United Nations officials gathered with policymakers and NOGs at the Economic and Social Council forum (ECOSOC) on Monday to discuss how innovative science and technology could...
Euan McVicar from law firm Pinsent Masons has become the new legal adviser for the Green Investment Bank (GIB), after spending a large proportion of his...
Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has raised $38.8m (£25.5m) through a charity art auction event, as the rich and famous bid dug deep to help fund environmental...
The European commission has raided the offices of several oil companies, amid claims that they might have distorted oil prices for more than a decade at...
Over €120 billion (£101 billion) is invested sustainably in Switzerland, Germany and Austria, according to the sustainable investment trade body that covers the three countries. In...
Investing in clean energy projects on Scottish islands would help achieve the UK’s 2020 renewables target and create thousands of jobs for the local communities, a...
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest may significantly decrease the amount of electricity produced from hydropower in the region, scientists have warned. A new study published in...
The government has contested an EU proposal for a tougher 2025 emissions target for motor vehicles, because it believes that this will delay earlier targets in...
Centrica, the firm that owns British Gas, has recorded greater profits in the first four months of 2013 than it did in 2012 – because homeowners...
Government plans to introduce a cap on new biomass developments to limit public spending are “not without risk”, according to trade body the Renewable Energy Association...
The Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR) has produced a consultation paper that would force firms listed on global stock exchanges to reveal their environmental, social...
Land grabbing by two large Vietnamese firms has driven communities in Laos and Cambodia off their land and forced people to work on rubber plantations, according...
Hundreds of millions of people will become displaced from their homes because of climate change, while the populations of one-third of common land animals will severely...
Chile is said to be considering geothermal energy as part of its energy mix, in an effort to boost its renewables sector and achieve energy self-sufficiency....
Recommendations on how to transform Britain’s “broken” financial system were suggested on Friday at a conference in London, attended by campaigners, economists and financiers. Speakers at...