The past few months have shown that individuals have an absolutely gobsmackingly critical role to play in confronting a global crisis.
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From wildfires in California and locust attacks in Ethiopia to job losses caused by pandemic lockdowns in Italy and Myanmar, climate change and COVID-19 disrupted food production and tipped millions…
2020 has been a difficult year, but there are some glints of light in the gloom. From nature-friendly farms to anti-ageing worms and even a way of conjuring vodka out of thin air, here are a few…
New framework contains conditions for future expansion.
The German Government has confirmed new renewables laws will come into force on 1 January.
The law amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act…
The 60-year-old congresswoman will be the first Native American cabinet secretary next month when she takes over at interior.
Debra Haaland is making American history.
The 60-year-old congresswoman…
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is to electrify processes like heating homes and powering cars, and then generate the…
A 50 MW PV project, located in northern central Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district, has begun supplying electricity to the national grid. Full commercial operations for the plant are expected to begin…
There is no way to mine fossil fuels without driving the planet past 1.5C of warming and putting Indigenous communities at risk.
As we prepare to turn the page on 2020, and inaugurate Joe Biden as…
The European Union's executive branch on Tuesday announced new rules for plastic waste shipments—including a ban on some exports to poorer countries—that will take effect on January 1 as part of the…
The Greek government has given its nod to investment plans supporting the deployment of over 2.8 GW of wind and solar power capacity.
The four projects call for a combined investment of EUR 2.02…
Storm Bella heralds first 24-hour period where turbines supply more than half of country’s electricity.
Boxing Day saw yet another record broken for wind power generation in Britain.
It was the…
Ankit Kapasi and Kishore Ganesan from SOFIES India are working on Solar Waste Action Plan (SWAP) project in India, which is looking to investigate both the technical and economic feasibility of a PV…
Kerala villagers are reaping the benefits of a scheme that pays them to leave their trees rooted, reducing risk of deforestation.
In the misty, hilly terrain of Wayanad, in the southern Indian state…
Memories of Brazil’s dictatorship as plan threatens biodiverse home of three indigenous communities.
Brazilian activists have voiced alarm over their government’s plans to bulldoze a 94-mile highway…
I needed something to fight for after the People’s Vote campaign collapsed. So I unleashed my inner ecowarrior.
Anyone who objects to my incessant posting of tree photos on social media can blame…
Bright yellow stickers warn drivers burning of gasoline has ‘major consequences on human health and the environment’
Cambridge, Massachusetts, has become the first US city to mandate the placing of…
Lancet report finds that toxic air caused rise in lung cancer, stroke and other diseases.
Pollution accounted for nearly 1.7m premature deaths in India in 2019, or 18% of all deaths, according to a…
From record-breaking wildfires to devastating hurricanes, human-driven climate change keeps killing us.
The climate is changing, its effects are deadly, and it’s getting worse every year.