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05 04 2019 | 09:46

King Felipe VI of Spain: wind energy is transforming Spain and Europe.

His Majesty King Felipe VI of Spain made an official visit to the

05 04 2019 | 09:14

Mosquito-spread diseases may endanger millions in new places due to climate change.

Study finds that places where people have never had the diseases could see bad outbreaks if they aren’t prepared. Half a billion more people could be at risk from mosquito-transmitted diseases…

05 04 2019 | 08:52

Don't know how to save the planet? This is what you can do

Should we become vegetarians? Is it OK to fly? The author of There Is No Planet B, A Handbook for the Make or Break Years, answers the big questions.

02 04 2019 | 13:13

New Energy Tech Is Hot Among Billionaires.

Billionaires are spending more on renewable energy, storage, and battery technology. A group of them even set up a US$1-billion fund, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, to encourage research in these…

02 04 2019 | 07:00

Nine Million Canadians Cite Climate as vote-determining issue.

Nearly eight million Canadians are “extremely” worried about climate change, and nine million see it as their top or top two vote-determining issue in this year’s federal election, but that concern…

01 04 2019 | 16:41

Stiglitz urges joint EU-China trade sanctions against the US on climate change.

Nobel Prize laureate Joseph Stiglitz has called on Europe and China to join forces against the United States at the WTO, saying America has become a “free-rider” on climate change under the Trump…

01 04 2019 | 15:53

The Drilldown: Google, GM, major firms join forces to push renewables purchasing.

The Lead On Thursday Google, General Motors and other major players announced a new venture that aims to ease the path to clean energy for businesses. With increasing consumer calls for wind and…

31 03 2019 | 07:50

Global conference aims to link climate action, sustainable development agendas more closely.

Experts, leaders gather in Copenhagen to promote ambitious action while ensuring no one is left behind.

30 03 2019 | 07:43

UN report: Extreme weather hit 62 million people in 2018.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United Nations’ weather agency says extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made climate change worsened. The…

30 03 2019 | 05:44

Mozambique confirms first cholera cases in wake of Cyclone Idai.

Five cases have been confirmed in the badly damaged port city of Beira, according to health officials. Mozambique said five cases of cholera had been confirmed around the badly damaged port city of…

29 03 2019 | 07:11

Coal, oil, and natural gas demand hits record high in 2018.

If the world is going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, we need to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. Last year, we took another lurching step toward planetary catastrophe. Demand…

27 03 2019 | 06:58

Mongolia: A toxic warning to the world.

All over the world cities are grappling with apocalyptic air pollution but the capital of Mongolia is suffering from some of the worst in the world. And the problem is intrinsically linked to…

26 03 2019 | 07:34

Greens demand ExxonMobil lobbyists be removed from European parliament.

Greens in the European Parliament have demanded that access badges of ExxonMobil lobbyists be removed. The call comes as representatives of the oil giant refuse to attend a public hearing in the…

25 03 2019 | 15:30

Africa Climate Week Signals Continent’s Huge Investment Opportunity

UN Climate Change News, Accra, 20 March 2019 – The high-level segment of the Africa Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, got firmly underway this morning with the official opening ceremony at the capital’s…

24 03 2019 | 08:40

Cyclone Idai: How the storm tore into southern Africa.

Aid agencies are scrambling to reach survivors of Cyclone Idai, which swept through Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe last week, destroying towns and villages in its path. Hundreds of people have been…

23 03 2019 | 10:00

There’s bipartisan support for a fee on carbon emissions. Americans would reap the dividends.

Congress has found a simple, fair, and effective bipartisan climate solution. On Jan. 24, these U.S. representatives — Ted Deutch, D-Florida; Francis Rooney, R-Florida; Judy Chu, D-California;…

22 03 2019 | 20:01

1.7M Cyclone Survivors Face Hunger, Disease in Southern Africa.

Hundreds of thousands of people scrambled for shelter, food and water across a swathe of southern Africa Friday after a cyclone killed hundreds and swept away homes and roads, as survivors face a…

22 03 2019 | 18:33

Top Global Fossils Spent $1 Billion Since Paris to Lobby Against Climate Action!

The world’s five biggest publicly-traded fossil companies have spent more than US$1 billion in shareholders’ money to lobby against climate action in the years since the Paris Agreement was signed,…

22 03 2019 | 12:26

UNFCCC 25th Anniversary: Climate Action is More Urgent than Ever.

UN Climate Change News, 21 March 2019 - Today marks a special day in the history of global climate action: It marks the day when the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) first came into…

22 03 2019 | 10:45

Donald Trump’s solar and wind power criticism slammed by scientists: ‘Trump is a dangerous, evil clown’

Scientists responded angrily to President Donald Trump’s anti-renewable energy claim that people would have to turn off their TV sets if there wasn’t enough wind to power turbines.