The UN document, drafted by co-chairs Ahmed Djoghlaf and Dan Reifsnyder, sets out which elements will be legally binding and also makes clear decisions to be...
UK-based Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) welcomed Australian power company AGL’s Energy’s commitment to a 2-degree Celsius constrained business model. Avaaz says: “AGL Energy’s climate policy...
The United Nations launched a major new initiative on Tuesday designed to encourage businesses and consumers to voluntarily become ‘climate neutral’ and some of the world’s...
Global Coalition Announces Major Commitments as World Leaders Gather at UN; Thousands of new commitments represent a 50-fold increase in one year. The movement to divest from...
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Climate Action have renewed their long-standing partnership for two years, to continue their efforts to encourage investment in solutions...
US entrepreneur Troy Wiseman tells Alex Blackburne about his mission to make bamboo the natural world’s next disruptive technology – while making money, providing deforestation-free solutions...
A coalition of around 300 civil society organisations have voiced concerns after it emerged the Green Climate Fund (GCF) could be used to develop nuclear, dams...
UN climate chief Christiana Figueres has called for a global mindset strong enough to “make tough decisions because we know it is the right thing to...
Gerald Kutney picks out some of the highlights from his book, Carbon Politics and the Failure of the Kyoto Protocol, published this month by Routledge. In...
Executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Christiana Figueres has urged governments and industries to “do their homework” in tackling climate change,...
As crucial UN climate talks in Warsaw reach their 10th and penultimate day, hundreds of environmental activists have announced they are walking out of the negotiations...
UN delegates began the second week of crucial climate talks in Warsaw on Monday, just as the World Coal Association controversial conference got underway down the...
The UN’s Green Climate Fund is about to launch three renewable energy pilot projects in developing countries to help them adapt to climate change while getting...
Politicians, business leaders and investors will gather in London on Tuesday to discuss the future of the renewable energy industry, at a conference hosted by the...
The United Nations has highlighted the important role women play in responding to climate change, during the International Day of Rural Women. Christiana Figueres, executive secretary...