Over 16% of the world’s 7 billion inhabitants lack access to electricity, while a further 40% are forced to rely on wood or biomass for heat...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has criticised Norway’s $740 billion (£491 billion) oil fund for lacking a strategy to deal with violations of...
The number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that are innovating in low-carbon technologies has doubled in the last two years, rising from 37% in 2011...
The World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) has published its 2012 report on wind power’s growth, and says the UK currently dominates the offshore sector with a...
China, Japan and South Korea are among six countries that have this week been granted observer status within intergovernmental group the Arctic Council. The organisation, whose...
Fifty-six years ago during the Cold War, Britain tested its first nuclear weapon on Malden Island, with many other countries following suit. But these events were...
Crowdfunding by entrepreneurs and small businesses is becoming an ever-more popular way of securing funds to kickstart exciting and innovative ideas. In April, we brought you...
Nine investors have joined forces in India to launch an impact investment regulator that will look to outline how best to achieve positive social and environmental...
Global clean energy investment in the first three months of 2013 dropped to a four-year low, according to research firm Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). BNEF’s...
Iceland president Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson has revealed that China, India and Singapore are among the countries that could join the Arctic Circle, a new forum designed...
Implementation and impact of policy related to climate change has significantly increased over the last decade according to a new study by the Climate Policy Initiative....
Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-nominated Lincoln (about the 16th US president, not the East Midlands town*) is released in the UK today. Simon Leadbetter argues that future generations...
The energy bill is due to be formally announced at 11:30am today, but the latest instalment of Ernst & Young’s Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Indices sees the UK...
At an event hosted by Ingenious Clean Energy, renowned environmentalist Jonathon Porritt asks whether we’re at the point at which our circularity with energy gets broken,...
Responsible investors around the world have increased the share of emerging markets in their portfolios by 30% since 2009; according to responsible investment research firm EIRIS....