Scotland’s national tree planting targets have been “smashed”. The nation’s Rural Economy Secretary, Fergus Ewing, said new planting was undertaken across 11,200 hectares in 2018, significantly surpassing the 10,000 hectare annual target. The previous...

By 2040, most of the meat on our tables won’t come from animals.That’s the prediction from researchers at global consultancy AT Kearney, who predict by this time, 60% of ‘meat products’ will...

Methane emissions from US industry are up to 100 times higher than commonly reported. That’s the conclusion reached by researchers from Cornell University and the Environmental Defense Fund, who used a Google Street...

A new €100 million (£88m) clean energy investment fund has been launched by a fund led by Bill Gates, the European Commission and European Investment Bank (EIB).Initially announced in October last year,...

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...

Healthy ecosystems can provide around 37% of the mitigation needed to limit the increase in global temperatures.That’s according to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, who warned against the “unprecedented threats” facing the world’s...

Shoppers can now choose to support a broader range of social issues."Wear your beliefs" is a catchy tagline that appears on the TOMS website, and the company is trying to make that...

Industry lobbies are mounting a push to roll back EU clean water regulations, even though less than half of the continent’s rivers, wetlands and lakes are in a healthy state.The lobby offensive...

A new report outlines the disastrous effects that air pollution is having on our national natural treasures.In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, a federal law that...

Mercedes-Benz has set a target to ensure its new passenger car fleet is carbon neutral by 2039. It has also committed to ensure plug-in hybrids or all-electric vehicles (EVs) make up more than...

A total of 43 cities have scored an ‘A’ rating in a new climate-action ranking published by CDP.This means around only 7% of the 596 cities assessed scored top marks based on...

Plastic bag bans can not only cut down on marine waste and reduce damage to valuable ecosystems – they can also slash air pollution.That’s according to a new study published by UN...

One million plant and animal species are now at threat of extinction.That’s the troubling conclusion reached in a new report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which...

Swedish fintech company Doconomy has launched a credit card that tracks the carbon dioxide emissions of purchases, and caps the climate impact of users' spending.The DO Black credit card directly connects our...

Policymakers at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a report in the Federal Register outlining how local communities should start planning for near-future catastrophes associated with climate change.As first reported by...

The maker of Toblerone, Cadbury and Milka has committed to switching to 100% sustainable cocoa. Mondelez International currently sources around 43% of the cocoa through its Cocoa Life programme, which promotes sustainable farming...