British Independent Power Producer (IPP) Globeleq is laying the foundation stone for its Menengai geothermal power plant in the Rift Valley in western Kenya. The facility will have a capacity of 35…
GULU, UGANDA —
The charcoal makers in the forests of northern Uganda fled into the bush, temporarily abandoning their precious handiwork: multiple heaps of timber yet to be processed.
The…
A poacher-turned-protector painstakingly works to conserve threatened sea turtles in Ivory Coast.
It’s nighttime at the Roc Dougbalé beach in Ivory Coast and Hie Amiral Picard is on turtle guard…
The Bureau of Meteorology this week declared a 70% chance of an El Niño developing this year. It’s bad timing for the electricity sector, and means Australians may face supply disruptions and more…
The unnerving sight of New York City’s skies turning a dystopian orange from wildfire smoke is just the latest in a barrage of recent distress signals that life in the US is starting to fray under…
One day in 1986, Caroline Lucas went looking for the Green party headquarters, finding them in a “shoe box” on Clapham High Street in south London, and immediately signed up as a member.
The climate crisis is leading to more turbulence during flights, driving up costs and increasing the risks for passengers and crew, according to new research.
The study found that warmer air, caused…
Greenhouse gas emissions have reached an all-time high, threatening to push the world into “unprecedented” levels of global heating, scientists have warned.
The world is rapidly running out of “…
It was a sight all too familiar to Californians: orange skies and thick smoke blanketing the sky, emitting the eerily out-of-place smell of a campfire.
But this time the scenes were in New York City…
In a tweet on Thursday, US vice-president Kamala Harris said that the Canadian wildfires and subsequent smoke haze shrouding many east coast states “are intensifying because of the climate crisis…
Airlines took aim at Europe over green fuel mandates and its failures to stem France’s air traffic control strikes as they weigh on carrier capacities at a global airlines meeting in Istanbul on…
A natural weather event known as El Niño has begun in the Pacific Ocean, likely adding heat to a planet already warming under climate change.
US scientists confirmed that El Niño had started.…
Intense wildfires are blazing across Canada with thousands evacuated and smoke blown as far south as the US state of Georgia, creating hazardous air quality for millions.
Canada is projected to see…
An army of fake social media accounts on Twitter and the blogging site Medium have been promoting and defending the controversial hosting of a UN climate summit by the United Arab Emirates.
Firefighters will deploy new techniques learnt in the world's worst wildfire hotspots as climate change raises the risk level in the UK this summer.
Last year's heatwaves saw thousands of fires…
Labour has rowed back on its pledge to invest £28bn a year in green industries if it wins power, saying it needs to be "responsible" with the public finances.
In 2021 Labour promised to spend £28bn…
A proposed EU-wide ban on new fossil heating systems as of 2029 is hanging in the balance as a German spat over boilers spilled over into Brussels, presenting European Commission President Ursula von…
Carbon dioxide emissions from energy use in the European Union fell by 2.8% last year, thanks to reduced use of natural gas following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Eurostat reported on Friday (9 June…
China is strategically far better prepared when it comes to the Green transition and has an edge of at least 15 years when it comes to the mining and processing of critical raw materials that will…