The UN says locusts in Ethiopia have damaged 200,000 hectares of cropland, as region braces for new swarms.
Some one million people in Ethiopia require emergency food aid after swarms of desert…
Royal Dutch Shell, one of the worlds largest emitters, has announced plans to become a net-zero emissions business by 2050 or sooner.
According to a report by the Guardian, Shell is the seventh…
Witnesses accuse government of covering up severity of blaze near site of nuclear disaster.
Wildfires in Ukraine have spread to just over a mile from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and a…
Virginia’s governor has signed into law targets for over 21GW of renewable generation and more than 3GW of energy storage as part of new measures which will require electricity to come from 100%…
The recent oil price shock brought on by the coronavirus epidemic may slow down investment in low-carbon assets by the integrated majors, but it will not stop Total SA from transitioning into a…
Sooner or later animals were going to notice that the humans had disappeared and in South Africa's Kruger National Park lions have been taking advantage.
Park ranger Richard Sowry was out on patrol…
It will be built across 40,000 square meters of water
Located in the Indian Ocean archipelago, and with a population of just 25,400 souls, Seychelles is putting together the world’s largest floating…
Whitehaven Coal shares slumped on Thursday after the miner downgraded its coal sales target for the second time in five months and ruled out investments in coal mine expansions this year amid…
As power cuts take their toll on Zimbabwe’s economy, private companies are finding innovative solutions to keep their businesses going.
The whirring sound of a diesel generator starts another day…
Heavy goods vehicle traffic is responsible for six per cent of the CO2 emissions in the EU. Solar electricity generated directly on the vehicle can improve this balance.
Bolsonaro’s popularity has fallen during the coronavirus crisis, with a growing number of Brazilians angered by his stance toward a disease he calls a “little cold.
Brazilian President Jair…
Thousands of swallows and swifts migrating from Africa to Europe have been left dead by high winds battering Greece, bird watchers say.
The birds have been found in the streets of Athens, on…
Reduction of 5% would represent biggest drop in demand for industry on record
Global carbon emissions from the fossil fuel industry could fall by a record 2.5bn tonnes this year, a reduction of 5%,…
The Covid-19 pandemic is a harbinger of climate disasters to come and the resilience we need to build into our systems.
Recovery from coronavirus must reckon with climate change. The current and…
Big things are happening in California this week. In the political sphere, Gov. Gavin Newsom is invoking the powers of a “nation-state” to provide life-saving medical supplies that the federal…
Chile, which presided over the last round of climate talks, has joined only a handful of nations by publishing a more ambitious climate action plan for coming years.
Megan Darby reported on the news…
The European Commission should make its future pandemic recovery plan conditional on commitments to the green transition, says Bendt Bendtsen, a former MEP who is now leading a Danish interest group…
Florida Power & Light Co. no longer wants to own part of the nation’s largest operating coal-fired power plant.
FPL, the state’s largest electric company, told utility regulators in the Sunshine…