LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people worldwide struggling with extreme heat and humidity by the end of the century could be more than four times as many as today if planet-…
Data from the UK Government has revealed that in 2019, greenhouse gas emissions declined 3.6% from 2018.
In 2019, total UK greenhouse gas emissions were provisionally 45.2% lower than in 1990 and 3.…
Energy Impact Partners research lead, Andy Lubershane, releases a five-part series examining technologies needed to fully decarbonize the energy system, relying on as few technology “moonshots” as…
As the coronavirus pandemic continued to escalate around the world, a more localized emergency has unfolded in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
After a day and a night of extreme rainfall at its headwaters,…
The climate emergency is no longer a matter of debate.The countdown is under way. The topic is no longer whether to act, but how. In this article.
The climate emergency is no longer a matter of…
Measures to ease the impact of coronavirus hold lessons for how we can fight the battle against climate change, argue Colin Hines and Rosamund Aubrey, while Carl Gardner looks at the future of our…
Bacterium is able to break down polyurethane, which is widely used but rarely recycled.
A bacterium that feeds on toxic plastic has been discovered by scientists. The bug not only breaks the plastic…
In 1961, when I was 14, working on a science fair project, my father – a geologist and petroleum engineer – explained oil depletion to me. To grow production, oil companies were drilling deeper and…
Ivory Coast-based startup Coliba, which has developed a recycling and waste management platform, has raised funding from German firm GreenTec Capital Partners, which will also provide the company…
Tackling social and environmental challenges in a deeply interconnected world requires a new way of working.
A recent simulation hosted by Johns Hopkins University found that a ‘moderately…
Christian Climate Action have signed the below letter put together by 350.org and we urge you to sign it too as an individual to ensure that the right decisions are made in the weeks and months ahead.
Two manifestos call for climate action on different scales — national and global.
The Future We Choose: Surviving the Climate Crisis Christiana Figueres & Tom Rivett-Carnac Knopf (2020)
Climate…
British American Tobacco publishes its new sustainability report and sets out plans to become carbon neutral by 2030.
The tobacco manufacturing company has published its new sustainability report,…
For Niger-born architect Mariam Kamara, the 2018 Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative presented her with a tremendous opportunity. The two-year program, which pairs emerging creative talents with…
Experts fear efforts to protect field agents from virus could lead to surge in deforestation.
Brazil will reduce efforts to fight environmental crimes during the coronavirus outbreak, despite…
British bank promises to align all financing activities with Paris Agreement and target at least £100bn green financing by 2030
Barclays has set out its ambition to become a net zero bank by 2050,…
The Parliament pension fund has revealed a step up in renewable investment, but MPs have called on the trustees of the fund to end investments in fossil fuels altogether.
This week, MPs from the…
Campaigners describe lobbying of EU to defer impending regulations as shameless.
The motor industry has been accused by campaigners of trying to use the coronavirus crisis to avert stricter…
UNDP-supported climate information and early warning systems projects have reached 10.2 million people in the past 12 years. As we celebrate World Meteorological Day we explore the power of…
Innovate UK has announced a new wave of Women in Innovation Awards to find and support the UK’s most promising female innovators to develop their ideas and scale up their businesses.
Up to 10 women…
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