Climate action campaigners applauded Monday after 47 faith institutions from 21 countries announced they would divest from fossil fuels, marking the largest-ever joint divestment by religious leaders…
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The cost of renewable energy continues to fall. In most cases, it’s now cheaper to use renewables than fossil fuels.
$23 billion could be wiped off global bills if we switched from costly coal to…
Plan includes home insulation and replacing gas boilers to ensure country reaches its climate targets.
A decade-long rollout of home insulation and heat pumps to replace gas boilers is urgently…
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has released it’s 2020 Progress Report on the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment.
The recent New Plastics Economy Global Commitment Progress Report, published by…
Excellencies,
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thank you for inviting me to speak today.
I will focus my remarks on the climate crisis and the need for heightened climate action.
Recently, we have seen…
COP26 Coalition releases statement signed by over 100 international civil society organisations which urges caution over government climate rhetoric and demands action which truly addresses the…
At Day 1 of the Sustainable Innovation Forum, 8th UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for leadership and support from businesses, cities, regions, and investors to create a healthy, resilient,…
“The world is changing,” Keighran said. “I came to see that buyers will want this. Buyers will expect this. The mind-set of the younger demographic is to want and demand this.
“This is ahead of its…
Two years after construction kicked-off, Kangnas Wind Farm achieved commercial operations on 15 November 2020, making it the first bid window four wind farm, in the Northern Cape, to come on stream…
EDF Renewables North America has penned a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with US steel manufacturer Nucor Corporation for 250MW of new solar energy in Texas.
The solar project, which was…
Former senior officers of renewable energy agencies say government’s bill would undermine Clean Energy Finance Corporation’s independence.
Former leaders of Australia’s renewable energy agencies…
Offshore wind capacity in the EU “should be multiplied by 25 times by 2050” as the European Commission looks for all possible ways of boosting the share of renewables in energy consumption, according…
Kamala Harris on Saturday paid tribute to generations of women who "throughout our nation's history have paved the way for this moment" of her being elected as vice president of the US.
Harris, the…
In the age of consumption, sustainability innovations can help shift cultural habits and protect dwindling natural resources. Improvements in source materials, product durability and end-of-life…
The Advancing Net Zero (ANZ) Status Report 2020 highlights leadership action from GBCs and the building and construction sector towards achieving total sector decarbonisation.
We showcase action…
‘Half of the carbon footprint of zero-energy houses occurs before anyone has even lived in them’
The construction material of choice to build a cleaner, greener future may be nothing more technical…
Barclays has announced that it has successfully closed a £400m ‘Green Bond’ issue. This is the second bond it has issued with a specific intention to support climate-related products and initiatives…
Luxury car brand promises to shift business to become ‘end-to-end carbon neutral’.
Bentley, the luxury carmaker, will stop making fossil fuel cars by 2030 and aims to be completely carbon neutral at…