Over 16% of the world’s 7 billion inhabitants lack access to electricity, while a further 40% are forced to rely on wood or biomass for heat...
After attracting a record number of entries, the Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have unveiled the shortlist for the 2013 Sustainable Finance...
1972 was an historic year for the embryonic environmental movement. As well as the UN Conference on the Human Environment, which took place in Stockholm in...
More than 50 NGOs from all over the world have signed a letter asking World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to take urgent action against climate change....
Consumer water bills will rise by 3.5% in April – or £13 a year on average – to help fund £25 billion worth of network improvements...
Following the Doha climate change conference, this month news flow has focused on the 2012 track record of extreme climate conditions and their potential link to...
Following a big energy bill announcement last Friday, and in advance of the publication of the bill tomorrow, the Renewable Energy Association’s James Beard makes the...
Earlier this week, the World Bank published a report warning of the dramatic consequences of climate change and called on governments around the world to redirect...
The United Nations was born out of the ruins of the second world war. It replaced the ill-fated League of Nations, which had failed to prevent...
Twenty-two years ago, the Aral Sea was creating attention as its fresh water level dropped by two-thirds. To this day, that number is above 70%, causing...
Boasting one of the worst economic failures the world has ever seen, Greece is in much need of repair after domestic mismanagement and the crisis in...
Eight of the world’s largest multilateral development banks have pledged $175 billion (£111 billion) towards improving sustainable transport. The commitment was made at the UN secretary-general...
With only four weeks to go until The Financial Times (FT) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) host the Sustainable Finance Conference and Awards, B> takes...
Prince Charles spoke on Tuesday at the World Fisheries Congress 2012 about his beliefs that fisheries of the future could be sustainable. Opening the ceremony alongside...