and other delegates who have travelled to the COP26 summit in private jets.
How much environmental damage do they do - and did leaders have…
Nearly all internationally available development financing is now committed to reducing or ending investment in coal-fired power after moves by China and the G20 to stop supporting new projects…
The coal and gas works, if approved, would result in a nearly 30% increase in emissions within Australia.
Australia has more than 100 fossil fuel developments in the pipeline that could result in…
World Economic Forum says taxing carbon emitters would cost less than economic fallout from climate crisis.
Creating an international price for carbon emissions could reduce global greenhouse gases…
The COP26 climate summit kicks off in Glasgow this weekend - one of the biggest ever world meetings on how to tackle global warming.
But what's it all about? BBC News environment correspondent Matt…
PM to fly from Glasgow to London in plane run partly on sustainable fuel rather than taking 4.5-hour train
Boris Johnson is flying back from the Cop26 climate conference on a private plane rather…
As executives from JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc., Deutsche Bank AG and other lenders prepare for the most important UN climate summit in six years, their companies continue to help provide…
American plastics industry, described by experts as ‘the new coal’, releasing at least 232m tons of gas annually
The plastics industry in the United States is on track to release more greenhouse gas…
In part two of Climate Fight: the world’s biggest negotiation, a series from The Anthill podcast on the UN climate summit in Glasgow, we’re talking to experts about the grand goal of the negotiations…
Carbon emissions are rebounding strongly and are rising across the world's 20 richest nations, according to a new study.
The Climate Transparency Report says that CO2 will go up by 4% across the G20…
Exclusive: pork industry’s role in pollution of one of Europe’s largest saltwater lagoons may be greater than publicly acknowledged, investigation reveals.
2021's mountain of waste didn't grow out of nowhere.
October 14th is International E-Waste Day, and, to raise awareness about this growing problem, the waste electrical and electronic equipment…
Traces of 122 different pesticides in 12 most polluted fruit and veg products, many with links to cancer.
Almost all grapes and oranges contain a “cocktail of pesticides” according to research,…
Trillions of dollars a year are ‘adding fuel to the fire’ of the climate crisis, experts say
The fossil fuel industry benefits from subsidies of $11m every minute, according to analysis by the…
UK ‘would be seen as worst hypocrite imaginable’ if plans for deep mine are approved, say environmentalists.
Approving a new deep coalmine in Cumbria would stifle international efforts to…
Agriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of this gas, accounting for about 40%, leading innovators to offer new solutions to tackle its bovine source
In 2017, Canadian cattle farmers in…
As demand for chips surges, the semicondutor industry is trying to grapple with its huge carbon foot print.
The semiconductor industry has a problem. Demand is booming for silicon chips, which are…
China’s pledge to stop building coal-fired power plants overseas could cull $50 billion of investment as it slashes future carbon emissions, analysts said, although Beijing’s own domestic coal…
Most consumers don’t pay much attention to the packaging that their purchases come in, unless it’s hard to open or the item is really over-wrapped. But packaging accounts for about 28% of U.S.…