The Netherlands has almost the same amount of solar generating capacity as the whole continent of Africa. That must be, in part, because the interest on a loan to set up a windfarm in Africa is about…
Half of the US population has faced an extreme weather alert since 1 May and many more are likely to face risks from wildfires, flooding, tropical storms and extreme heat as summer begins.
The Union…
The England and Australia squads were warned this week about the danger of Just Stop Oil activists attempting to disrupt the second Ashes Test, with representatives of the England and Wales Cricket…
The Climate Change (Amendment) Bill, 2023 has been proposed in Kenya to incorporate carbon markets and participation in them as a way to enhance response to climate change.
The EU needs to accelerate the implementation of the European Green Deal if it is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, according to a new flagship report released on Monday (26 June).
The first…
Hoarding during the Covid-19 pandemic underlined just how important loo roll is to the British public. But working from home had another unexpected effect: less waste paper from offices, which means…
Africa’s growing population desperately needs clean, modern energy in the home. Currently, more than 900 million people, 85% of the region’s population, still rely on solid biomass fuel (like wood…
The future of Spain’s nuclear power industry hinges on next month’s election, with the opposition party that now leads the polls campaigning to extend the use of the plants that the government wants…
Electricity from a new onshore windfarm could be used to power the biggest undeveloped oilfield in the North Sea, campaigners are warning, ahead of an imminent decision over whether to approve the…
UN climate talks this year might skirt the vital question of whether and how to phase out fossil fuels, as nations have not yet agreed to discuss the issue, one of the top officials hosting the talks…
Hundreds of protesters marched to the Home Office on Saturday demanding deportation proceedings be called off for an environmental activist imprisoned for scaling the Dartford Crossing.
The UK government is under attack for investing taxpayers’ money in fossil fuel companies, a hospital in Kenya accused of imprisoning patients who couldn’t pay for treatment, and a business in the…
An alarming number of Nigerians — approximately 25.3 million — are in danger of acute food insecurity during the next few months, according to a recent report from the United Nations’ Food and…
Earlier this month, the UN announced it will require fossil fuel lobbyists to identify themselves as such when registering for the Cop28 climate summit.
Fruit growers in the UK are already seeing less yield and lower-quality produce because of the loss of insects, scientists have told MPs, warning that a further loss of pollinators could have “…
The European Commission approved France’s reviewed Recovery and Resilience Plan on Monday, which includes an extra €2.8 billion from the REPowerEU plan to help finance France’s thermal renovation of…
Rising sea levels already pose an existential threat to the populations of Tuvalu, Kiribati, the Marshall Islands and other low-lying Pacific atolls. In these places, however, it is not just homes,…
The federal government knew wharves at the proposed “sustainable” Middle Arm development on Darwin harbour would be used for gas export, documents released under freedom of information show.
The government’s plans to hit net zero have been comprehensively criticised in a withering report by its own advisers that says targets are being missed on nearly every front.
Fewer homes were…
One hundred innovative solutions for Europe’s ecological transition, which include a vegetable-based lamp, AI to combat food waste and a wind turbine covered with tensioned textile, will be presented…