The fossil-fuel burning power plants, factories, vehicles, and buildings we've already built will, if operated normally over their full lifetimes, almost certainly warm the Earth more than the Paris…
The UAE Ministry of Education and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have signed an agreement to cooperate on the integration of renewable energy and sustainable development into the…
Social and economic changes in Africa are being driven by increasing prosperity and heavy foreign investment. Money has been poured into activities such as road building, forestry expansion, …
When the Mozambican capital of Maputo gets hit by heavy storms, some parts of the city experience flash floods. This leads to a build-up of stagnant water and swampy conditions that are ideal for…
New UK research predicts extremes of weather will hit food production.
Global heating could bring many more bouts of severe drought as well as increased flooding to Africa than previously forecast,…
Global warming is expected to result in an increase in work-related heat stress, damaging productivity and causing job and economic losses. The poorest countries will be worst affected.
EKOenergy is a nonprofit and international ecolabel for renewable electricity and gas. The ecolabel is hosted by Finnish Association for Nature Conservation and was launched in February 2013 with the…
In April, renewables provided 23% compared to coal’s 20%
‘The fate of coal has been sealed. The market has spoken’
The US generated more electricity from renewable sources than coal for the…
MELTDOWN – a visualisation of climate change has opened at Natural History Museum of Vienna. Created by the climate crisis charity Project Pressure, the exhibition on vanishing glaciers uses art to…
At least three African nations will need to import more corn this year after extreme weather from cyclones to drought devastated crops, sparking some unusual trade flows.
Corn is a staple grain…
Chinese manufacturer Jetion Solar has supplied 221 MW of its polycrystalline modules to the scheme, which is being developed by Irish firm WElink Energy with state-owned China National Building…
In the aftermath of WRAP’s new progress report, UK Plastics Pact signatories have committed to eliminate eight “problem plastics” by 2020.
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has…
Festival organisers have already started banning plastic bottles and diesel generators. Although this is positive, there is more to being sustainable.
Shambala, organized by eco-enthusiast Chris…
Insurer signs up to United Nations’ business pledge to limit global warming.
Zurich has become the first insurer to commit to the UN Global Compact Business Ambition Pledge that aims to limit…
Oil and gas companies have been up for a bumpy ride as more investment funds divest from fossil fuels. It is not only institutional investors such as the Norwegian sovereign fund doing so, but also…
With some places expecting to be hit with air temperatures of over 40°C in the next days, much of Europe is in the grip of a heatwave – and one that is setting record highs for June. According to…
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