Meeting the EU’s proposed new climate targets for 2030 will require a “transformation” of the bloc’s energy system, with a renewed focus on renewables and further efforts to cut fossil fuels in…
Ugandans have always eaten a lot of bananas. Now a local start-up reckons it can extract even more value from overlooked parts of the crop.
TexFad is using natural banana fibre to produce…
Could climate change be the next big James Bond mission and villain?
MI6 will begin monitoring other countries to ensure they are playing fair on their climate commitment pledges.
Industry-led and UN-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance also announced today, co-launched by the UNEP Finance Initiative and the Financial Services Taskforce of the Sustainable Markets Initiative
In India, poor and marginalized communities face the dual challenges of low socioeconomic development and extreme vulnerability to climate change. Although there have been significant improvements in…
UK government to set in law world’s most ambitious climate change target, cutting emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels
for the first time, UK’s sixth Carbon Budget will incorporate…
Globally, only one in 50 new cars were fully electric in 2020, and one in 14 in the UK. Sounds impressive, but even if all new cars were electric now, it would still take 15-20 years to replace the…
The last in our series where we explore the role the continent has to play in delivering net zero
Welcome to our new podcast series, Gaia Says No! – Africa, where we will explore the role the…
Burkina Faso intends to be a pioneer in the development of micro-irrigation.
This agricultural method aims to bring water to the foot of the plant, which is usually drip-fed, through a surface or…
European Union negotiators reached a deal on the European Climate Law after 14 hours of talks on Wednesday (21 April), allowing the EU to go into this week’s US-hosted climate summit with an…
The World Bank Group’s MIGA has issued guarantees of up to $37.1 million to the African Infrastructure Investment Fund 3 (AIIF3) to cover the fund’s equity and quasi-equity/shareholder loan…
Friends,
Thank you, President Biden, for bringing us together to focus on the existential threat of climate change.
Mother Nature is not waiting.
The past decade was the hottest on record…
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?…
One of the major factors hindering productivity within Africa’s agricultural sector is the use of outdated production technologies and practices. This is where companies like Farmforte come in, by…
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…
JOHANNESBURG - A pandemic has blanketed the planet. Economies have cratered. Across the world, people are scared, anxious and unsteady about the future.
And you want to talk about climate change…
Aviva has launched the Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund, an actively managed equity fund for workplace pension schemes that invests in the shares of companies globally who are…
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