The world’s second-largest emission trading scheme began trading on Monday in South Korea. The scheme imposes emission caps on the country’s largest 525 companies. The cap-and-trade...
Friends of the Earth Scotland has called on the government to treat air pollution like the “public health crisis it really is” after analysis revealed some...
Ban Ki-moon, the UN’s secretary general, has called on the international community to work together to tackle issues, from climate change to poverty, to create a...
Former deputy mayor of London Nicky Gavron has described air pollution in the capital as the “most deadly” environmental challenge and heavily criticised the current leadership...
Energy and climate change secretary Ed Davey has revealed that the UK will be seeking a legally binding climate change agreement at negotiations later this year....
Experts have warned governments that migration is set to increase in the coming decades as climate change impacts become more frequent and intense. According to data...
Oil giant Shell has agreed to a £55 million settlement with residents of the Bodo community in the Niger Delta over two oil spills that occurred...
London’s Oxford Street had breached its nitrogen dioxide (NO2) limit for the whole of 2015 by 5 January, according to campaign group Clean Air London, which...
Provisional full year figures have confirmed that 2014 was the UK’s warmest year, according to the Met Office. Despite this, awareness of the effects of climate...
Naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough has accused those in a position of authority and power of denying the risks posed by climate change because it is...
Top conservation scientists have stated that in order to tackle climate change and protect the natural environment nuclear power must be considered. They warn that relying...
By the end of the century an estimated 7,000 properties across England and Wales will be lost to rising sea levels, according to the Environment Agency,...
By 2015 a plan must be in place to enable countries to implement a universal climate change agreement that will help facilitate a transition to an...
Plans to dump dredged sediment close to the Great Barrier Reef have been fast tracked leading to estimates of damage and risk being underestimated, according to...
Since 2009 more than 10% of wildlife havens have been lost or damaged, according to analysis from the Wildlife Trusts, which added the findings highlight some...