The Arctic’s permanent ice, which stores enormous amounts of carbon, is warming even quicker than air temperatures, NASA scientists have warned. Over the last millennia, the...
Governments should focus on energy efficiency and the phasing-out of fossil fuels in order to keep temperatures within 2C warming and limit the financial implications of...
The 21 climate activists who occupied West Burton gas power station last autumn have been given conditional discharges and ordered to do community service – but...
In at five in our look at the richest small towns in Britain through a sustainability lens, as ranked by consultancy firm WealthInsight, is Henley-on-Thames in...
Next under the sustainability microscope is the fourth richest small town in Britain, as ranked by consultancy firm WealthInsight: Beaconsfield. A market town located 23 miles...
The third richest small town in Britain, according to consultancy firm WealthInsight, is Sevenoaks. Located 28 miles south-east of London, around 850 of its 19,000 inhabitants...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has called on governments to agree on policies to tackle carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation industry. The organisation suggested...
James Beard of the Renewable Energy Association writes about some of the brilliant companies nominated for gongs at the British Renewable Energy Awards on June 13....
With MPs set to vote on Tuesday over whether a decarbonisation target should be included in the energy bill, figures from Bloomberg have revealed that investment...
Greenhouse gas emissions in 2011 fell by 7% in the UK following mild winter temperatures, according to new data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Overall,...
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) recently picked out six sectors, and the ‘greening’ of which can ensure long-term prosperity for developing countries: agriculture, fisheries, forests, manufacturing, renewable...
Transport can guarantee long-term economic and environmental benefits if policymakers and the private sector address sustainability issues through investment, new research has said. According to the...
China, the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide, has agreed to impose carbon reduction targets for the first time – a move that could push the...
Dictionaries define research as, “The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.” By any standard, impartial...
After travelling across the Arctic for 70 days in freezing temperatures, 13 years ago today, Alan Chambers and Charlie Paton became the first Britons to reach...