Climate change will threaten the world’s food supply in coming decades, damaging production while demand is expected to soar, scientists say. According to the New York...
The world is on track to use up its carbon budget for the rest of the century – which researchers say must not be exceeded if...
At the Envirotech & Clean Energy Investor Summit in London on Thursday, former US vice-president Al Gore, now chairman of Generation Investment Management, spoke about climate...
New analysis by Friends of the Earth has said that because the planet houses more carbon than we can safely burn, the UK government must be...
Gerald Kutney picks out some of the highlights from his upcoming book, Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol, to be published by Routledge in...
A third of UK investors (34%) want their savings and investments to help create a more sustainable economy, according to a YouGov survey conducted for National...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) AR5 report, published two weeks ago, was scientists’ surest declaration yet of the certainty of human-caused climate change. It...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has highlighted the vital role of water in sustainable development during a speech at the Budapest Water Summit. In his opening remarks,...
US newspaper the Los Angeles Times has said it will not accept letters containing the “factual inaccuracy” that humans are not causing climate change. Its statement...
A committee of MPs has told the government there is no justification to lower the UK’s long-term climate change targets, while warning that carbon reduction targets...
A new study has outlined how investors and campaigners can effectively leverage their collective influence to get the most out of the fossil fuels divestment movement....
A new study, carried out internationally by researchers including the University of Leeds and the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, has thrown fresh...
The chief scientific adviser to the UK government has warned that climate change experts need to learn how best to explain their findings to a wider...
Over 50 mayors from 30 countries have pledged to scale up their efforts to tackle climate change. In the wake of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...
Mayors, and not national politicians, are the key to a sustainable future. We should look to them for social, environmental and investment leadership. A week ago...