EU negotiators have agreed to introduce regulations to stop bank and hedge fund speculation driving up global food prices, which some claim fuels the global hunger...
David Cameron has defended the government’s position on bankers’ bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), but said he would veto any attempt by the...
CDP has said it has seen an “exponential increase” in the number of investors asking companies to improve their climate performance. Its number of carbon action...
High street bank HSBC has predicted that a combination of factors will lead to a “new climate agenda” in 2014, as its own research reveals sustainable...
Australian scientists are attaching minute sensors to honeybees to track their movements, in an effort to improve understanding of what is causing the potentially devastating loss...
Greenhouse gas emissions from the US energy sector are likely to have risen by as much 2% in 2013, according to new data from the Energy...
Christiana Figueres has said that global investment in renewables and energy efficiency needs to rise from $300 billion a year to $1 trillion by 2030, in...
Former Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) chief James Gifford has become a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Initiative for Responsible Investment and an adviser to venture investment...
Planes, trains, and almost every other kind of transport imaginable are considerably more energy efficient than cars, new research has shown. While the average Boeing jet...
Four schools in the borough of Stafford are set to benefit from the largest school-based community energy project to date, which is aiming to install solar...
Canadian musician Neil Young has criticised his home country’s dash for tar sands oil, and launched a fundraising tour to support the indigenous groups who are...
A leading homeless charity has warned of thousands of “silent strugglers” who are turning to payday lenders in order to pay off their rent or mortgage....
The Danish Climate Investment Fund, which will invest in climate-related projects in developing countries, has received a total investment commitment of 1.2 billion kroner (£130m). The...
The largest glacier in Antarctica, which split up into a giant iceberg in July, is likely to continue its retreat, according to experts who say it...
The Labour party has called on the government to act upon EU rules that would cap the bonuses paid to banking executives. Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s...