Fifteen years ago today, Hong Kong ceased to be governed by Britain and became a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. Nowadays, it...
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An insurance industry thinktank has warned that the warming of the oceans and extreme weather are changing the attitude of insurance and reinsurance companies, as parts...
If the world moves past 2C of warming, the lives of many people in vulnerable areas of south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa will be at risk...
Scientists at the Met Office have suggested that the primary cause of unusual British weather in the last two years is warming in the Atlantic and...
Leading scientists from the Met Office are meeting on Tuesday to discuss the unusual weather experienced by the UK over the past two years, and to...
Telecommunications giant BT has launched a new initiative that it says will help customers reduce their carbon footprint by “at least three times” its own emissions...
As the world celebrates World Oceans Day, a new study has suggested that deforestation, more so than global warming, can put coral reefs at risk because...
Solicitors involved in property transactions will have to deal with increased flood risks in the future, affecting the saleability of homes, according to the profession’s trade...
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...
There’s a quote by Thomas Edison, inventor of the lightbulb, the motion picture camera and many other things, about renewable energy. Speaking in 1931, he said,...
A recent report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) estimated that if no further precautions are taken by 2050, floods are likely...
Increased summer temperatures caused by global warming could see weather related deaths in eastern parts of the US shoot up by as much as 22% in...
Hundreds of millions of people will become displaced from their homes because of climate change, while the populations of one-third of common land animals will severely...
A study by Ernst & Young and GreenBiz has highlighted six key trends relating to environmental sustainability, including increasing attention to resources shortages and climate change....