A new study calculating the amount of plastic waste going into the ocean finds that 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the ecosystem every year....
Increasing greenhouse gas emissions drive up the risk of severe droughts, or megadroughts, in the US southwest and central plains, according to a study by NASA....
As world leaders move towards a climate change agreement, that is set to be signed at the end of year, WWF is calling on countries to...
Food retailers Marks & Spencer and Waitrose have both scored top marks in a global annual farm animal welfare benchmark. The benchmark can be used as...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) should alter the way it communicates and publishes reports to make them more accessible and user friendly, according to...
Without water efficiency measures, recently announced reductions to water bills will be cancelled out because of the challenge of dealing with long term water shortage, according...
Only a small minority of ‘powerbrokers’ that control the global supply chains that drive over half of tropical deforestation are equipped to tackle bold zero deforestation...
Bees and other pollinator species thrive as well in towns and cities as they do in farms and nature reserves, according to a new study. The...
Geoengineering should not yet be deployed as a solution to climate change or replace cutting emissions, according to the US National Academy of Science. The organisation...
The government must attract £600 million from the private sector to fund its commitment to protect 300,000 properties from floods, a group of MPs have warned....
London has been named the second most sustainable city in the world, beaten only by Germany’s Frankfurt, in an index that explores social, environmental and economic...
Purchasing a Valentine’s card for your loved one on the UK high street could contribute to illegal logging and deforestation, the WWF has warned, due to...
Climate change activists have criticised the need to hire a private firm in order to hold a protest, despite police previously carrying out the role, arguing...
Scientists looking at evidence showing the level of atmospheric CO2 millions of years ago say the data supports climate change predictions from the Intergovernmental Panel on...
The Labour party has pledged to protect forests and green spaces if they win the general election and have heavily criticised the current government for failing...