A coalition of investors overseeing a combined $41 trillion of assets have called on world leaders to set more ambitious greenhouse gas emissions targets and end support for fossil fuels.
ABIDJAN (Reuters) - An unusual dry spell persisted across most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa-growing regions last week, fuelling farmers’ fears that the April-to-September mid-crop could be depleted.
Ivory…
Global heating and habitat destruction may together devastate humanity’s closest relatives.
Great apes – humanity’s closest relatives, are predicted to lose a “devastating” 90% of their homelands in…
Members of the European Parliament from France, Germany and Italy are calling on those countries’ governments to stop their state-backed investors from chipping in to fund the second natural-gas…
The European Commission has launched yesterday a targeted public consultation on the proposed revision of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy (“Energy and…
An IPS webinar on the occasion of UN World Environment Day, World Peatlands Day
World Environment Day is the United Nations day for encouraging worldwide awareness and action to protect our…
A new comparison of measurements finds that some don't add up.
The global warming that has already taken place may be even worse than we thought. That's the takeaway from a new study that finds…
In growing energy markets like Indonesia, decision makers are facing a barrage of pro-nuclear media coverage as the nuclear industry floods the market with panels and webinars focused on the…
The oil and gas industry is set to boost investments in clean energy this year, but that still won’t be enough to put the world on a path to limit a dangerous rise in global temperatures.
That’s the…
The European Union is planning to slap an import levy on steel, cement and aluminum produced in countries with lower environmental standards, as it seeks to become a world leader on climate without…
‘Profound heatwaves’ in region will be more common, warns meteorologist.
A “mind-boggling” heat wave in the Arctic has broken temperature records in north-west Russia, meteorologists have said.…
Met Office warning over impact of global heating prompts calls for action to protect elderly and vulnerable.
Britain is failing to protect its vulnerable citizens from the threat of intensifying…
Trump’s shrinking of Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase–Escalante reserves may be reversed — ensuring archaeological and fossil treasures are preserved for study.
Friends,
I thank the Government of Chile for hosting the sixth Mission Innovation Ministerial and for launching Mission Innovation 2.0.
Mission Innovation plays a crucial role in accelerating…
Jane Gilbert urges greater federal and state response to lethal threat posed by rising temperatures.
Miami’s new chief heat officer has called for greater federal and state action on the lethal…
Environmental body calls for investment in nature-based solutions to stem rise in discharge.
There will be a rise in the scale of sewage discharge into rivers and waterways due to extreme weather…
Nature’s financial value must be considered to avoid ‘irreversible’ degradation to biodiversity and land.
The world needs to quadruple its annual investment in nature if the climate, biodiversity…
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