With the 2014 World Cup kicking off next week, all eyes are on the delicate socio-political situation in Brazil, where the enormous expenditure set aside for...
The operator of the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), has begun construction of a 1.5km (0.9-mile) ice wall to contain leaked...
World Environment Day (WED), organised by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), takes place on Thursday, hosted by Barbados. The event aims to raise awareness about environmental...
US president Barack Obama’s new proposals to fight climate change and slash carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants could boost investment in the renewables and nuclear...
The acidification of the world’s oceans, occurring today because of manmade carbon emissions, is happening 10 times faster than it did 56 million years ago, when...
China, the world’s biggest polluter, has claimed it will set legal limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions starting from 2016. The announcement comes just a day...
The majority of Americans would support new government guidelines to cut pollution from power plants, unveiled on Monday, even if they raise their energy bills, according to...
EU Green Week 2014 kicks off on Tuesday in Brussels, focusing on how to make Europe more resource efficient in order to “break its linear approach...
Phil Warren of Carbon Credentials recently watched an ‘in conversation’ session with James Lovelock to mark the opening of a new exhibition dedicated to the renowned...
A combination of the spread of urbanisation and rising global temperatures caused by climate change could have deadly results, according to a new study investigating heat-related...
What will business look like in the future and who are our future leaders? This is the fifth instalment in a new feature, in which we...
Investments can sometimes seem pretty remote from real life. If we’re not careful, we can regress into dealing with pure numbers. Several investment websites seem to...
The coalition government will reportedly go back on its pledge to make all new homes emissions-free by 2016, with the changes set to be unveiled by...
Efforts to tackle pollution in urban areas have led to rivers being the cleanest they have been in over two decades, with a study from Cardiff...
Some 67 University of Oxford academics, including the former science adviser to the British government, have called on the institution to divest from fossil fuel companies....