A report by ActionAid has suggested Barclays is increasing the number of tax havens it is promoting, despite the bank saying it was changing after...
The World Bank, together with the UK, US and Norway, has launched a new BioCarbon Fund initiative to slow down deforestation through sustainable farming and landscape...
African negotiators have called on the international community to help it face a range of climate-related challenges that they say will severely affect the continent if...
Access to clean and safe sanitation is a basic human right, but there are still 2.5 billion people around the world who do not have the...
Major oil companies have reported misleading and untrue claims over spills that occurred in the Niger delta region, in order to avoid giving compensation to local...
Many palm oil companies that promise to act sustainably have failed to do so, and so continue to destroy rainforests and displace local communities, according to...
Five years ago today, Barack Obama was elected the 56th president of the US. Charlotte Malone takes a look at the environment, energy and climate track...
Naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough has called on the “global community” to raise £110,000 in order to protect endangered mountain gorillas in Africa, in his...
The health risks of smoking are well-documented in the western world. It is a potentially deadly habit, dangerous not just to smokers but the people around...
Investors are rushing to Africa, as the continent seeks to capitalise on its vast clean energy resources. Chris Loker writes how people can help decide the fate...
Oil firm Soco International has come under fire from conservation groups and the UK government after it refused to commit to agreements to leave Virunga national...
Founder of the Live Aid event Bob Geldof has said climate catastrophes will be ‘the end’ for humanity and admitted his generation has let young people...
Climate change will soon be one of the reasons that thousands people leave their countries and look for better lives in Europe, according to the UN...
More than 725 rhinos have been illegally killed in South Africa so far this year, according to the latest figures from the conservation charity Save the...
Human rights group Amnesty International has called on Italy and the rest of Europe to do more to prevent further loss of life, following the death of...