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In 2015, Parties to the UNFCCC adopted the Paris Agreement, to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping the global temperature rise this century well below 2°C above…
Removing CO2 from air will likely be needed if the world is to meet its climate goals, writes Daisy Dunne, but our options for achieving ‘negative emissions’ each come with a unique set of challenges.
As the climate crisis escalates, some have called for more research into technologies that could reflect away the sun’s rays in order to limit temperature rise. Daisy Dunne looks at the technical,…
Why Joe Biden needs to restore shareholder democracy in the US.
We can’t waste any more time addressing the global warming issue we’re facing. The amount of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere…
Cross-party committee says deprived groups contribute least but suffer most from dirty air.
The government must set tough new air pollution targets to reduce the stark health inequalities suffered…
Over recent months Raja, a farmer in India's Tamil Nadu state, has had a change of routine.
Every few days, the 53-year-old leaves his 30-acre (12-hectare) farm in the Villupuram district — where he…
Η αναπτυξιακή κατεύθυνση σε παγκόσμιο επίπεδο είναι βαθιά συνδεδεμένη με τον ενεργειακό μετασχηματισμό και την απεξάρτηση από τα ορυκτά καύσιμα.
Ειδικότερα στην Ευρώπη, η «πράσινη μετάβαση» είναι ο…
Smart, activist states could prove as effective at handling the biodiversity crisis as they have at tackling the pandemic
Let’s be honest: few government-commissioned reports make a real difference…
Carbon emission cuts need to be about 80 per cent more ambitious to stay below 2 degree Celsius global warming -- considered a threshold for climate stability and climate-related risks such as…
Experts have described the coronavirus pandemic as the kind of crisis that will become even more likely as the planet warms. But now, researchers think that climate change may have actually played a…
Setting out to rebut defeatist and cynical claims that transitioning the entire global energy system to 100% renewables by 2035 is infeasible, a group of dozens of leading scientists from around the…
Analysis: What policies do we need to see implemented by politicians, what actions from business, what changes in our own everyday lives? Ben Chu explains
The fossil fuel giants need to find new ways to reduce emissions, generate growth and maintain their share price.
The world’s biggest oil companies are no stranger to UK waters, but by the end of…
In rural Alabama where Martin Luther King marched for civil rights, Flowers has waged a long fight for environmental justice.
Catherine Flowers stumbled upon the defining cause of her life by…
Benchmark prices of European Union carbon permits rose above 40 euros per tonne for the first time on Thursday morning, exposing polluters to the highest prices in the carbon market’s 16-year history…
Τον τελευταίο καιρό, και ιδίως μετά την εκρηκτική αύξηση των αιτήσεων για κατασκευή νέων φωτοβολταϊκών σταθμών σε όλη τη χώρα, έχουν εκφραστεί ανησυχίες για το κατά πόσο η ανάπτυξη αυτή είναι συμβατή…
In the dusty, windswept lands of Niger, there once stood a lonely acacia tree. Caravans passed beneath its spiky branches — the last stop before the endless sea of sand. Known as the Tree of Ténéré…
New measures of success needed to avoid catastrophic breakdown, landmark review finds.
The world is being put at “extreme risk” by the failure of economics to take account of the rapid depletion of…
Having a home flooded may cause post-traumatic stress disorder and extreme heat inflates risk of heart disease, researchers say.
More than 12 million people in the UK face serious health problems –…