A ‘climate apartheid’ will see millions of the world’s poorest people severely impacted.
That’s the chilling forecast from UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, Philip Alston, who said even if...
Burberry has committed to slash its direct emissions by 95% in the next three years.
The luxury fashion brand set the target against a 2016 baseline and has had the ambition independently assessed...
“The World Population Prospects 2019: Highlights”, estimates that the next 30 years will see the global population add an extra 2 billion people to today’s figure of 7.7 billion, and, by the...
HP has set a target to ensure its global operations are powered with 100% renewable electricity by 2035.
It is part of the printing and personal systems manufacturer’s latest commitments to drive a...
Over 40% of Greenland experienced melting Thursday, with total ice loss estimated to be more than 2 gigatons (equal to 2 billion tons) on just that day alone.
While Greenland is a big...
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...
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...
The climate crisis, drug use and feeding farmed fish with wild stocks risks “sinking” the $230bn (£180bn) aquaculture industry, according to an ethical investment network.
Fish farms now surpass wild fisheries as the...
What’s the cheapest country to run an electric vehicle (EV)?
A new set of statistics calculated by Compare the Market suggests it might be the South American nation of Chile, where it costs...
Donald Trump’s state visit will produce as much carbon dioxide as an average British home does in 970 years.
That’s the verdict from renewable energy supplier Pure Planet, which has calculated the US...
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...
The transition to a clean energy economy will be much harder and more costly without nuclear power.
That’s according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests four billion...
The US is projected to take over South Korea as the world’s largest market for grid-connected energy storage this year.
That’s according to new research, which suggests solar combined with battery storage as...
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...
