UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has said that civil society movements are vital to reaching fair and sustainable climate targets at the Paris conference in December....
US media has reported that FIFA president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of a wider investigation into allegations of corruption, bribery...
The US State of Texas has passed state legislation that renders residents unable of voting in favour of a ban on the controversial shale gas extraction...
FIFA’s president Sepp Blatter has resigned amid a corruption scandal less than a week after he was re-elected by the football governing body. Announcing his resignation,...
The British voting system has been blasted by the Electoral Reform Society (ERS), who have declared the 2015 election as the “most disproportionate in UK history”...
Poaching is likely to be the cause of the rapid decline in the Tanzanian elephant population, officials have said, pledging action on “slaughterhouse”. Tanzanian authorities promised...
Rapid ice loss in the Arctic region has been linked to extreme weather conditions – including snowstorms in the US and flooding in the UK –...
The Quebec Superior Court has told tobacco firms that they must pay $15.5bn (£8bn) in damages to smokers for failing to alert customers of the health...
Bangladeshi police has charged over 40 people – including the factory’s owner – with murder, over the 2013 disaster where more than a thousand garment workers...
Solar-powered plane that attempted to fly from China to Hawaii has been forced to land in Japan because of poor weather conditions and will now have...
Internal emails between Shell and the Science Museum seen by the Guardian have revealed the oil giant tried to influence the museum’s climate science and waste...
Chiefs of global energy companies including BP, Shell, Total and Eni have called on world leaders to recognise the role natural gas can play in a...
Totnes in Devon is expected to welcome hundreds of Transitioners from all over the world in September to share ideas and progress about reduction of energy...
The UN’s World Heritage Committee has said the Australian reef should not be listed as “in danger”, but added that the country must submit a report...
Over 200 tourism organisations and businesses from all over the world will be assessed for the 2015 World Responsible Tourism Awards, with winners to be announced...