Although Malawi has not received direct financial support from the World Bank for several years for political reasons, the group has announced a package worth $420 million. This should enable the…
A sub-Saharan African nation has been declared malaria-free for the first time in 50 years.
Cape Verde was given the status by the World Health Organization (WHO) as it has not reported a single…
Strengthening community-led agroecological practices and fighting the vested interests that undermine them are the keys
Careful readers of The Bittman Project will note that we are increasingly…
A combination of cooling technologies and techniques could reduce the temperature and energy needs of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
It’s possible to significantly reduce the temperatures of a major city in…
The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts a 61% share of renewable electricity in Europe by 2028, partly due to an unprecedented surge of previously unforeseen solar panel installations.…
‘Heat culture’ of Spain helps communities prepare for hot weather events in the same way they plan for the arrival of cyclones
Australia should follow the Spanish city of Seville and start naming…
Extreme cold warning issued in Canada as US forecasters warn of wind chills in Texas and major snow in midwest and east coast
A “bitter” blast of cold Arctic air is set to bring dangerously frigid…
Exclusive: Pressure from agriculture lobbies led to role of cattle in rising global temperatures being underplayed by FAO, claim sources
Former officials in the UN’s farming wing have said they were…
In the country’s ‘lithium triangle’ activists say Indigenous land protections have been removed and protests against mining violently repressed
The first time, they came at 2am and without a warrant…
Scientists warn further spread could threaten fragile ecosystem, as tests show seals died of H5N1 on South Georgia island
A virology team has confirmed the first bird flu infections in elephant and…
Bonaire citizens file formal legal challenge, as research shows part of island will be submerged by 2025
Eight people from the Caribbean island of Bonaire are suing the Netherlands, accusing it of…
IEA report says 50% growth last year keeps hope of achieving Cop28 climate target of tripling clean energy capacity
Global renewable energy capacity grew by the fastest pace recorded in the last 20…
Industry data shows almost 190,000 installed last year as well as record number of heat pump installations
The number of households and businesses installing rooftop solar panels has reached its…
Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade
“Astounding” ocean temperatures in 2023 supercharged “freak” weather around…
The EU’s complex policy approach to biofuels lacks a long-term outlook and risks undermining the bloc’s transport decarbonisation targets, an analysis by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has…
Austria generated 87% of its power from renewable sources in 2023 following record years of solar panel expansion, putting it behind Luxembourg in the EU rankings.
Much of Austria’s electricity has…
Fears that Slovakia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal could end up as a stranded investment are reinforced by experts who warn that too much LNG infrastructure is being built as fossil fuels are…
A year after a universal ban on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was proposed in the EU, a new study found that PFAS affect people as early as the fetal stage of development.
France and Czechia reiterated calls on Tuesday (9 January) for the European Commission to put nuclear power on an equal footing with renewable energies in all EU policies, putting traditional nuclear…
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