The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has declared that an international response to challenges in the Arctic is “urgently needed” in its review of the past...
A comprehensive report released by US thinktank the Pacific Institute has highlighted the vast potential in job growth connected with increased investments in water efficiency. The...
Environmental group Greenpeace is calling on individuals to tweet MPs, telling them to support an amendment to the energy bill that would see a 2030 electricity...
A new report suggests that land grabbing – which involves buying out huge plots of land for the extraction of resources, usually in developing countries –...
Arctic sea ice cover shrunk to its lowest ever point in August last year, but a team of researchers have found that the remaining ice also...
Four garden centre retailers that own 60 stores across the UK have pledged to remove a harmful stream of insecticide that has been linked to the...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) have criticised food producers, retailers and caterers for allowing horsemeat to...
One of the world’s biggest paper companies has signalled an end to its deforestation activities in Indonesia, after continued pressure from environmental groups. Asia Pulp and...
Consumer water bills will rise by 3.5% in April – or £13 a year on average – to help fund £25 billion worth of network improvements...
The European Commission has urged EU countries to ban the use of the neonicotinoid insecticides that are said to have driven a decline in the bee...
Cumbria will not become the host community for the government’s £12 billion nuclear waste disposal facility, after its county council voted in favour of withdrawing from...
Homebase has become the third major hardware retailer to phase out the sale of neonicotinoid insecticides that have been linked to the fall in bee numbers....
Thousands of campaigners have called for the government to take action over dwindling bee numbers, urging David Cameron to adopt a national bee action plan. Environmental...
The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) mission is displayed across many walls in Davos, Switzerland: “Committed to improving the state of the world”. Emma Websdale rounds up...
Glacial retreat in the Andes is at its fastest level for 300 years, according to a comprehensive study by scientists from seven countries. The researchers found...