Research finds almost two-thirds of older people want UK government to move faster on green initiatives.
The majority of over-50s believe the UK government should be doing more to address the…
European power companies could be burdened with debt and face credit rating downgrades if they fail to take action to reach climate neutrality by the middle of the century, a new study says.
The…
Wildfires burn millions of acres of land every year, leaving changed landscapes that are prone to flooding. Less well known is that these already vulnerable regions can also intensify and in some…
Models suggest that distortions in polar-vortex winds can send chilly air hurtling southwards. But some climate scientists remain unconvinced.
Recent spells of unusually cold winter weather in the…
Livestock companies with large emissions receive billions of dollars in funding, campaigners say
Twenty livestock companies are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than either Germany,…
In 2015, representatives from 196 nations and territories gathered in Paris to create a landmark plan to mitigate climate change. Is it enough?
In 2015, representatives from 196 nations and…
Humans are unequivocally warming the planet, and that’s triggering rapid changes in the atmosphere, oceans and polar regions, and increasing extreme weather around the world, the Intergovernmental…
Coastal areas in lower latitudes likely to be worst affected
Extreme sea level events will become 100 times more frequent by 2100 across many parts of the world as a result of rising global…
ShareAction says lack of plans to tackle climate crisis and biodiversity loss casts doubts on banking’s sustainability pledges.
Europe’s 25 largest banks are still failing to present comprehensive…
Environmental activists demand delay to Glasgow climate talks if costs and travel restrictions block attendance of those worst-hit
The Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow should be postponed until the…
Conservations call for the impacts of climate change to be considered more closely.
North Atlantic right whales are now a critically endangered species after the population plummeted due to warming…
Lizard species placed on endangered list
The world’s largest lizard is in danger of extinction as rising water levels are shrinking its natural habitat.
‘We’re not sure what the other ecological consequences of these changes are’, scientist warns
Climate change could be causing animals around the world to grow larger ears, beaks and tails, according…
Swiss scientists develop prototype ‘nanogenerator’ that produces renewable energy when trodden on
Scientists have developed technology that can turn footsteps into electricity.
By tapping into an…
Operators say the Orca plant can suck 4,000 tonnes of CO2 out of the air every year and inject it deep into the ground to be mineralised.
The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide…
Study finds agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security
Wild relatives of some of the world’s most important crops,…
Clean Energy Council report shows the average quarterly investment in new renewable energy capacity is 70 % below 2018 levels.
Investment in new large-scale solar and windfarms and the number of…
If massive public investment in renewable energy were only enough on its own to draw average global warming down to 3.5°C, but fossil fuel and methane reductions brought the world within reach of 1.5…
In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be the fastest-…
Afghanistan's only girls' boarding school has evacuated dozens of students and staff to Rwanda, the president of the privately-run institution said Tuesday.
The move came days after the Taliban…