Safeguarding biodiversity can help reduce future health risks making our societies more resilient, but the benefits of biodiversity go far beyond disease protection, contributing to global public…
As governments design stimulus measures for economies hit by the Covid-19 crisis, they should seize the opportunity of historically low oil prices to redirect some of the half a trillion dollars…
Think you know about wind energy? Pop culture? General knowledge? Do you and your teammates have what it takes to compete against the wind community? 2020 marks the 13th year of Global Wind Day, our…
The failure of governments and central banks to set out a green recovery from the coronavirus crisis is threatening to derail vital UN climate talks aimed at staving off global catastrophe,…
The influential French thinker explains the politics of the Gaia principle, the problems of post-truth and how coronavirus gives us a model for spreading ideas.
On World Environment Day, global institutions working on development, labour and environment have united around key actions for spurring a green, just and transformative recovery.
The Partners for…
UN environment chief and economist warn human wealth depends on nature’s health.
The coronavirus pandemic is an “SOS signal for the human enterprise”, according to a leading economist and the United…
A glut of discarded single-use masks and gloves is washing up on shorelines and littering the seabed.
Conservationists have warned that the coronavirus pandemic could spark a surge in ocean…
Oταν, πριν απο 2.000 χρόνια περίπου, ο Ηρων ο Αλεξανδρεύς αντικατέστησε τη μυϊκή ενέργεια του δούλου που λειτουργούσε την εμβολοφόρο αντλία του Κτησιβίου, με μια κινητήρια ανεμοφτερωτή, δεν μπορούσε…
The European Commission’s €750 billion recovery fund could be covered financially by new sources of revenue, which include extending the EU’s carbon market to the aviation and shipping sectors, the…
Bonn/ Mountain View, 5 June 2020 - Today, on World Environment Day, UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Google Arts & Culture Lab residency program announce “Heartbeat of the Earth”, a series of…
It's World Environment Day! Today we announce Earth Overshoot Day 2020 lands on August 22. The date is three weeks later than in 2019 due to the impact from coronavirus-induced lockdowns around the…
The ocean is our lifeline - we rely on it for the food we eat, the air we breathe, as well as for millions for jobs worldwide.
As we continue to grapple with the issues of overfishing, plastic…
Atmospheric researchers have pinpointed the spot on Earth with the cleanest air. It's not in the midst of a remote jungle, nor on a deserted tropical island. Instead, the cleanest air in the world is…
Fiduciary duty is driving financial change.
A striking development has occurred in the world of corporate finance.
The past few months have seen a string of corporations divest from thermal coal,…
The European Green Deal is the best way to make the real changes Europe needs to be able to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, writes a group of 700 elected representatives and citizens from all…
Cleaner skies were a silver lining of pandemic but data indicates air quality receding as lockdowns eased.
Air pollution in China has climbed back to pre-pandemic levels, and scientists say Europe…
When you consider the expanse of the world’s oceans no one should be surprised that the theoretical potential for electricity generated from ocean energy is several times total global energy demand.