In the middle of his 44th month in office, two weeks before the start of the Republican convention in late August, President Trump rolled back Barack Obama's last major environmental regulation,…
Massive gap in direct and indirect support highlighted by Irena effort to put accurate figure on discrepancy.
The global fossil fuel sector enjoyed annual subsidy support worth $3.1 trillion, a “…
The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) is a favorite cause among Western donors — including Germany. But a study finds that the work of the organization is actually counterproductive.
On the 4th World Energy Storage Day, India Energy Storage Alliance (IESA), India’s leading alliance on energy storage & e-mobility is organizing a one-of-its-kind Global Conference & Expo to…
Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Royal Commission has engaged UNSW’s High Performance Architecture team to reduce the city’s temperatures and make it more sustainable.
The Royal Commission for Riyadh has…
Green revolution is locking African farmers into a system that is not designed for their benefit, but for Northern multinational corporations.
Billions of dollars spent promoting and subsidising…
According to a recent Unearthed and New York Times exposé, the American Chemistry Council - which is made of, among others, petrochemical companies - wants the U.S Trade Representative to force Kenya…
The American Chemistry Council also pushed back against new global rules that will restrict the flow of plastic waste to the global south
A lobby group representing oil and chemical companies,…
From the historic heat wave and wildfires in the West, to the massive derecho that tore through the middle of the nation, to the record-breaking pace of this year's hurricane season, the…
Collapse of shelves would accelerate loss of Antarctic ice sheet and increase sea-level rise.
Approximately 60% of Antarctica’s ice shelves could be vulnerable to fracture, accelerating the loss of…
Africa is becoming a new COVID-19 epicenter. Unless the European Union urgently rethinks its protectionist trade policies, a sharp uptick in food insecurity will turn the COVID-19 crisis into a…
The psychological toll of climate change-fueled disasters, now compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, is mounting and the U.S. is unprepared. These are the findings of a project by the Center for…
A review of Andreas Malm's Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency: War Communism in the Twenty-First Century.
What can a virus tell us about climate breakdown—in its causation, and in humanity’s…
Critics say plan for fields off Svalbard threatens ecosystem and relations with Russia.
Norway is planning to expand oil drilling in previously untouched areas of theArctic, a move campaigners say…
As water scarcity increases from factors including climate change, so do drivers of water theft, an ongoing problem in Australia.
Between 30% and 50% of the world’s water supply is stolen each year…
Analysis shows the government, which has committed to a ‘gas-led recovery’, has failed to properly account for methane’s effect on global heating.
Australia’s greenhouse gas accounting…
Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’.
A push to better recognise the economic value of “natural capital” – water systems,…
At least 100 people killed and hundreds of homes destroyed as seasonal rains cause worst flooding in Parwan province.
Heavy flooding in northern and eastern Afghanistan has killed at least 100…
Environmental regulators across the country granted more than 3,000 requests from polluting oil and gas operations, government facilities, chemical plants, and other facilities to stop pollution…
Exclusive: EDF Energy to close Hunterston next year after spending £200m on repairs.
Hunterston nuclear power station, one of the UK’s oldest remaining nuclear plants, is to close down next year,…