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13 05 2019 | 16:58

IEA alarmed as new renewables capacity stalls.

Last year was the first time since 2001 that growth in renewable power capacity failed to increase year on year. Statistics from International Energy Agency (IEA) reveal that new net capacity from…

11 05 2019 | 17:52

UK aid must focus on climate change, say MPs.

MPs have warned that the UK must put climate change at the centre of their aid strategy. In a new report, the International Development Committee has called for the UK government to set an example…

06 05 2019 | 11:13

Sustainable Investing: 10 Principles to Weed Out ‘Ill-Governed’ Companies.

Investors want sustainable investments, but what are the criteria? The United Nations has guidance. The United Nations Global Compact is a series of principles (Exhibit 1) that have become a…

30 04 2019 | 11:26

‘Renewables could supply almost 80% of heating and cooling by 2050’.

Reaching the EU’s target of increasing renewable heating and cooling by 1.3% each year will require a diverse array of solutions, says the European Commission’s Hans van Steen. Hans van Steen is…

19 04 2019 | 12:20

Climate-Vulnerable Countries Plan New Tools To Fund Green Development.

With at least a billion people in developing countries facing serious risk as the climate warms, the 48 members of the Vulnerable Twenty Group of Ministers of Finance (V20) is introducing a new set…

18 04 2019 | 15:26

Turkey's greenhouse gas emissions hit over 526 million tons.

Amid a global battle to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Turkey's emissions amounted to 526.3 million tons in 2017, according to TurkStat figures released Thursday Turkey was one of the first…

11 04 2019 | 17:38

Government urged to phase-out single-use plastics by 2025 not 2042.

In a joint report, coordinated by Wildlife and Countryside Link, 19 leading environment organisations call for an end to plastic pollution in the UK. In order to save more than 4,000 billion pieces…

10 04 2019 | 14:50

Bolsonaro says Brazil owes world nothing on environment.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday said his country "does not owe the world anything" when it comes to the environment. The far right leader, who is critical of the Paris climate change…

06 04 2019 | 09:18

Experts, Leaders Agree on Key Ways to Mobilize Accelerated Action for Climate, Sustainable Development.

Copenhagen, 3 April 2019 —With the urgency of climate action at an all-time high, global experts and leaders meeting in Copenhagen identified key immediate action areas to better serve both the world…

06 04 2019 | 08:24

Who keeps buying California's scarce water? Saudi Arabia.

Saudi-based Almarai owns 15,000 acres of an irrigated valley – but what business does a foreign food production company have drawing resources from a US desert? Four hours east of Los Angeles, in a…

01 04 2019 | 16:09

Powering up the ‘last mile’ in renewable energy rollout in Africa.

It takes Habiba Ali at least a three-hour drive to get to her customers – what energy experts would call ‘the last mile’. When she sets off from her base in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, it’s usually…

31 03 2019 | 08:24

Global 'collapse' in number of new coal-fired power plants.

Not long before coal use is over, say analysts, while warning of possible resurgence in China. The number of coal-fired power plants being developed around the world has collapsed in the last three…

29 03 2019 | 17:39

Plastic Plates, Cutlery, Cups to Be Banned in Europe as of 2021.

The European Union decided to ban plastic consumer items including plates, cutlery and straws as of 2021 to help clean up oceans. The prohibition on single-use plastics approved by the European…

26 02 2019 | 15:25

Cheap money can make PV competitive faster in developing countries.

Concessional finance can spur PV in developing countries, BloombergNEF says. Cut-rate financing has the potential to substantially speed the transition from fossil-fuelled power generation to…

25 02 2019 | 13:08

20th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation Limassol, Cyprus - September 25-28, 2019.

It's time to start planning for the 20th Global Conference on Environmental Taxation (GCET20)! This year's organizer and host is the Cyprus University of Technology, which has announced the Call for…

05 02 2019 | 14:58

UNEP chief: EU should aim for 55% CO2 reduction by 2030

The European Union needs to revise its 2030 CO2 reduction target from 40% to 55% if it wants to meet the 1.5°C global warming objective of the Paris Agreement, says Joyce Msuya.

24 01 2019 | 10:47

Arctic nations bet on ‘blue economy’ to reconcile climate, development goals

From global warming to over- and illegal fishing, the ocean on which Arctic communities are so heavily dependent is under threat like never before, delegates heard at the Arctic conference in Tromsø…