Last year was the first time since 2001 that growth in renewable power capacity failed to increase year on year.
Statistics from International Energy Agency (IEA) reveal that new net capacity from…
MPs have warned that the UK must put climate change at the centre of their aid strategy.
In a new report, the International Development Committee has called for the UK government to set an example…
Investors want sustainable investments, but what are the criteria? The United Nations has guidance.
The United Nations Global Compact is a series of principles (Exhibit 1) that have become a…
Reaching the EU’s target of increasing renewable heating and cooling by 1.3% each year will require a diverse array of solutions, says the European Commission’s Hans van Steen.
Hans van Steen is…
With at least a billion people in developing countries facing serious risk as the climate warms, the 48 members of the Vulnerable Twenty Group of Ministers of Finance (V20) is introducing a new set…
Amid a global battle to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Turkey's emissions amounted to 526.3 million tons in 2017, according to TurkStat figures released Thursday
Turkey was one of the first…
In a joint report, coordinated by Wildlife and Countryside Link, 19 leading environment organisations call for an end to plastic pollution in the UK.
In order to save more than 4,000 billion pieces…
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday said his country "does not owe the world anything" when it comes to the environment.
The far right leader, who is critical of the Paris climate change…
Copenhagen, 3 April 2019 —With the urgency of climate action at an all-time high, global experts and leaders meeting in Copenhagen identified key immediate action areas to better serve both the world…
Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert?
Four hours east of Los Angeles, in a…
It takes Habiba Ali at least a three-hour drive to get to her customers – what energy experts would call ‘the last mile’. When she sets off from her base in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, it’s usually…
Not long before coal use is over, say analysts, while warning of possible resurgence in China.
The number of coal-fired power plants being developed around the world has collapsed in the last three…
The European Union decided to ban plastic consumer items including plates, cutlery and straws as of 2021 to help clean up oceans.
The prohibition on single-use plastics approved by the European…
Concessional finance can spur PV in developing countries, BloombergNEF says.
Cut-rate financing has the potential to substantially speed the transition from fossil-fuelled power generation to…
It's time to start planning for the 20th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET20)! This year's organizer and host is the Cyprus University of Technology, which has announced the Call for…
The European Union needs to revise its 2030 CO2 reduction target from 40% to 55% if it wants to meet the 1.5°C global warming objective of the Paris Agreement, says Joyce Msuya.
From global warming to over- and illegal fishing, the ocean on which Arctic communities are so heavily dependent is under threat like never before, delegates heard at the Arctic conference in Tromsø…
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