Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C.
Like every Athens mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis is acutely aware of the illustrious heritage of one of the world’…
Exclusive: World must ‘drastically’ cut back on fossil fuels if serious about meeting climate goals, says Dr Fatih Birol
Quitting coal-fired power is the “single most important” step the world must…
Sometimes realisation comes in a blinding flash. Blurred outlines snap into shape and suddenly it all makes sense. Underneath such revelations is typically a much slower-dawning process. Doubts at…
Exclusive: Government’s policy to end overseas fossil fuel projects is ‘rhetoric over substance’, says Labour
The UK’s pledge to end support for fossil fuels overseas is at risk of being undermined…
Financial support for Africa to adapt to climate change is crucial, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said as he addressed an online dialogue for leaders convened by the African Development Bank…
About 31,800 battery electric cars were sold in Britain in first three months of 2021.
The UK overtook France to become Europe’s second largest electric car market in the first quarter of the year,…
Environmental design is becoming more and more relevant as we feel the effects of climate change on our planet. Artists, architects, and other designers are finding new ways to consider the impact of…
Tehran, 1943: Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill – hosted by the young Shah Reza Pahlavi – agree on plans for the two-front attack on Hitler while sketching out the east-west…
The world is currently on track for around a three degree temperature rise by the end of the century (Photo: United Nations Photo)
Leaders of the world's biggest economies joined US president Joe…
In the lead-up to a byelection, residents express outrage about decision, saying, ‘It’s not an expansion, it’s a whole new pit’.
A coalmine in the Upper Hunter Valley has been given approval to…
Shifting economics and the evolution of design and technology considerations have changed the case for modern wind powered ships, says Kenneth Goh, GM of Knud E. Hansen A/S, Australia.
Massive…
In celebration of Earth Day 2021, Marialena Nikolopoulou, Professor of Sustainable Architecture in the School of Architecture and Planning shares her thoughts on the role the built environment sector…
One of the most distinguishable features of the COVID-19 era is the public, everyday use of personal protective equipment (PPE), mainly in the form of disposable face masks and latex gloves. And…
Exclusive: Melt of glaciers in the Himalayas and South America could threaten water supply of hundreds of millions of people, says leading glaciologist Prof Jemma Wadham
The rapid retreat of …
For decades, the frozen Arctic was little more than a footnote in global economic competition, but that’s changing as its ice melts with the warming climate.
Exclusive: Shadow business secretary calls for the UK to ‘reckon’ with fossil fuels as The Independent launches campaign for greater action on climate.
The world’s recovery from Covid-19 must not be…
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