How green is your lipstick: beauty brands and the fight against plastic waste.

Makeup and personal care companies produce a huge amount of packaging – much of which cannot be recycled. But companies such as Lush and Garnier are trying to do better.

15th June 2019: Global Wind Day Photo Competition winners.

Wind energy more important than ever to power economic development and achieve climate action goals

15th June 2019: Global Wind Day Children's activities.

See attached paper cut out games for your children. Colour me in! Connect the dots! Find the differences! Assemble the wind turbine!  

Denmark’s Inger Andersen takes over as head of UN Environment Programme

How Much Hotter Is Your Hometown Than When You Were Born?

I was born in Paranesti, Drama, Greece

United States Spend Ten Times More On Fossil Fuel Subsidies Than Education

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Temperatures leap 40 degrees above normal as the Arctic Ocean and Greenland ice sheet see record June melting

Ice is melting in unprecedented ways a

BP warns world is on ‘unsustainable path’.

REN21: Political inaction on sustainable energy policies to blame for lack of progress on UN climate & development goals.

Renewables now supply more than a quarter (26%) of global electricity production but current trends in the sector show that bolder policy decisions are needed across all end-use sectors to make our energy systems sustainable.

IRENA to Present Innovation Pathway to Renewable Energy Growth at G20.

Agency to present grid integration solutions that can support the rapid scale up of variable renewable energy in G20 power systems The G20 group of countries, whose members represent nearly 80 per cent of global energy consumption and hold 

National energy and climate plans will not meet targets, EU warns.

The European Commission will warn EU countries later today (18 June) that draft national plans for the coming decade are insufficient to achieve the bloc’s 2030 energy and climate targets, according to documents seen by EURACTIV. “Substantial” gaps have been identified.

UN: Growing at a slower pace, world population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 and could peak at nearly 11 billion around 2100.

54% Of European Coal Plants Are Cashflow-Negative, Will Rise To 97% By 2030, Claims Carbon Tracker.

A new report from London-based think-tank Carbon Tracker has concluded that 54% of all EU coal plants are currently loss-making, a number which will increase to 97% by 2030 and that a total phase-out of coal by 2030 could stem utility losses by up to €22 billion ($26 billion).

WINDMission Greece 2019 - free entry for Greek nationals.

The Voice of Renewables are delighted to announce that WINDMission Greece 2019 conference will take place on 14/15 October 2019 at The American College of Greece, Athens

Trump Administration Rebrands Fossil Fuels As "Molecules Of U.S. Freedom"

The World’s Most Insane Energy Project Moves Ahead.

Thanks to President Trump and his transparent and perverse desire to enrich his golfing buddies in the fossil fuel industry and to accelerate the climate crisis, the U.S. is the most notorious climate criminal in the world right now. But the Aussies are giving us a run for our money.

Let the Wind Blow

2019 will be remembered as the year something changed, when children went on strike to demand that adults take action to stop climate change:

Innovation Africa 2019 - Africa's Official Ministerial Summit 3 -5 December , Accra , Ghana

We are proud to announce the 9th Innovation Africa taking place in Ghana in 2019, under the official patronage of the Government of Ghana led by the Ministry of Education and co-hosted by the Ministry of Communications.

Green electricity from heat under the sea – Offshore geothermal energy.

Scientists from Iceland and oil nation Norway want to help the world to generate electricity from offshore geothermal heat sources – a process that causes no CO2 emissions or conflicts about landscape destruction.

Tackling climate change, one bite at a time, UN enlists chefs to lead in campaign for sustainable food.

New York, 18 June — Chefs from around the world will help the United Nations kick-off a new campaign today – Sustainable Gastronomy Day – that aims to engage people in the global effort to tackle climate change through healthy and sustainable food choices.