A range of environmentally-focused companies have financially outperformed the wider industry average over one year, bringing in returns of 29% compared to 16%, according to new...
A UN sustainable development forum has been set up to provide “political leadership grounded in solid science”, secretary-general Ban Ki-moon said during an inauguration ceremony on...
Two huge underground water sources have been discovered in the Turkana region of northern Kenya. The largest of the two aquifers, found deep underneath the desert,...
80 percent of Chinese cities are failing to balance economic growth, resource efficiency and sustainable development, a new study has claimed. The research, undertaken by consulting...
Anglia Ruskin University is to undertake an ambitious new project that plans to map the world’s resources. It is hoped that the Global Resource Observatory (GRO),...
Ethical and sustainable investment funds have generally performed better financially than their mainstream counterparts in the last 12 months, according to new research. Moneyfacts says that...
The government must take resource risk seriously in order to create a sustainable manufacturing economy that is focused on the long-term, according to a new report...
A team from Anglia Ruskin University have partnered with other institutions across Europe to improve water efficiency in the most ‘stressed’ regions. The university has been...
Food supplies are being put under serious pressure in some parts of the US, Middle East, India and China, according to the head of the Earth...
The Amazon, the Mediterranean and regions of east Africa will be at the highest risk of extreme ecosystem changes due to greenhouse gas emissions, according to...
Several reports estimate that global crop production needs to double by 2050 to meet the demands of more people, more people eating meat, and more crops...
Environmental economists have long recognised that great failing of our current economic system is that natural resources are rarely assigned any value. There has been no...
Populist, pandering and pathetic are all adjectives that lend themselves to George Osborne’s fourth budget speech. Entrepreneurs, businesses, scientists, local communities, parents and NGOs will be rightly dismayed....
Ecosystem services are crucial to our survival; we literally can’t afford to lose them. Increasing investment in and protection of these hugely important environmental assets can...
A report by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) last month uncovered some shocking statistics into global food waste, claiming that between 30-50% of food produced...