Domestic wind power in the UK could save £7.4 billion in gas import costs by 2030 whilst improving the resilience of the energy system, according to...
If the banking sector is to restore confidence and trust it must have “strong, effective and well-informed” management and governance, not just financial resilience, according to...
Both the severity and frequency of extreme weather events are likely to increase because of climate change, according to a report from the Royal Society. The...
A new survey from Carbon Tracker has revealed that while companies are well aware of the impacts of climate change and the effects carbon-cutting policies will...
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Rockefeller Foundation have launched a $100 million (£60 million) fund to help the most critical regions of...
New research has illustrated the benefits of living roofs – roofs covered in living, growing plants – including improved resilience to the impacts of climate change....
On Monday April 25 2005, a West Japan Railway commuter train derailed and killed 107 people, injuring 562. The relentless pursuit of greater efficiency, a lack...
The Bank of England is set to oversee a series of “ethical hacking” operations of financial services firms, in a bid to assess their defences against...
Rob Hopkins answers 20 questions on life, sustainability and everything. He is the man behind the Transition Towns movement, which was launched in Totnes, Devon, in...
American anthropologist Margaret Mead’s famous quote about a “small group of thoughtful, committed people” being the only thing that has ever changed the world could have...
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...
Swedish scientist Johan Rockström, executive director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, has worked out a set of nine “planetary boundaries“, within which mankind must stay. Staying...