Africa cannot afford to be left behind in the global transition to renewable energy, but many challenges lie in its way, says Dianna Games
As efforts to combat climate change gather momentum, the…
Jet stream appears to have stopped moving south and may be moving back towards normal.
International cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal…
Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old Swedish climate activist, announced on Tuesday that she and her father, Svante, had symptoms of Covid-19 and that while hers were mild, it was “extremely likely” that…
Solar and IoT hold the key to modern urban landspaces if properly secured, guest author Chris Jones, tech expert from U.S. based activist group TurnOnVPN elaborates.
There’s been a lot of buzz…
Gulf energy companies are leading the way in one of the world’s newest markets for renewable energy, with Saudi and UAE firms picking up the first contracts to develop solar power projects in…
The Great Barrier Reef has experienced a third mass coral bleaching event in five years, according to the scientist carrying out aerial surveys over hundreds of individual reefs.
With three days of…
Climate change and infectious diseases
Today, worldwide, there is an apparent increase in many infectious diseases, including some newly-circulating ones (HIV/AIDS, hantavirus, hepatitis C, SARS,…
When the COVID-19 pandemic is past, societies may adopt some important measures that would lower emissions, from more teleconferencing to shortening global supply chains. But the most lasting lesson…
A growing number of studies show that warming temperatures are increasing mortality in creatures ranging from birds in the Mojave Desert, to mammals in Australia, to bumblebees in North America.…
Offshore windfarms and onshore projects in US and China fuel one of strongest years on record.
The world’s wind power capacity grew by almost a fifth in 2019 after a year of record growth for…
The International Renewable Energy Agency has devised a valuation framework to lay the foundations for successful storage deployment. As the technology matures and moves toward a projected fall in…
New data, based on observations from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, are showing strong reductions in nitrogen dioxide concentrations over several major cities across Europe – including Paris,…
Unable to rely on the catch from Lake Victoria, locals are finding success with new and sustainable agriculture methods.
It might not be clear why a fish pond project should take root in a region…
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate predictions based only on what has happened in the past underestimate the likelihood of extreme weather, which could leave people and infrastructure…
DUBAI — Bridgestone, the world’s leading tire producer, announced that the full operations of three of its manufacturing plants in Europe are now being powered by 100 percent renewable energy sources…
Auditor general predicts drought in 20 years as demand rises and climate crisis reduces supply.
England is in danger of experiencing droughts within 20 years unless action is taken to combat the…
As more and more people live in settlements that are particularly vulnerable to extreme weather, one initiative in Kenya and Tanzania aims to mitigate the danger by working closely with communities.
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