Moody’s forecasts $121 billion of sustainability bonds, $375 billion of green bonds and $150 billion of social bonds in 2021.
Global issuance of sustainable bonds will hit a record of $650 billion…
BP, Heathrow and Jaguar Land Rover are among the companies represented in new business council launched by Boris Johnson.
The government is facing criticism for including big polluters over green…
Warming of oceans due to greenhouse gas absorption may accelerate rise to beyond 1 metre by 2100.
Rising sea levels seem one of the more distant threats of the climate emergency, unless you live in…
New research shows global warming caused by human activity is to blame for a shrinking Andean glacier that threatens to flood 120,000 people and could be used to establish legal liability for…
To safeguard climate targets’ integrity against greenwashing measures, transparent rules should be in place, write Vlasios Oikonomou and Haris Doukas.
Vlasios Oikonomou is the managing director at…
Tipping points could fundamentally disrupt the planet and produce abrupt change in the climate.
A mass methane release could put us on an irreversible path to full land-ice melt, causing sea…
Iceberg A68a was once large enough to hold the five boroughs of New York five times over; now, it's shattering like a broken window.
The world's largest iceberg has shattered into a dozen pieces,…
Aviva Investors has announced its Climate Engagement Escalation Programme, focused on its investments in 30 ‘Systemically Important Carbon Emitters’.
The investment firm has announced a new climate…
Big companies and lenders ‘failing to halt loss of vital tree cover’, contributing to nature and climate crises.
Shoppers are unknowingly fuelling the destruction of tropical rainforests, as…
Airlines could significantly reduce their fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions if planes become more efficient at riding the wind, a new study in the UK found. This would also directly…
Accurate monitoring is essential if we’re to save the species’, researcher says.
Scientists have been able to identify Elephants from space for the first time - technology that could be used to…
In 2020 wind turbines provided almost a quarter of electricity, and in EU renewable energy outperformed fossil fuels.
The UK’s renewable electricity outpaced its fossil fuel generation for the first…
Coca-Cola European Partners has announced it is joining EV100, a global initiative uniting companies that are committed to accelerating the transition to EVs.
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has…
Proposals to accelerate electric car rollout also call for grants towards buying secondhand electric vehicles.
Oil companies should be required to install rapid chargers for electric cars in all…
The Atlantic Ocean is getting wider and, after a uniquely ambitious expedition, scientists finally think they know why.
The reason? An upwelling of matter from much deeper below Earth's crust than…
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2 February 2021 - The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy…
Offshore seabed auction lands £4bn over 10 years for Treasury and Crown Estate prompting calls for green sovereign wealth fund.
The Queen and the Treasury are in line for a multibillion-pound…
Rigs burn off enough unwanted gas to heat 1m homes, UK regulator said last year.
The UK’s North Sea oil rigs release as much carbon dioxide as a coal-fired power plant every year by deliberately…
Coalition tensions in evidence as growing chorus of Nationals call for new coal plants after PM sends zero emissions signal.
The Nationals are continuing to agitate for new investments in coal,…