Sluggish investment into renewable energy is likely to prevent the EU from meeting its 2020 renewable energy targets, according to financial services firm Rabobank’s quarterly report....
The Australian government has signed a long-term partnership with a coalition of Pacific nations, in order to help the islands in their fight against environmental threats...
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” This sentence, from...
A lot of people have fallen into believing that climate change is an issue raised in the very latter part of the 20th century. In fact,...
The huge US drought in 2012 wasn’t a result of human-induced climate change, according to scientists. Last summer was the driest in recorded history in the...
Some of the world’s poorest countries have decided to make major efforts to cut their carbon emissions, and have encouraged their richer counterparts to follow suit....
The majority of British citizens think that addressing climate change while also promoting economic growth should be the government’s priority, according to a poll by Carbon...
In yesterday’s Times, Rupert Murdoch’s favourite climate writer, Conservative peer Matt Ridley, attacked anecdotes about extreme weather as those of a pub bore. Apparently, Arctic springs...
A number of reinsurance companies – the insurers of the insurance firms – have started to address climate change issues, but many still ignore the importance...
Climate change and extreme weather conditions pose huge risks to investors, so mitigation strategies are necessary to avoid future losses, according to a report by a...
Populist, pandering and pathetic are all adjectives that lend themselves to George Osborne’s fourth budget speech. Entrepreneurs, businesses, scientists, local communities, parents and NGOs will be rightly dismayed....
Environmental campaign group Friends of the Earth has said that George Osborne is ignoring the vast potential of the UK’s wind, wave and solar resources, by...
Zambia vice-president Guy Scott has called for long-term sustainable investments in Africa, in order to help the continent capitalise on its unique and flourishing natural resources....
EDF has pulled the £5m civil claim it lodged against No Dash for Gas, which occupied and shut down one of its power stations for a...
Three companies that have developed Facebook applications to help engage users on sustainability and the environment have been selected as finalists in a competition co-run by...