Policies are helping drive the shift towards a low carbon economy, according to a new report from We Mean Business, which adds that businesses should take...
Countries seem to have started taking climate change seriously in the light of extreme weather events, a former Tory environment secretary has said. Lord Deben, chairman...
China, the world’s biggest polluter, has claimed it will set legal limits on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions starting from 2016. The announcement comes just a day...
Tougher emission restrictions set to be disclosed on Monday by Barack Obama have been praised as a strong signal to other big polluters ahead of crucial...
At a recent event at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, UN climate chief Christiana Figueres invited individuals not to simply leave the grand building with inspiring...
The Carbon Tracker Initiative says some $1.1 trillion of oil investments make “neither economic nor climate sense”. Investors would do well to act upon this stark...
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has called for a global mindset strong enough to “make tough decisions because we know it is the right thing to...
For a number of years, many in the ‘mainstream’ investor community have rebuffed attempts to get them to take sustainability concerns into account in their investments,...
The UN’s climate chief has urged the oil and gas industry to clean up its act and lead the transition to a low-carbon future, or risk...
Stock markets are at risk of serious instability because fossil fuel assets can become overvalued when the need to tackle climate change is factored in, a...
Leading figures in the United Nations have warned the strategic community that climate change is one of the most urgent threats to international security. Speaking at...
Global investment in renewable energy fell for the second year in a row in 2013, with green investment in Europe down by 41%, new figures have...
More than 500 investors have been told by the UN’s climate chief to invest in low-carbon technologies in order to avoid losing money over the long-term...
Christiana Figueres has said that global investment in renewables and energy efficiency needs to rise from $300 billion a year to $1 trillion by 2030, in...
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres has urged governments and industries to “do their homework” in tackling climate change,...