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…
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…
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