Ecosia: Eco-friendly search engine commits to planting 1bn trees in Africa’s ‘Great Green Wall’

An ambitious, African-led movement to plant a 5,000-mile forest wall to fight the climate crisis has received a commitment of support from one of the world’s most prolific tree-planters, The Independent can share exclusively.

Quarter of known bee species have not been recorded since 1990.

Global study finds that species numbers reported in the wild fell sharply between 1990 and 2015.

EU Power Sector in 2020:Landmark moment as EU renewables overtake fossil fuels

Climate neutrality by 2050 means renewables growth will further accelerate

Electric vehicles close to ‘tipping point’ of mass adoption.

Sales increase 43% globally in 2020 as plunging battery costs mean the cars will soon be the cheapest vehicles to buy. Electric vehicles are close to the “tipping point” of rapid mass adoption thanks to the plummeting cost of batteries, experts say.

Kikuyu Art Festival - 21/2/2021

For those who will be within Nairobi environs on 21 February 2021, please do join us for the Kikuyu art festival.

Matthaios Santamouris: Minimizing Energy Consumption, Energy Poverty and Global and Local Climate Change in the Built Environment-Innovating to Zero

Scientist Michael Mann's Must-Read Book: 'The New Climate War'.

The New Climate War: the fight to take back our planet is the latest must-read book by leading climate change scientist and communicator Michael Mann of Penn State University.

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert introduces bill to block Biden rejoining Paris Agreement.

‘I work for the people of Pueblo, not the people of Paris,’ Rep Boebert tweeted. The climate agreement was so named because it was signed in the French capital - and not because it solely benefits the city’s residents.

Trump’s big gamble to gut US power plant emissions rules loses in court, opening a door for new climate rules.

Joe Biden got a big judicial win for his climate agenda just hours before his inauguration as U.S. president. The case involved federal plans for cutting power plant emissions and a big gamble by the Trump administration.

Biden has pledged to advance environmental justice – here’s how the EPA can start.

On his first day in office President Joe Biden started signing executive orders to reverse Trump administration policies.

World leaders shine spotlight on ‘neglected’ topic of climate adaptation at summit.

Boris Johnson, Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau among leaders to attend first global summit focused on adapting to climate crisis

UK supermarkets sold 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging in 2019.

Existing efforts to fight enormous wave of waste are ‘drop in the ocean’, campaigners say.

Schumer calls on Biden to declare climate crisis a national emergency: ‘Trump used this for a stupid wall’

'Trump used this emergency for a stupid wall, which wasn't an emergency. But if there ever was an emergency, climate is one,' Mr Schumer said.

Biden plans to replace government’s vehicle fleet with electric cars.

'The federal government owns an enormous fleet of vehicles, which we're going to replace with clean electric vehicles made right here in America, by American workers,' the president said.

US returns to global climate arena with call to act on 'emergency'.

At virtual Global Adaptation summit, John Kerry says ‘we’re proud to be back’ after four-year absence.

Rating agency S&P warns 13 oil and gas companies they risk downgrades as renewables pick up steam.

Firms including Woodside, Chevron, Shell and Exxon Mobil, told they could be downgraded within weeks

Air pollution linked to higher risk of irreversible sight loss.

Large UK study found small pollution rise associated with more cases of age-related macular degeneration. Small increases in air pollution are linked to an increased risk of irreversible sight loss from age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a large UK study has found.

Electric cars are not the only green solution.

Chris Barker says more cars of any kind are bad news for pollution, while Dr Robin Russell-Jones believes British entrepreneurs can rise to the challenge of ‘green growth’.

Lapland town of Salla highlights climate crisis with 2032 Olympics campaign.

The race to host the 2032 summer Olympics looks set to be one of the most fiercely contested in history. So when the Lapland town of Salla announced its intention to vie with Jakarta, Istanbul and Seoul‑Pyongyang, it was competing against the odds.

UN global climate poll: ‘The people’s voice is clear – they want action’.

Biggest ever survey finds two-thirds of people think climate change is a global emergency. The biggest ever opinion poll on climate change has found two-thirds of people think it is a “global emergency”.