We may be familiar with renewable energy sources such as solar or wind power, and others such as tidal and wave-based technologies have increasingly high profiles....
Over 10,000 people are feared to have died as Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms to ever make landfall, tore through the Philippines this weekend....
Following talks on Sunday, foreign secretary William Hague has said that a nuclear deal with Iran is “on the table” and could be reached within the...
Recycling food waste for energy and agriculture would save £17 billion a year, avoid the emission of 27 million tonnes of greenhouse gases and power 60,000...
The Co-operative Bank is preparing to sell off its renewable energy lending division as part of the restructuring process amid concerns over debt-piling. The bank, which...
Schools are fighting back at energy price hikes by cutting their bills and their carbon emissions through the Solar Schools project, but parents are urging more...
When we talk about global connectivity and the relationship between individuals and global societies, it is often in the context of technology, digital relationships and social...
A “radical course of correction” in the banking industry, to boost shareholder returns, could lead to 20% of the world’s biggest banks being broken up or...
Stock exchanges across the world, in both developed and emerging markets, are increasingly at the forefront in developing sustainability initiatives, according to a new report. EIRIS,...
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King Jr
The international community gathers in Warsaw, Poland, to begin crucial UN climate talks on Monday. Environmentalists have heavily criticised the host nation for its support of...
A number of organisations have launched the European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition (STTC), in order to invite states to source woods from sustainable plantations and tackle deforestation....
Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, has entered a critical stage of the clean-up operation as it prepares to remove...
Today, the UK marks Remembrance Sunday, ahead of Armistice day on Monday. Held on the anniversary of the end of the first world war, the event...
Mortgages aren’t everyone’s first choice of specialist subject. Most people see them as an important but uninspiring means to an end: owning a home. But what...