Campaigners from the divestment movement in Canada are pushing for investors to ditch their high-carbon energy stocks because of their impact on climate change. Activists want...
Recent energy price hikes have prompted David Cameron to launch a review into green energy taxes. Speaking during prime minister’s questions on Wednesday, Cameron said he...
No members of the cabinet question the need to act on dangerous climate change, according to energy minister Greg Barker, who also stressed that the UK...
The classic German legend of Faust, popularised in the 1806 play by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe but perfected two centuries earlier (1592) by William Shakespeare’s contemporary...
Carbon dioxide emissions related to energy consumption in the US fell to the lowest point for nearly two decades in 2012, according to a new report....
The Australian state of New South Wales declared a state of emergency on Sunday after bushfires destroyed hundreds of houses in the Blue Mountains, west of...
London’s biggest airports need to be expanded further, according to the new aviation minister. Speaking on Monday at the Airport Operators Association (AOA) conference in London,...
People are more likely to accept climate policies if they could obtain gains and benefits in the short-term, rather than positive effects over a longer period,...
Politicians, business leaders and investors will gather in London on Tuesday to discuss the future of the renewable energy industry, at a conference hosted by the...
Gary Horvitz, an activist working on 350.org’s divestment campaign in the US, looks at why Harvard University is so seemingly reluctant to ditch its investments in...
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...
Mike McGinn, the mayor of Seattle, has responded to Harvard University president Drew Faust’s comments on the pitfalls of fossil fuels divestment, saying that it’s a...
Fiduciary responsibility, in investment parlance, means acting in the best interests of the person whose money is being managed. Since we are typically talking about a...
Seb Beloe, head of sustainability research at WHEB Asset Management, outlines a new model of sustainable investment that is leaving traditional negative screening strategies in its...
A Pacific islander is appealing against the New Zealand High Court’s decision to deny him the asylum he claimed because of the threat posed by rising...