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Drop in emissions this year is a ‘tiny blip’ in buildup of greenhouse gases, UN agency says. Climate-heating gases have reached record levels in the atmosphere despite the global lockdowns caused by…

Most Britons see their car as more important now and would not choose greener alternative. The pandemic has put back attitudes to driving versus public transport by two decades, with almost two-…

With the International Energy Agency publishing its latest five-year clean energy forecast today, pv magazine takes a look at the solar content of the 162-page document.

Exclusive: analysis finds countries pouring money into fossil fuels to fight recession The prospect of a global green recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is hanging in the balance, as countries…

At least $170 billion of public money has been pledged to fossil fuel-intensive sectors since the start of the pandemic. The Paris Agreement demonstrates the world uniting to fight climate change;…

Two years after construction kicked-off, Kangnas Wind Farm achieved commercial operations on 15 November 2020, making it the first bid window four wind farm, in the Northern Cape, to come on stream…

The bushfires and the plague are symptoms of something momentous unfolding on Earth – an acceleration of our impact on nature.

The nineteenth and twentieth meetings of the Council will be held virtually on 3rd and 4th of November.

The giant land is the only place on Earth not touched by Covid. A British team is on a mission to protect it while also doing vital research Rothera on Adelaide Island, the British Antarctic Survey…

Evidence is now strong enough that preventive action should be taken, scientists say. A small rise in people’s long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with an 11% increase in deaths from…

How US President Donald Trump and his administration have silenced scientists, meddled in their reports and ignored their advice.

Covid measures to encourage cycling and walking in UK cities should have been a victory for the environment and wellbeing. So why are communities so divided?

In April, the price of oil turned negative for the first time in history, just after the coronavirus pandemic hit. As lockdowns were ordered across the world, demand for black gold plummeted,…

International Energy Agency expects green electricity to end coal’s 50-year reign by 2025. Global renewable electricity installation will hit a record level in 2020, according to the International…

The outskirts of Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is under siege by swarms of locusts that officials fear will ruin vegetation and potentially impact tourism.  The locusts arrived outside Mogadishu on…

In wake of Covid, leading figures call for bold green measures to boost economy. World leaders are running out of time to forge a green recovery from the Covid-19 crisis, with only a year to go…

Escaping the ‘Era of Pandemics’: Experts Warn Worse Crises to Come /Options Offered to Reduce Risk   

Announcement follows record quarterly loss of $680m, its third quarterly deficit in a row. ExxonMobil has warned it may write down the value of its US shale assets by up to $30bn (£23.2bn) following…

‘If you're faced with a crisis of the proportion of the epidemic they're facing, it's difficult to lift your eyes from immediate problems’ Sir David Attenborough has said the global focus on the …

The need to respond to climate change is triggering perhaps the largest and fastest economic transition since the Industrial Revolution. The need to respond to climate change is triggering perhaps…