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04 04 2020 | 13:23

Authorisation for trialling floating wind power in the Basque Country.

The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP) has been authorised to install and and trial new floating wind technologies at its facilities. The Biscay Marine Energy Platform (BiMEP), located off the…

04 04 2020 | 13:20

Coronavirus: The immediate effect on climate change.

COVID-19 has suspended normality across the globe. With everyone's attention now focused on fighting the virus, what does this mean for the fight against climate change? The pandemic is changing how…

04 04 2020 | 13:19

Seychelles hits 30% marine protection target after pioneering debt restructuring deal.

  Shielding ecosystems and economy from climate change and unsustainable development   

04 04 2020 | 13:07

Orsted reaffirms offshore wind investment plans for Taiwan, Japan.

The world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms is weighing nearly $13 billion worth of projects in Taiwan, saying that so far the coronavirus outbreak hasn’t shifted its optimism about the…

04 04 2020 | 13:02

European Green Deal will guide Coronavirus recovery plan EU leaders pledge.

European Union leaders have agreed to make the massive economic measures they’re planning in response to the coronavirus match up with the continent-wide Green Deal they adopted not long before the…

04 04 2020 | 13:01

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui bank to stop making loans for new thermal coal plants—report.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. will suspend in principle new loans for coal-fired thermal power plants, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The move is aimed at showing its consideration for the…

04 04 2020 | 13:01

Despite health crisis, EU presses on with 2030 climate agenda.

As the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, the European Commission has tried to stay the course on green policies, launching a public consultation on Tuesday (30 March) to raise the bloc’s…

02 04 2020 | 09:11

COP26 Postponed.

Bonn - The COP26 UN climate change conference set to take place in Glasgow in November has been postponed due to COVID-19.   This decision has been taken by the COP Bureau of the UNFCCC (United…

01 04 2020 | 10:58

Indian renewables enshrined as ‘essential’ activity during national lockdown.

Indian renewables will be allowed to remain operational to a degree as one of the core sectors of a country embracing shutdown measures to contain the COVID-19 emergency. Earlier this week, the…

01 04 2020 | 10:48

UK government reveals decline in greenhouse gas emissions as renewables surge.

Data from the UK Government has revealed that in 2019, greenhouse gas emissions declined 3.6% from 2018. In 2019, total UK greenhouse gas emissions were provisionally 45.2% lower than in 1990 and 3.…

01 04 2020 | 10:27

This Is What Climate Change Looks Like in an Era of Covid-19.

As the coronavirus pandemic continued to escalate around the world, a more localized emergency has unfolded in the Ecuadorian Amazon. After a day and a night of extreme rainfall at its headwaters,…

01 04 2020 | 10:14

Scientists find bug that feasts on toxic plastic.

Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycled. A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic…

01 04 2020 | 10:12

The decline of oil has already begun.

In 1961, when I was 14, working on a science fair project, my father – a geologist and petroleum engineer – explained oil depletion to me. To grow production, oil companies were drilling deeper and…

01 04 2020 | 10:12

Ivory Coast-based waste management startup Coliba raises GreenTec funding.

Ivory Coast-based startup Coliba, which has developed a recycling and waste management platform, has raised funding from German firm GreenTec Capital Partners, which will also provide the company…

01 04 2020 | 10:08

Developing a global 'immune response' to 21st century challenges.

Tackling social and environmental challenges in a deeply interconnected world requires a new way of working. A recent simulation hosted by Johns Hopkins University found that a ‘moderately…

01 04 2020 | 09:57

British American Tobacco sets out new sustainability strategy.

British American Tobacco publishes its new sustainability report and sets out plans to become carbon neutral by 2030. The tobacco manufacturing company has published its new sustainability report,…

01 04 2020 | 09:56

How architect Mariam Kamara is masterminding a sustainable future for Niger.

For Niger-born architect Mariam Kamara, the 2018 Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative presented her with a tremendous opportunity. The two-year program, which pairs emerging creative talents with…

01 04 2020 | 09:53

Brazil scales back environmental enforcement amid coronavirus outbreak.

Experts fear efforts to protect field agents from virus could lead to surge in deforestation. Brazil will reduce efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak, despite…

01 04 2020 | 09:45

'Clear and implementable': Barclays aims to become net zero bank by 2050.

British bank promises to align all financing activities with Paris Agreement and target at least £100bn green financing by 2030 Barclays has set out its ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050,…

01 04 2020 | 09:35

Parliament pension fund to increase investment in renewables.

The Parliament pension fund has revealed a step up in renewable investment, but MPs have called on the trustees of the fund to end investments in fossil fuels altogether. This week, MPs from the…