The UK will have an “ethical” development policy that puts the climate emergency and environmental protection at the heart of overseas aid, with more than £190m to be spent directly on climate-related...
Renewable jobs around the world topped 11 million in 2018.
That’s according to the latest analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) – this figure compares with 10.3 million clean energy jobs...
The defense operations of the US create more greenhouse gas emissions than Sweden and Portugal.
That’s the conclusion reached in a new study published by Brown University in Rhode Island, which states the...
The Malaysian Government has ordered several thousand tonnes of imported plastic waste to be sent back to the countries it came from, including the UK and US.
Environment Minister Yeo Bee Yin said...
Most technologies and sectors are not keeping pace with the long-term goals of the clean energy transition.
That’s according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests many types of energy asset are...
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature reached agreement on one of the most pro-environmental budget sessions in many years.
Not surprisingly, Albany’s agreement on a new comprehensive congestion...
One-sixth of the carbon footprint of the average diet in the European Union can be directly linked to deforestation in tropical countries, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University...
Russian authorities have announced that they will release all 97 whales currently being held captive in the country’s Far East.
The whales made news in November last year when an aerial drone video...
Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions hit a new record last year, with an increase of 1.7% globally.
That was a result of higher energy consumption, which grew by 2.3% – nearly twice...
Hong Kong is a small autonomous territory with fewer than 7.5 million residents. Yet this bustling urban center in southeastern China is at the very center of the global wildlife trafficking trade,...
The US will start exporting more oil than Russia and could potentially overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s top exporter in the next five years.
The forecast from the International Energy Agency (IEA)...
Thailand has unveiled plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farm.
Bloomberg reports the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) is looking to build floating solar farms with a combined capacity...
China has closed its Everest base camp to tourists because of a buildup of trash on the world's tallest mountain.
The move comes as the Tibet Autonomous Region Sports Bureau said it had...
Much of the planet’s megafauna is being driven extinct because of the usual causes: habitat loss and rampant poaching for body parts like horns, bones and tusks.
But there is another reason large...
More than 40 percent of the world's insects could go extinct in the next few decades, according to a report that lead author Francisco Sánchez-Bayo told CNN was the first global review...
It's a number that's been thrown around a lot recently. There's a danger it will be misunderstood.
When I wrote about a report suggesting the pace of decarbonization needs to treble, I also...
