UNITED NATIONS, Oct 1 2019 (IPS) - The Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Mottley tells IPS her patience is running thin, as she challenges the world to tackle the climate crisis.
She warned of a…
Methane is a powerful short-lived climate pollutant. It is also the main precursor of tropospheric ozone (O3). Over a 20-year period, methane’s effect on global warming is 84 times greater than…
Siemens has joined forces with UK100 to drive development of £100 billion of clean energy projects.
A network of mayors and council leaders is joining forces with one of the world’s biggest…
On Monday, activists and celebrities walked the green carpet in the name of sustainable fashion.
For the third year running, the Green Carpet Fashion Awards have brought together the biggest names…
Hawaiian-born actor Jason Momoa joined leaders from small island developing states at a special event to urge action to address the devastating impact of climate change on vulnerable countries.
Game…
New York, 27 September 2019 – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has officially honoured 12 environmental changemakers from around the world with the 2019 UN Champions of the Earth Award…
The French company building the United Kingdom’s first new nuclear reactor construction in years has raised its estimate of the project’s cost by several billion Euros.
EDF Energy, which is leading…
The Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah International Foundation for Energy and Sustainable Development (Al-Attiyah Foundation) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gulf Organisation for Research…
ITV has launched a new series that will focus on the devastating impacts of climate change.
ITV News at Ten will devote a portion of their show to highlight the severity of the climate crisis this…
A 19-year-old South African student has created her own brand of edible, biodegradable straws. Leila Siljeur, a chemical engineering student of Stellenbosch University, developed Eat Me Straws as a…
Gabon will become the latest African nation to receive funding to preserve its rainforests to mitigate the effects of climate change. As part of a 10-year deal announced on Sunday (Sept. 22), Norway …
Documenting the impact of climate change on cricket, from batsman struggling in extreme heat to drought and flood affecting pitches, game needs to react say experts.
From drought to heatwave and…
London (CNN Business)In 2018, a severe drought brought Cape Town close to "Day Zero," when it could have become the world's first major city to run out of water.
Dam levels in South Africa's Western…
The world’s largest furniture company is determined to go off-grid, and it’s developing an affordable solar energy program to convince you to do the same. Timed for the UN Climate Action Summit in…
Washington — Renewable energy will displace petroleum as the most-used global energy source in the late 2040s, but oil demand is not expected to peak before 2050, the US Energy Information…
The new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report has warned of extreme sea level rise by 2050.
The latest IPCC report ‘Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate’ highlights the damaging…
In front of a gathering of arguably the most powerful leaders in the world, 16-year-old Greta Thunberg opened with a warning: “We’ll be watching you.” Thunberg made her speech to the United Nations…
The turbines built near the windy coast of the Barents Sea will account for a major share of the green power produced by Russia over the next decade.
While ice-cold fall storms were gathering force…