Several innovative UK technology companies have won a business opportunity to visit China to explore greener approaches to manufacturing. The six-day mission was organised by the...
Reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases could save up to 3 million lives a year by 2100, a new study has suggested. The study, published in...
The size of a proposed ocean reserve in Antarctic waters has been scaled back because of pressure from fishing nations. Governments, such as Russia, Norway, China,...
The Chinese government has launched a new plan to reduce the number of coal-fired power plants and improve air quality in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong regions....
80 percent of Chinese cities are failing to balance economic growth, resource efficiency and sustainable development, a new study has claimed. The research, undertaken by consulting...
TV naturalist Sir David Attenborough has warned on the Earth’s increasing population, saying that people should be convinced to have fewer children. Attenborough told the Radio...
Economists have warned that China has a choice between a short-term growth economy and one that grows sustainably. Commentators will be watching closely as government officials, academics and multi-national business leaders from...
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said that the existence of climate change is undeniable but it is not too late to prevent some of...
The president of a Pacific island has said that western countries should do more to fight climate change as sea levels rise and extreme weather threatens...
The UK is struggling to keep up in the “global green race” to develop clean technology and services, an independent thinktank has claimed. A review by...
I recently spent a day in Dezhou, one of China’s famed ‘solar cities’. As a bright and cheery advertisement explained, “Just like the Silicon Valley, this...
The UK is the fourth most attractive country for clean energy investment according to Ernst & Young, moving up one place in the ranking since May....
Greenhouse gas emissions from China’s energy industry will peak in 2027, as renewable energy and gas take on a dominant role in the country’s energy mix,...
Today is a momentous day for the Earth. As of August 20, countries have exceeded their resource budget for the year. The world is now in a state of ecological deficit....
The Chinese state council announced plans last Sunday that will see energy efficiency placed at the heart of economic activities by 2015. Although it is the...