A UN fund set up to help developing countries fight the causes and effects of climate change could be ready to launch in 2014, it has...
Barack Obama’s June speech on climate change has been credited with helping boost investment in clean technology in the second three months of 2013. According to market...
The last 10 years were the hottest since modern measurements began, according to the United Nations World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). A new report says the years...
MPs have criticised the government’s short-sightedness over investment in flood defences, which they say is threatening the UK’s food production. Speaking after George Osborne’s spending review...
The approach to a holiday differs widely, but generally there are two extremes, with most people dotted in between. A holiday is either a time to...
Local authorities have been challenged to make banking and investments work harder for their communities. In a new report, campaign group Move Your Money describes how...
It is almost five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers, but only now are we seeing the first stirrings of something that was almost universally...
The UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has identified some of the biggest challenges faced by the world as the eradication of extreme poverty and promoting sustainable consumption....
A UK certification body that aims to promote sustainable tourism has been recognised as the “most credible” programme of its kind in the world. The Tourism...
A report by renewable firm Regen SW (RSW) reveals that the renewable energy capacity in the south-west has “grown by almost 50% in the past 12...
Environmental activists from the US and Canada will join native elders for a ‘healing walk’, a spiritual meeting organised to nurse the land, air and water...
The government is to conduct a study into the impact of payday loan adverts, in an effort to crack down on the irresponsible sales activity displayed...
Energy regulator Ofgem has announced that electricity theft in the UK is costing consumers “at least £200m”. The figures released on Wednesday equate to £7 per...
UK businesses could increase their annual productivity by £100 billion by becoming more socially responsible, according to a new report by three high-profile organisations. The report,...
As Russia partners with Shell to exploit natural resources in the Arctic, Greenpeace has claimed that oil companies from the country spill over 30m barrels a...