Over one million seagrass seeds will be planted off of the Welsh coast to help prevent global climate change in a project by the WWF.
Seagrass grows in large meadows on the sea floor. It is home to…
India will implement a nationwide ban on 6 single-use plastic items on the 2nd October this year - the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
Single-use plastic bags, cups, plates, straws, small bottles…
The scope of the disaster Hurricane Dorian brought to the Bahamas is becoming more clear as rescue workers reach devastated parts of the country.
Carrying possessions in duffel bags and shopping…
Copenhagen Sept. 6, 2019 – Dr. Rose Mwebaza of Uganda has been appointed the new Director of the Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN), the implementation arm of the UN Framework Convention…
PREPARATIONS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF CARBON MARKETS ARE UNDERWAY, AS THERE IS NO TIME TO WASTE. VIRENDER KUMAR DUGGAL OUTLINES HOW AN INITIATIVE BY THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK IS HELPING COUNTRIES…
Fairphone have announced the launch of their new sustainable smartphone.
The Fairphone 3 smartphone has many sustainable and Fairtrade material components, with its production also striving to be…
Milestone further underscores downward trend in the oil and gas sector
August 30, 2019 (IEEFA U.S.) ‒ ExxonMobil is no longer in the Top Ten of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, according to S…
Energy-saving light bulbs are the latest Obama-era environmental initiative to face a rollback by the Trump administration. The Department of Energy finalized a rule Wednesday that will block new…
Record heatwaves in June and July caused the deaths of 1,435 people in France this year, according to the country's health minister.
Speaking on French radio, Agnès Buzyn said half of those who died…
ENGIE has expanded its decentralized energy offering in Africa through the acquisition of Mobisol, a pioneer of off-grid solar solutions.
Founded in 2011, the company employs over 500 people as well…
Amid power outages of as long as 18 hours a day, Econet Wireless Ltd., Zimbabwe’s biggest mobile-phone operator, is turning to the Palo Alto, California-based automaker and storable-energy company…
The decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from 414 GW to about 1,650 GW
Solar capacity alone will have risen to more than 26 times the 2009 level — from 25 GW to an…
A new study from the University of Exeter sheds light on future global banana production, saying that many countries will see significant crop yield decline due to the changing climate, although some…
Widerøe, the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, has partnered with industrial technology experts Rolls Royce to develop zero emissions air travel.
The programme, announced at a Clean Aerospace…
Food and drink giant Nestlé, have come under fire for planning to take over 1.1 million gallons of water from an “in recovery” natural springs.
Ginnie Springs in Florida has been chosen as the new…
The damage caused by catastrophic “superstorms” combined with rising sea levels could increase by a hundred-fold or more, displacing hundreds of millions of people from coastlines around the world…
Asia is driving sustained growth in nuclear power generation globally, according to a new report by the World Nuclear Association.
The WNA says that global nuclear generation increased in 2018 for…
Meru County is set to host Africa’s first hybrid renewable energy plant following the signing of a Sh15 billion deal.
The Kenyan Investment Authority (KenInvest) and the Meru County Government inked…