Climate litigator David Barnden had a landmark win this month against a major superannuation fund. He tells Guardian Australia he is just getting started.
In the public imagination, blockbuster…
As the prime minister seeks to distance himself from ties to Trump, prioritising climate cooperation could be a ‘natural fit’ for both Johnson and Biden, environment analysts tell Daisy Dunne
The White House has instructed senior department officials to rebuff overtures from the Biden team to get the transition process underway while Mr Trump refuses to concede, writes Louise Boyle
Photo: Assam state, India, 2020/Indian Red Cross Society
Geneva, 17 November 2020 – Global efforts to tackle climate change are currently failing to protect the people who are most at risk,…
Boris Johnson among leaders to explicitly mention climate while congratulating president-elect.
Leaders from across the world have used their first messages to president-elect Joe Biden to draw…
Optimism abounds as leaders from Fiji to Papua New Guinea welcome the new US president-elect.
Joe Biden’s presidential ascension had not even been settled when Fiji’s forthright prime minister was…
Senior figures from across the world’s major economies have come together to condemn the US after it made its official exit from the Paris Agreement, a major international treaty aimed at delivering…
Tim Flannery has been speaking about climate change for decades – but he’s finding it harder and harder to be the bearer of bad news.
Being a bearer of bad news is never easy. I’ve been writing and…
Competition and Markets Authority says rising demand may lead to ‘greenwashing’.
Companies that market their products or services as eco-friendly are to be scrutinised by the UK competition watchdog…
Toshiba will stop taking orders for coal-fired power plants in line with growing global trends toward reducing carbon emissions, Nikkei learned on Tuesday, as Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledges to…
The new 2030 target on direct greenhouse gas emission reductions compared to a 2017 base year has been certified in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a global initiative…
Supermarket giant has opened its new sustainability trial store and unveiled a new plastics reduction strategy with a promise that customers will not pay more for greener options.
In partnership…
Sites use wood fuel through adoption of boilers that require wood pellets
Schools in Nottingham are saving more than £5.9m on energy bills over the long term as a result of funding secured by…
Joe Biden winning the election could have a significant impact on the climate crisis and give the world a fighting chance of keeping global temperatures in check, scientists say.
The £200m research vessel was named in honour of the veteran BBC broadcaster after the government ditched the title picked in a 2016 public poll.
The Sir David Attenborough, the UK’s new polar ship…
The United States is the world’s second-largest emitter of planet-warming greenhouse gasses and the presidential election next week will have a big impact on the extent to which those emissions are…
Licypriya Kangujam and Aarav Seth put in back of police van after demonstrating in New Delhi, which is often blanketed in thick smog.
A nine-year-old climate change activist in India was detained by…
GENEVA – The governments of Peru and Switzerland today signed the first agreement between Parties to the Paris Agreement for the sale of emission reductions generated under Article 6 of the…