A row broke out last week over some recently-updated temperature predictions from the Met Office, which many newspapers said proved that global warming had stopped. The...
New Zealand’s prime minister is set to travel to Antarctica this week; following the lead of an around 50,000 people who venture to the continent for...
Brian Cathcart, professor of journalism at Kingston University London and founder of Hacked Off, examines what has gone on in the six weeks since Lord Justice...
Eurosif, or the European Sustainable Investment Forum, is the overarching responsible investment body for the whole of Europe. Its mission is to “develop sustainability through European...
The resources on which business relies are becoming more difficult to access and more costly. Changing patterns of economic growth and wealth are likely to strain...
Last week’s report on global food waste highlights a key opportunity to improving both current and future global food security, writes Paul West of the University of...
The phrase ‘climate alarmist’ is a description levelled by sceptics at scientists, campaigners and writers who wax lyrical about the potentially devastating impacts of climate change....
January 1963 was the coldest month of the 20th century. Much of England and Wales was snow-covered for the duration. The country started to freeze solid,...
An American woman who was a climate change sceptic has had her views turned 180 degrees after watching Chasing Ice, a documentary film that captures devastating...
The first session of the United Nations General Assembly was convened on January 10 1946 in London’s Westminster Central Hall and included representatives of 51 original...
Rupert Murdoch has given his backing to an article that claims the world is “growing greener” because of the increased presence of carbon dioxide in the...
The London Underground, the world’s oldest system, made its first journey on January 9 1863 and began public operation a day later. Congestion was the prime...
In October last year, investors called on charities to lead the way on responsible investment. And now, more than ever, they are able to use their...
Unethical and exploitative behaviours may be understood in terms of short-term profit maximisation, but they now erode a business’ reputation, brand and licence to operate like...
Housing charity Shelter claim that almost a million people have turned to controversial payday loan schemes in order to pay their mortgage or rent. Labour and Co-operative...