Zambia vice-president Guy Scott has called for long-term sustainable investments in Africa, in order to help the continent capitalise on its unique and flourishing natural resources....
Next up in our series profiling green-minded politicians from around the world, and following Marina Silva and Haïdar El Ali, is Martin Lidegaard, Danish minister for...
Denmark has signed agreements with Indonesia and South Africa, to help them promote sustainable development and investment in green technologies. Following its plan to become oil-free...
Libya could generate five times the amount of energy from solar panels alone than what it produces from crude oil, according to research by Nottingham Trent...
The UN Environmental Programme (UNEP) last week chose Mongolia as host of World Environment Day 2013 – a country, it says, that has made a significant...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has been criticised by environmental campaigners for a “short-sighted” approach to future economic growth in the energy sector,...
The Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) recent public attitudes survey brought to light some interesting – and encouraging – figures regarding the support for...
Nearly eight in 10 people (79%) in the UK are in favour of clean energy while just 4% are opposed to it, according to the Department...
Nearly two years after the Fukushima disaster, Japan has its sights set on filling the void left by its suspended nuclear fleet with the “world’s largest...
A row broke out last week over some recently-updated temperature predictions from the Met Office, which many newspapers said proved that global warming had stopped. The...
Seventy per cent of people in the EU think renewable energy should be given priority in their country’s energy mix over the next three decades, according...
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) yesterday unveiled the “world’s first” open-access renewable energy atlas – a portal for information on resources, infrastructure and policies. Twenty-four...
Good Energy is set to dramatically increase the amount of electricity it generates, after confirming a deal to buy a £3m wind farm near Doncaster from RWE...
Co-operatives in Germany are driving forward the country’s renewable energy efforts, according to a report by Energy Transition. The study, called German Energy Transition: Arguments for...
Good Energy has announced the launch of the UK’s “first local tariff”, providing electricity discounts to customers that live near one of its wind farms. The UK’s...