Scientists have warned that the total amount of carbon burnt since the industrial revolution must not exceed one trillion tonnes. Experts have calculated that in the...
Two-thirds of global chief executives believe that businesses are not doing enough to address global sustainability challenges, according to a new UN report. The survey, of...
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...
Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has called for governments to take climate change seriously and step up to their responsibilities...
An ecotourism conference to be held in Kenya in September will debate how sustainable tourism can benefit African economies and local communities. The Ecotourism and Sustainable...
Some of the largest cities in the US and Asia, such as New York, Miami and Mumbai, are among the most at risk of severe coastal...
James Gifford, the founding executive director of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), is stepping down from his role in November, it has been announced. The...
When we talk about pollution, we naturally do not think further than our own planetary boundaries. But mankind is not only polluting the Earth’s atmosphere, but...
A national action plan for tackling climate change is essential to more ambitious international agreements, a study has claimed. Researchers from the Global Legislators Organisation (GLOBE)...
Green investment in South Africa could inspire growth and create jobs, according to a new study. The report claims that investment in a low-carbon and resource...
UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon used a speech welcoming the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) to the Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative to talk about sustainable investment. The full...
Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, has used a speech at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wall Street to encourage the investment industry to opt...
Senior UN officials have called on the international community to address social and economic inequalities in order to achieve sustainability. At a General Assembly debate, UN...
Standard Ethics, an independent sustainability rating agency based in London, has launched an index to measure the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Italian banks. The Standard...
A UN fund set up to help developing countries fight the causes and effects of climate change could be ready to launch in 2014, it has...