New research sheds light on the impacts of design on the urban heat island effect in global cities. It also shows the role planners can play in cooling things down, says Dima Zogheib
This year we’ve…
NatureScot has announced shared funding of £4 million from the Helping Nature fund for projects across Scotland.
The fund supports practical nature restoration projects with grants of £25,000 to £…
The Climate Change Committee (CCC) has called on the government to take on ‘greater transparency’ in updating its assessment of policy impacts at the time of major announcements on net zero.
This…
Plymouth City Council’s cabinet has approved a £500,000 loan for a habitat bank that aims to make sure the city's natural habitats are enhanced and maintained.
Ocean City Nature was established in…
The government has been urged to revise parts of the draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement (NNNPS) that would determine whether large new projects are compatible with net zero…
Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin underlines the Holy See's and the Pope's commitment to address the climate crisis, on the sidelines of the Global Faith Summit on Climate Action in Abu…
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its annual State of Climate Services report, which this year focuses on health. The report, which underscores the impact of climate change on…
A U.S. push for voluntary payments in high-stakes negotiations over a global fund for climate disasters has raised tensions ahead of the upcoming COP28 climate summit
Negotiators struck a fragile…
Climate change is the single biggest health threat facing humanity, and health professionals worldwide are already responding to the health harms caused by this unfolding crisis. Climate change is…
Half of the world's 2,000 biggest listed companies have set a target to get to net-zero emissions by mid-century, but just a fraction meet tough United Nations guidelines for what constitutes a…
Preserving and protecting the Amazon rainforest is absolutely essential for the fight against climate change. To do this, Amazonian leaders must be listened to. The voices of the Amazon’s indigenous…
Humanity is burning through its available carbon budget quicker than originally thought, scientists say.
Without urgent and concerted global efforts to reduce atmospheric CO2 emissions that cause…
Around 200,000 hectares of palm plantations in areas designated as forests in Indonesia could be converted back to tree canopy, a government official has announced.
The recent launch of the UN-led AI Advisory Body advanced a growing global trend to harness machine learning to find solutions to common challenges. AI is upping the data crunching game and a growing…
Companies should approach climate solutions as a “portfolio management exercise”, and look for short-term wins by tweaking their operations, said industry leaders.
In their quest to decarbonise and…
At a Department of Energy conference, environmental leaders said justice efforts should be tied to investments in clean energy, not LNG export terminals close to ‘“sacrifice zones” on the Gulf Coast…
Drainage has exposed the fertile soils of the Everglades Agricultural Area, a region responsible for much of the nation’s sugar cane.
ORLANDO, Fla.—It used to be the water spilled over Lake…
McDonough County residents are asking officials to stand their ground as Navigator offers payments totaling up to $18.9 million to the county in exchange for its support.
A farming county in Western…
Lured by billions of dollars in federal funding for carbon capture, developers are proposing huge pipelines to carry the CO2 across the Midwest. In Illinois, one retired academic united her neighbors…
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