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12 03 2021 | 09:54

Conservation is failing communities who share space with wildlife.

We must address the needs of rural communities in Africa to help solve the continent’s human-elephant conflict. When we think of elephants, we may think: gentle giants, majestic, noble creatures.…

12 03 2021 | 09:54

The Texas blackouts showed how climate extremes threaten energy systems across the US.

Pundits and politicians have been quick to point fingers over the debacle in Texas that left millions without power or clean water during February’s deep freeze. Many have blamed the state’s …

12 03 2021 | 09:53

5 Black Heroes of the Environmental Movement.

From Greta Thunberg to Sir David Attenborough, the headline-grabbing climate change activists and environmentalists of today are predominantly white. But like many areas of society, those whose…

12 03 2021 | 09:53

Women must not be sidelined in climate crisis talks, says scientist Katharine Hayhoe.

The Independent speaks to Prof Hayhoe as she is appointed chief scientist of the Nature Conservancy, one of the world’s largest environmental organisations. More effort must be made to represent…

12 03 2021 | 09:50

OCEAN WINDS and TERNA ENERGY forge floating collaboration.

OCEAN WINDS (OW, a Joint Venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE) and TERNA ENERGY have signed a collaboration agreement to co-develop floating offshore wind projects in the Greek seas. OW and…

12 03 2021 | 09:49

Women have been hit hardest during the pandemic – here is my six-point plan to end systemic discrimination

The exclusion of women is a global emergency, but pandemic recovery offers a chance to chart a new and equal path. As the world marks International Women’s Day tomorrow in the midst of a global…

12 03 2021 | 09:43

Blue carbon: how three Australian marine sites lock away 2bn tonnes of CO2.

Greenhouse gas stored in country’s marine world heritage sites about same as four years of national emissions. Three of Australia’s world heritage-listed marine sites have more than 2bn tonnes of…

12 03 2021 | 09:36

UK Government urged to include aviation and shipping in net zero legislation.

The Aviation Environment Federation, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Green Alliance, Possible and Transport & Environment have written an open letter directly to Boris Johnson to urge the UK…

12 03 2021 | 09:33

Riskthinking.AI announces new global community advancing groundbreaking research ‘Climate Risk Labs’

Announcing Climate Risk Labs: A global community of experts advancing ground-breaking research and radical strategies for climate risk management. Riskthinking.AI has launched ClimateRiskLabs.org, a…

12 03 2021 | 09:30

ECB Is Said to Weigh Disclosing Climate Risk in Bond Programs.

The European Central Bank is strongly considering disclosing climate risks in its bond programs and will now focus on collecting the data that will help achieve that, according to officials familiar…

12 03 2021 | 09:25

100MW Kipeto wind farm connects to Kenya’s power grid.

Kipeto Energy Plc (KEP), today announced it has connected Kipeto wind farm to the national grid and will start generating power in the next week. KEP has connected a 17km (220KV) high voltage…

12 03 2021 | 09:24

Rare red sprite and blue jet create otherworldly light show above Hawaii.

Sprites and jets are fleeting atmospheric phenomena, hard enough to witness, let alone photograph.  But a new image from an observatory in Hawaii captures both a red sprite and a blue jet in the…

12 03 2021 | 09:23

'Biden must undo Trump's damaging decision on Western Sahara'

In August 2012, my daughter Mariah and I took part in an international human rights delegation trip to Western Sahara, where we met with hundreds and hundreds of victims of abuse. People there told…

12 03 2021 | 09:23

New EarthX Special 'Protecting the Amazon' Suggests Ways to Save the World’s Greatest Rainforest.

To save the planet, we must save the Amazon rainforest. To save the rainforest, we must save its indigenous peoples. And to do that, we must demarcate their land.

12 03 2021 | 09:15

‘Existential Threat to Our Survival’: See the 19 Australian Ecosystems Already Collapsing.

In 1992, 1,700 scientists warned that human beings and the natural world were "on a collision course." Seventeen years later, scientists described planetary boundaries within which humans and other…

12 03 2021 | 09:12

Kenyan farmers are turning crop-eating locusts into sustainable animal feed.

Laura Stanford says the project helps farmers turn a profit with the very thing that killed their crops When Laura Stanford heard stories from Kenyan farmers about the devastation that the locust…

12 03 2021 | 09:10

Climatologist Michael E Mann: 'Good people fall victim to doomism. I do too sometimes'.

The author and eminent climate scientist on the deniers’ new tactics and why positive change feels closer than it has done in 20 years.

12 03 2021 | 08:52

Oozing tendrils of lava spew from Mount Etna in spectacular nighttime photos.

Europe's most active volcano is having an epic couple of weeks. Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has been belching ash, smoke and lava over the Sicilian countryside for more than two weeks…

12 03 2021 | 08:51

Oil supermajors made $20.5 billion in 2020 but spent $49.9 billion to please investors

Five largest private-sector oil supermajors have dropped more than a half-trillion on shareholders over last decade The world’s five largest private-sector oil and gas companies collectively spent $…