Country will need to kick addiction to coal and build eye-watering amount of wind and solar capacity.
China’s President Xi Jinping stunned climate action observers in a speech at the United Nations…
Australia’s major scientific research organisation, the CSIRO, has turned to solar to power its operations in Victoria, NSW and the ACT, via a long term energy contract with the Ross Garnaut-led…
The House of Representatives passed a sweeping bill to boost clean energy while phasing out the use of coolants in air conditioners and refrigerators that are known pollutants and contribute to the …
Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global data shows.
Two in five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of the…
France, Germany and UK among more than 60 countries promising to put wildlife and climate at heart of post-Covid recovery plans.
World leaders have pledged to clamp down on pollution, embrace…
A new report by research agency Wood Mackenzie’s has estimated that the global energy storage capacity additions could grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 31 percent, recording 741…
12 cities have made a pledge to divest from fossil fuel companies as part of their commitment to accelerating a green and just recovery from COVID-19.
Cities sign on to a new declaration committing…
Triple-digit temperatures could spark new fires just a few weeks after a record heatwave.
California is bracing for another dangerously warm weekend, with dry winds, parched vegetation, and triple-…
The species is among 28 animals being assessed for potential upgrade of their threat status, federal government says.
The koala is being considered for official listing as endangered after the…
Hanako, a female Asian elephant, lived in a tiny concrete enclosure at Japan’s Inokashira Park Zoo for more than 60 years, often in chains, with no stimulation. In the wild, elephants live in herds,…
The question framed the existence of a human-made climate crisis as something that is for some Americans still debatable.
The long-awaited climate question in last night’s presidential debate broke…
This week marks the official start of fall, but longer nights and colder days can make it harder to spend time outdoors. Luckily, there are several inspiring environmental films that can be streamed…
After decades on the political periphery, the climate movement is entering the mainstream in 2020, with young leaders at the fore. The Sunrise Movement now includes more than 400 local groups …
For many Mozambicans, the Hulene dump, in Maputo, is a rescue resource to which they desperately resort in order to survive and support their families.
It is the largest dump in the country and has…
Lake Chad is an extremely shallow water body in the Sahel. It was once the world’s sixth largest inland water body with an open water area of 25,000 km2 in the 1960s, it shrunk dramatically at the…
Greta Thunberg leads protests as Covid rules restrict numbers compared with last year.
School pupils, youth activists and communities around the world have turned out for a day of climate strikes,…