A new report by the University of Cambridge has found that Britain could have a shortfall of 2m hectares of land for food by 2030. The...
Faced with the very 21st century problem of space debris – the bits and pieces from thousands of space missions that litter Earth’s orbit – scientists...
An international group of politicians, business leaders and conservationists have outlined a proposal to put an immediate end to unsustainable fishing and marine pollution. The Global...
Glastonbury 2014 has opened its doors to 200,000 festivalgoers, who are descending on Worthy Farm, Somerset, ahead of a mixed few days of weather. Dolly Parton,...
A company that breeds genetically modified mosquitos to battle dengue fever has announced the completion of a £6.1m investment round. Oxford-based Oxitec uses pioneering methods to...
The government should commit to retrofitting 1 million homes a year by 2020, according to a coalition of over 20 major organisations from the construction, housing...
Badger vaccinations could mean an end to culling as the government announces plans to roll out such schemes across England. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a devastating...
What will business look like in the future and who are our future leaders? This is the final instalment (until next time) in our series speaking...
Chemicals giant Syngenta has applied for an “emergency” exemption to use a banned neonicotinoid pesticide on oilseed rape in the UK, a day after a panel...
A booming business in environmental crime, including illegal logging and the ivory trade, worth up to $213 billion (£125 billion) a year is funding terrorist groups...
China’s use of water for agriculture has come under scrutiny, with crops grown in water-stressed regions later exported to areas that experience lots of rain. Experts...
The mainstream investment community does not see sustainability as a “priority”, according to the chief executive of leading sustainability-focused retailer Marks & Spencer. Marc Bolland, who...
Some threatened species could be better protected from the impacts of climate change if more is done to prevent competition with rival species in the same...
Animal charities have praised a University of Oxford college on its decision to serve only vegan food for five nights a week, in order to help...
The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called on the world to strengthen its forest policies so that they “put people at the centre”, recognising...