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05 08 2024 | 07:58

‘Smarter money’ is the key that will unlock the promise of Africa and the Caribbean

Fishing vessels damaged by Hurricane Beryl in Barbados. Climate crisis-induced natural disasters are disproportionately affecting the Caribbean and Africa. Photograph: Ricardo Mazalán/AP

05 08 2024 | 07:56

Military spending in DRC and South Sudan rose fastest in the world: society ends up paying the price

Photo by Arlette Bashizi/AFP via Getty Images Global military expenditure is dominated by the United States and China, with 49% of total spending between them. According to the most recent report by…

05 08 2024 | 07:55

Rebuilding Kenya Stronger: Here's What's Needed to Rebound After Catastrophic Floods

Cover Image by: James Wakibia/SOPA Images/Sipa USA/Alamy Live News In Kenya and throughout East Africa, flooding this past April and May wreaked havoc, leaving a path of deadly destruction. The…

05 08 2024 | 07:52

Utah’s Great Salt Lake rings climate alarm bells over release of 4.1m tons of carbon dioxide

The Great Salt Lake, near Salt Lake City, Utah, has lost more than 70% of its water. Photograph: Rick Bowmer/AP For years, scientists and environmental leaders have been raising alarm that the Great…

05 08 2024 | 07:50

Zambia asks mines to curtail normal power use by 40% amid crunch

Zambia has asked mining companies in Africa’s second-biggest copper producer to double their power-saving efforts to 40% of normal demand, as the worst drought in decades saps hydroelectric…

05 08 2024 | 07:50

Nigerian Regulator Says Dangote Seeking Import Ban on Diesel

Aliko Dangote has asked Nigeria to suspend imports of diesel and aviation fuel in a move that would hand his refinery a monopoly on their sale, the head of the country’s regulatory agency said.

05 08 2024 | 07:48

China sees highest number of significant floods since records began

This aerial photo taken on 28 July shows a flood-affected village following heavy rains caused by typhoon Gaemi in Zixing, in central China's Hunan province. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Halfway…

05 08 2024 | 07:48

Spiro receives Museveni’s support to launch its e-mobility activities in Uganda

Electromobility company Spiro has added Uganda to its list of countries of operation. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni took part in the launch of the company's activities, which focus on marketing…

05 08 2024 | 07:43

Harris is ‘perfect person’ to prosecute big oil, climate advocates say

Workers clean Huntington Beach after an oil spill in California on 5 October 2021. Photograph: Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images If elected president, Kamala Harris should take on the…

05 08 2024 | 07:38

Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?

Palm oil is one of the most used vegetable oils in the world and is 

05 08 2024 | 07:37

Sizzling sidewalks, unshaded playgrounds pose risk for surface burns over searing Southwest summer

Ron Falk lost his right leg, had extensive skin grafting on the left one and is still recovering a year after collapsing on the searing asphalt outside a Phoenix convenience store where he stopped…

05 08 2024 | 07:28

Five Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for climbing gantries to block M25

L-R: Theresa Higginson, George Simonson, Gaie Delap, Paul Sousek and Paul Bell, who have been jailed, and Daniel Johnson, who received a suspended sentence. Photograph: Just Stop Oil Five supporters…

05 08 2024 | 07:24

Antarctic temperatures rise 10C above average in near record heatwave

Ground temperatures across great swathes of the ice sheets of Antarctica have soared an average of 10C above normal over the past month, in what has been described as a near record heatwave. While…

03 08 2024 | 05:54

GWEC founder Arthouros Zervos dies after short illness

Arthouros Zervos founded GWEC in 2005 and served as its first president for five years between 2005 and 2010.  GWEC said he passed away on yesterday (29 July) in Athens.  Zervos headed the European…

29 07 2024 | 21:13

Nigerian refineries lost $1.8 billion to oil theft in nine years

Nigeria lost 619.7 million barrels of oil valued at $46.16 billion over a 12-year period. Nigeria lost $1.84 billion of petroleum products from its refineries over nine years Between 2009 and…

29 07 2024 | 09:42

UK government faces claim over alleged failure to protect people in climate crisis

Photograph: Doug Paulley, pictured at home in West Yorkshire, called for ‘a new adaptation programme that recognises the acute threat disabled people face’. credit: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian…

29 07 2024 | 09:42

Kamala Harris could set ‘new high bar for climate ambition’, advocates say

Kamala Harris has a strong record on the environment that will provide a vivid contrast with Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescind climate change policies should he return to the White House,…

29 07 2024 | 09:40

UAE’s ALTÉRRA invests in fund backing fossil gas despite “climate solutions” pledge

Photograph: COP28 President Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber and ALTÉRRA CEO Majid Al Suwaidi attend a plenary meeting at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

29 07 2024 | 09:35

Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests

World temperature records were shattered on Sunday on what may be the hottest day scientists have ever logged, data suggests.

29 07 2024 | 09:32

Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

A surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a…