Global environmental justice campaigners heralded a Dutch court's ruling Friday that Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiary must pay punitive restitution to Nigerian villages for oil spill…
A new report by the European Investment Bank has stated that the European Union is a global leader in green innovation, but claims the COVID-19 crisis is putting the investment needed to drive green…
As president Cyril Ramaphosa launches an initiative to deliver net zero emissions, campaigners prepare to confront trade unions over coal.
Environmental campaigners in South Africa are hoping to…
US scientist Thomas Lovejoy says the rainforest’s rich biodiversity has been undervalued compared to economic activities such as farming and mining.
The Amazon will be transformed into a “highly…
Chris Barker says more cars of any kind are bad news for pollution, while Dr Robin Russell-Jones believes British entrepreneurs can rise to the challenge of ‘green growth’.
Royal Dutch Shell Plc faces the latest ruling in a long-running legal dispute with Nigerian farmers who say the energy giant is responsible for oil leaks that have polluted their villages.
The case…
In 2010, world leaders agreed to 20 targets to protect Earth's biodiversity over the next decade. By 2020, none of them had been met. Now, the question is whether the world can do any better once new…
Three-year-old boy among those missing in floodwaters in the country’s northern and western islands.
One person has died, and five, including a three-year-old boy, are still missing after Cyclone…
An ambitious, African-led movement to plant a 5,000-mile forest wall to fight the climate crisis has received a commitment of support from one of the world’s most prolific tree-planters, The…
Existing efforts to fight enormous wave of waste are ‘drop in the ocean’, campaigners say.
The UK’s 10 leading supermarket chains collectively sold 900,000 tonnes of plastic packaging in 2019, a…
Scientists say temperatures globally at highest level since start of human civilisation.
The planet is hotter now than it has been for at least 12,000 years, a period spanning the entire development…
Millions of birds travel between their breeding and wintering grounds during spring and autumn migration, creating one of the greatest spectacles of the natural world. These journeys often span…
After studying how microplastics damage the oceans, schoolgirl Lizzie wants the government to stop sending waste to developing countries.
A petition by a nine-year-old schoolgirl calling on Boris…
It has everything to do with optics.
Imagine waking up after a night of heavy snowfall — you look out the window and see a world of white. But if you turn on a faucet or open the freezer, you'll…
Photojournalists capture the often unseen side of the meat, fur and entertainment industries, in a collection co-edited by Guardian collaborator Jo-Anne McArthur
Efforts to map the Earth’s trees are growing – and could change our understanding of the planet’s health.
When a team of international scientists set out to count every tree in a large swathe of…
In his final months in office, Donald Trump has ramped up construction on his promised physical border between the US and Mexico – devastating wildlife habitats and increasing the migrant death toll
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For those who will be within Nairobi environs on 21 February 2021, please do join us for the Kikuyu art festival.
We will have activities such as mural arts painting, tree planting, nature walks and…