5 Youth Activists Who Are Demanding Urgent Climate Action in Africa.

Africa is already feeling the disproportionate impact of climate change.Africa is already feeling the disproportionate impact of climate change. Young people around the world are rising up against 

IEA charts three year, $3 trillion path for a green global recovery.

The International Energy Agency has laid out a $3 trillion green recovery plan, offering governments around the world a “once-in-a-lifetime” roadmap to sustainably rebuild their economies in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

BP statistical review shows coal’s 2019 share of global energy mix at lowest level in 16 years.

The share of coal in the world energy mix fell to its lowest level in 16 years dropping to 27 per cent in 2019, according to the latest edition of BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2020.

Goldman Sachs sees $16 trillion investment opportunity in renewable energy through 2030.

Spending on renewable power is set to overtake oil and gas drilling for the first time next year as clean energy affords a $16 trillion investment opportunity through 2030, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

GE looks to 3D printing to build next generation of taller, less costly wind turbines.

GE announced today that it’s developing skyscraper-sized wind turbines with massive 3D-printed bases. The conglomerate plans to work with partners in the construction industry to produce both a printer and materials that could eventually be deployed around the world.

Climate crisis poses serious risks for pregnancy, investigation finds.

Air pollution and heat exposure linked to negative outcomes Researchers discover ‘pretty scary health burdens’ More than a decade of overwhelming evidence links air pollution and heat exposure with negative pregnancy outcomes in the US, according to a new review of

Worst outbreak ever': Nearly a million pigs culled in Nigeria due to swine fever.

Farmers report devastating losses as poor control measures are blamed for spread of infection across the country

Climate crisis: alarm at record-breaking heatwave in Siberia.

Unusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms.

Climate emission killer: construction begins on world’s biggest liquid air battery

Exclusive: project will store renewable energy and reduce climate-heating emissions Construction is beginning on the world’s largest liquid air battery, which will store renewable electricity and reduce carbon emissions from fossil-fuel power plants.

Business can ride out storm by going green.

he United Nations Global Compact this week held a two-day virtual conference, coming in the shadow of the Covid-19 crisis.

Destruction of Nature Is Triggering Pandemics, Say Leaders of WWF, UN and WHO.

Leaders from three international NGOs — the United Nations, the World Health Organization and WWF International — teamed up to issue a stark warning that pandemics like the coronavirus are a direct result of the destruction of nature caused by humans.

How to Recognize Desertification and Drought Day.

More than 2 billion hectares of previously productive land is degraded.

Black Environmentalists Are Organizing to Save the Planet From Injustice.

"I can't breathe." These were among the final words that George Floyd and Eric Garner gasped before their deaths at the hands of white police officers. That plea has become part of the current rallying cry for racial justice and an end to police brutality in the U.S.

'Vatican's call for divestment is a breath of hope in times when faith is more needed than ever'

EU needs 108 GW of battery storage for 2030 climate targets.

The EU appears poised to roll out battery storage capacity to provide flexibility to systems with more variable renewables. The European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy has also noted policies that must be addressed to establish a level playing field for storage.

UK government invests in sustainable aviation with creation of ‘Jet Zero Council’,

UK Government set a new target to make transatlantic flights sustainable in 'greener restart' for aviation sector.

LCAW 2020: Harnessing the power of London for global climate action.

July marks the return of London Climate Action Week and the 2nd edition of the Climate Innovation Forum - the largest multi-stakeholder platform designed to advance the UK’s low carbon economy.

IEA unveils new Sustainable Recovery Plan to put emissions into structural decline.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented a Sustainable Recovery Plan focusing on a series of actions that can be taken over the next three years to revitalise economies and boost employment.

'Black Moms Matter': Increased Heat and Pollution Raise Pregnancy Risks, Especially for Racial Minorities.

The evidence is in and it's bleak.

Italian team covers glacier with giant white sheets to slow melting.

Every summer, the Presena glacier in northern Italy is protected from the sun with huge reflective tarps.