Pollutants from farming, heating and vehicles beyond levels needed to ensure breathable air.
Governments across Europe are failing to protect their citizens from toxic air pollution, with most…
Humans now known to have polluted Earth from deepest ocean to highest peak.
Microplastic pollution has been discovered in snow close to the peak of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain. With…
9 November 2020, Johannesburg– A Greenpeace scientific report released today reveals that extreme weather events such as heatwaves, floods and intense rain are increasing in intensity, frequency and…
Drop in emissions this year is a ‘tiny blip’ in buildup of greenhouse gases, UN agency says.
Climate-heating gases have reached record levels in the atmosphere despite the global lockdowns caused by…
The biggest financier of the troubled Sh200 billion Lamu coal plant project has pulled out, casting doubts on the project’s viability.
The new development was reported by local NGO Save Lamu, citing…
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy has begun construction of a 2GW hybrid project in Inner Mongolia which, upon completion, will boast 1.7GW of wind power capacity, 300MW of…
Former state department chief under Barack Obama to return to White House to address climate emergency.
President-elect Joe Biden has selected former Secretary of State John Kerry to serve as a “…
Amount of ocean heat delivered to the Arctic has increased markedly since 2001, according to research
An underwater heat blob from the Atlantic is delivering more and more warmth to the Arctic,…
London (CNN)The only known white giraffe in the world has been fitted with a GPS tracking device in an effort to protect him from poachers in Kenya.
The unique male giraffe now stands alone after a…
Katara Towers’ Development at Lusail has become the first hospitality project in Qatar to receive certificate for GSAS Design & Build 5 Stars rating at the design stage. The Global Sustainability…
The official 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) to discuss the international response to the climate crisis has been delayed because of the coronavirus pandemic. But young people aren't letting that…
Thinktank says deadline of 2026 is needed for government to meet its own carbon budget.
The prime minister’s plan to bring forward a ban on the sale of new fossil fuel vehicles by 10 years to 2030…
Shubham Mani Tripathi, newspaper reporter, India: shot dead in June 2020 for exposing illegal sand mining. Maria Efigenia Vasquez Astudillo, radio reporter, Colombia: struck and killed by a…
There’s a much-memed scene from Nineties action masterpiece, Desperado — Antonio Banderas’ El Mariachi and Salma Hayek's Carolina striding off as the backdrop ignites into a grenade-fueled fireball…
Climate action campaigners applauded Monday after 47 faith institutions from 21 countries announced they would divest from fossil fuels, marking the largest-ever joint divestment by religious leaders…
Greenland’s three biggest glaciers added the equivalent of around 8mm to global sea levels from 1880 to 2012, study says.
Greenland’s largest glaciers are currently melting at levels close to what…
Climate change isn’t just affecting global temperature, it’s also changing the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere with potentially significant impacts, finds a new study looking at global…
Global - The Save Lamu campaign has learned that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) has decided not to finance the Lamu Coal Plant anymore, due to cited environmental and social risks…
The cost of renewable energy continues to fall. In most cases, it’s now cheaper to use renewables than fossil fuels.
$23 billion could be wiped off global bills if we switched from costly coal to…