How These 3 African Women Scientists Are Fighting To Save Humanity.
The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) today announces its second cohort of the AIMS Women in Climate Change Science Fellowship whose research is contributing to the fight to preserve humanity in the face of climate change.
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Iceland cuts own-brand plastic packaging by 29 per cent.
Supermarket claims engaging with its suppliers and customers has been key to reducing plastic from own-brand products
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More solar power deals pop up in Latin America.
Big clean energy supply contracts have been announced in Brazil, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
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Industrial Strategy ‘needs more strategic approach to renewable energy’.
Responding to publication of the European Commission’s ‘European Industrial Strategy’ on 10 March 2020, which aims to boost the competitiveness of Eu
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UBS ends financing for all new offshore oil projects in Arctic.
As UBS achieves its sustainable investment goal three years ahead of schedule, it announces it will end financing for all new offshore oil projects in the Arctic.
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How climate change may ‘flood’ global equities.
We estimate that approximately 7% of global facilities operated by MSCI ACWI Index constituents are threatened by coastal flooding risk.
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Ministry of Defence hosts £2m competition to mitigate radar risk of windfarms.
The Ministry of Defence has launched a £2m innovation competition to reduce impact of windfarms of UK’s Air Defence systems.
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Greenland and Antarctica losing ice six times faster than expected.
According to a new report, Greenland and Antarctica are losing ice six times faster than in the 1990s – currently on track with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s worst-case climate warming scenario.
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Making water from thin air.
Kenyan company Majik Water uses condensation to harvest drinking water from the air. Watch the video here. CNN
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Climate crisis is accelerating, shows growing impacts, UN warns.
Last year was the second warmest in history at a global level. Global warming and its impact on ecosystems and people grew in 2019, according to a study by the United Nations, which warned more ambitious action is needed by all countries as fast as possible.
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The world's largest ecosystems could collapse in decades - much faster than previously thought.
Scientists are concerned about the irreversible damage done to global ecosystems.
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Coronavirus and climate change: A tale of two crises.
Coronavirus has cut emissions faster than years of climate negotiations. Does the outbreak reveal what life might be like if we were to act seriously on climate change? Or what it might be like if we don't?
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What would happen if the world reacted to climate change like it’s reacting to the coronavirus?
What would a fast, coordinated, collective response to climate change look like? The coronavirus has transformed everyday life so significantly that the effects are already visible from space.
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Giles Dickson: Germany must deliver on permitting promises.
The German wind energy market has fallen to just around 1 GW of new installations in 2019, from an average of 4 GW a year not long ago.
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The Status Quo of Sustainable Fashion.
Sustainability is trending in the fashion industry. But what’s behind the PR slogans of the big brands promoting textile recycling?
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FG launches $200m renewable energy project ‘to light up 500,000 households’.
The federal government has launched the $200 million Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) to provide off-grid energy to over 500,000 people across 105,000 households in rural communities across the country.
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EBRD supports Western Balkans in decarbonizing district heating and cooling systems, improving energy efficiency in buildings.
Renewable energy sources can be used in district heating and cooling systems without increasing citizens’ energy bills or heating plants’ and local governments’ costs, while at the same time significantly contributing to the quality of the environment, primarily by reducing air pollution, s
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The Climate Crisis Is Already Creating Climate Refugees.
Last year in California the city of Paradise burned to the ground. Two years ago, hurricane Maria decimated Puerto Rico leaving thousands homeless. Recently, Hurricane Dorian has destroyed parts of the Bahamas so severely, they’ll never be the same.
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Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Creature Named After Plastic Found In Its Guts.
Still poorly explored, the bottom of the oceans hosts many unknown species, evolved to survive the extreme pressure, low temperatures, lack of light and nutrients found there.
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