In August 2012, my daughter Mariah and I took part in an international human rights delegation trip to Western Sahara, where we met with hundreds and hundreds of victims of abuse. People there told…
To save the planet, we must save the Amazon rainforest. To save the rainforest, we must save its indigenous peoples. And to do that, we must demarcate their land.
In 1992, 1,700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were "on a collision course." Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other…
Laura Stanford says the project helps farmers turn a profit with the very thing that killed their crops
When Laura Stanford heard stories from Kenyan farmers about the devastation that the locust…
Europe's most active volcano is having an epic couple of weeks.
Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has been belching ash, smoke and lava over the Sicilian countryside for more than two weeks…
Five largest private-sector oil supermajors have dropped more than a half-trillion on shareholders over last decade
The world’s five largest private-sector oil and gas companies collectively spent $…
United Nations calls on all countries to have ‘concrete plans to phase out fossil fuels as fast as possible’
Australia has been accused of “shamefully doing nothing” and weighing down global action…
Asset manager tells 30 biggest carbon dioxide emitters in its portfolio to set net zero goals.
Aviva has become the first leading insurer worldwide to set a target to shrink its carbon footprint to…
While the hazards of fracking to human health are well-documented, first-of-its-kind research from Environmental Health News shows the actual levels of biomarkers for fracking chemicals in the bodies…
Government to ensure the inauguration of online trading before the end of June, minister of ecology and environment Huang Runqiu says
China last month approved a futures exchange in Guangzhou,…
In a move that may reshape decision and policy-making towards sustainable development, the United Nations adopted a new framework today that includes the contributions of nature when measuring…
Twice before, humanity has mitigated severe global environmental threats. In both cases we did this not with ‘cap and trade’ systems, taxes, or offsets, but with bans.
The current could slow down to a point of no return, altering the climate on both sides of the Atlantic.
The Gulf Stream — one of Earth's major climate-regulating ocean currents — is moving slower…
Lockdown measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic had the added benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by around seven percent, or 2.6 billion metric tons, in 2020.
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China’s first road map to achieving net zero emissions by 2060 may be too slow to stop the world’s biggest polluter from hastening global warming.
Thousands of Chinese delegates applauded when…
In 2020, 821 MW of new wind power capacity was installed in Africa and the Middle East, bringing total capacity in the region to over 7 GW, which helps to avoid 10.7 million tonnes of CO2 emissions…
International Energy Agency data shows steady climb over second half of 2020.
The world has only a few months to prevent the energy industry’s carbon emissions from surpassing pre-pandemic levels…