2020 was one of the three hottest years on record, marked by wildfires, droughts, floods and melting glaciers, a United Nations report said on Monday, prompting the U.N. Secretary-General to say the…
Researchers suggest ‘targeted reintroductions of species’ to improve situation.
Only 3 per cent of the world’s land remains ecologically intact, according to a new study which suggests damage to…
Top Climate Economist Lord Stern Will Say Achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050 is the Growth Story of the 21st Century.
We Don’t Have Time, Exponential Roadmap Initiative and Grantham Institute,…
As the climate emergency deepens, each successive Earth Day takes on a greater urgency in the fight against the global crisis.
Celebrated every year on April 22, the international day of…
Legendary naturalist explores lockdown’s influence on the environment in new documentary.
Sir David Attenborough has said that human beings have a duty to remember that we are “intruders” and “…
Leicester East member earns £81,000 a year plus expenses – and continued claiming councillor’s allowance even after becoming MP
A suspended Labour MP has said the “rich must be abolished” to combat …
The water contains more radioactive material than the plant's managers previously stated.
Japan's government announced on Tuesday (April 13) that it will dump more than a million tons of…
“Convective” storms cause some of Earth’s most dramatic weather, including extreme rainfall, hail, lightning and severe wind gusts. Along with lighting up the skies, these storms frequently cause…
Climate change, the coronavirus pandemic, and growing inequality will exacerbate global volatility over the coming decades, a report by top U.S. intelligence officials released Thursday warns.
Action on the climate crisis must come with a social contract to protect the poor and vulnerable.
As a climate policy researcher, I am often asked: what is the biggest obstacle to decarbonisation?…
Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four times as high as the payoff required from renewable energy projects to justify the risk of investing in fossil…
Further reliance on coal and LNG will lead to ever larger and unsustainable fossil fuel subsidies.
“Gas is over”, proclaimed chief of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Werner Hoyer, at the…
Over the last few decades, African governments have removed restrictions on and privatised their mining industries, attracting significant foreign direct investment.
A farmer in Zimbabwe shares how an Oxfam initiative helped build resilience against the effects of changing rainfall patterns.
Sarah, 55, is a farmer in Nyanyadzi, Chimanimani, Zimbabwe. For nearly…
African nations aim to double funding for climate change adaptation projects to $25 billion over five years as they look to foster a green recovery from the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus…
Kenya has given an ultimatum to the UN refugee agency to present a plan over the closure of the Dadaab and Kakuma camps housing more than 400,000 people.
Terrifying, shocking, a rejection of…
A pair of Indigenous land defenders locked themselves to equipment at a fossil fuel pumping station in British Columbia on Saturday, vowing to continue resisting a government-owned oil pipeline that…
Rejection comes as company criticised over plans to split its business in two as part of a move to clean up its emissions profile.
The Victorian government has rejected on environmental grounds a…