According to a new report, multinational companies are abandoning their image as supporter of repressive regimes in favour of supporting efforts to protect whistleblowers and safeguard human...
There is new evidence from a report created by the World Resources Institute that suggests the modest investments needed to secure land rights for Indigenous Peoples in...
Calls for increased investment in energy efficiency in Scotland have today (Monday 12th September) been backed by leading economists who have suggested that it is one of...
A day later than expected negotiators at the Paris summit are hoping to wrap up a global agreement to curb climate change this Saturday. Statements below follow a...
Today the London School of Economics (LSE) has committed to divest its £97.2 million endowment from coal and tar sands companies and to not invest directly...
Across the UK, 151 Universities faced Halloween actions from students and staff, demanding that they divest from fossil fuels before December’s COP21 climate talks in Paris....
Ex-diplomat John Ashton CBE will share his recent experiences from the front line of the intensifying struggle over fracking in England at a Scottish Parliamentary reception...
New research at the University of Warwick with colleagues from the London School of Economics has identified changes in the shape of rainfall across Europe; changes...
We went to the moon. Not because it was easy but because it was hard. In an open letter to the Guardian, leading figures have called today...
Angel Gurria, secretary general of the OECD, has called on governments to rethink the role of coal in energy supply, arguing the scale of investment being...
After years of reckless development that has affected people and the environment, China is now set to go through a phase of ‘normal growth’ and could...
Lord Nicholas Stern has argued that government should not consider development and climate finance to developing countries as separate issues because they are interconnected in a...
Rich nations could pledge up to $2 trillion (£1.35tn) each year by mid-century to developing countries to help mitigate and adapt to climate change without exceeding...
Despite claims that increasing the price of carbon in the EU could harm businesses, a new study suggests that this is not the case. According to...
Two separate studies looking at how wind farms affect house prices have drawn contrasting conclusions. The impact of wind farms on communities has been debated, with...