Storms, drought, beetles and fires have destroyed equivalent of 250,000 football fields Trees ravaged by a bark beetle infestation stand in a forest near Schierke, Germany. Summers in Germany, Photograph:...Read More
Mining billionaire’s initiative would see manufacturers of virgin plastic pay premium for doing so Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest believes transitioning to a circular economy that limits the production of single-use plastic...Read More
Young activists, innovators, entrepreneurs and change-makers are due to gather at UN headquarters in New York at the Youth Climate Summit on Saturday 21 September to put pressure on global leaders to...Read More
On Aug. 18, Iceland held a funeral for the first glacier lost to climate change. The deceased party was Okjökull, a historic body of ice that covered 14.6 square miles (38 square kilometers)...Read More
A new report shows low carbon measures in cities could reduce urban emissions by nearly 90 percent and support 87 million jobs worldwide by 2030. The Coalition for Urban Transitions...Read More
World leaders will be gathering at the United Nations in New York next week at a Climate Action Summit convened by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Ms. Andersen will be there to promote...Read More
An internationally respected group of scientists have urgently called on world leaders to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change. Almost every aspect of the planet’s environment and ecology is undergoing...Read More
The latest research is clear: To avoid the worst climate impacts, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will not only need to drop by half in the next 10 years, they...Read More
China is in the midst of a construction mega-boom. The country has the largest buildings market in the world, making up 20% of all construction investment globally. And it’s only set to grow: China is...Read More
New measures to speed up the transition to clean energy and green economies are among the initiatives to be unveiled during the UN Climate Change Summit next week. Heads of State,...Read More
Educational non-profit organization RNG Global Initiative and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas have jointly announced a new learning platform dedicated to public education of the environmental and economic benefits resulting from converting local...Read More
Cities are stepping-up to confront many of the world’s biggest existential challenges – especially climate change. One reason is that cities have always been where the future happens first; spaces...Read More
