Organisers of Glastonbury festival have unveiled plans to encourage the public to use reusable bottles instead of disposable ones, to reduce the amount of rubbish left...
Governments and law enforcement globally are stepping up efforts to combat human trafficking, according to a report from the US Department of State. However, the report...
It’s fair to say that the vast majority of us do not want to harm our planet for our children and grandchildren. Yet the investment decisions...
Rainstorms and floods across parts of China have killed 14 people and forced hundreds of thousands to relocate, with the estimated clean-up cost around $250m (£146m)...
“If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes”, remarked the former aviator and later conservationist Charles Lindbergh. He spoke in the 60s, when...
The mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio is leading a coalition of US mayors advocating for greater social and economic equality in cities across...
Student activists have met with representatives from advocacy organisation Universities UK (UUK) to discuss British universities’ multi-billion pound investments in fossil fuel companies. Nicola Dandridge, chief...
The chancellor George Osborne has outlined new plans to strengthen the northern economy with a high-speed rail link connecting Manchester to Leeds. The so-called HS3 would...
A campaign group is calling on the government to take immediate action on sugar and junk food, producing a document covering seven areas of policy that...
The former US secretary of the Treasury who sat in office when the housing bubble burst in 2007/08 has warned that the world is making the...
