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Despite pressure from green groups, the UK Government has said it will not intervene in a county council’s decision to approve a deep coal mine – the first facility of …
UK government won’t block first deep coal mine in three decades Read More
Covid-19 is clearly the crisis that defined 2020, but millions of people were forced to grapple with natural disasters alongside the pandemic. A Biblical deluge of record-breaking Atlantic hurricanes, devastating …
What natural disasters cost the global economy in 2020 Read More
Thinking out of the box: currently, retail is largely about mass, transactional relationships. Can business ever be good? Henry Leveson-Gower explores. A year ago I was on the hunt for examples …
Selling the circular Read More
The recent net-zero pledges by major emitting countries and the potential for a “green recovery” from the Covid-19 pandemic “presents the opening” for the world to close the growing “gap” …
UNEP: Net-zero pledges provide an ‘opening’ to close growing emissions ‘gap’ Read More
From the publisher: A hard-headed book that confronts and outlines possible solutions to a seemingly intractable problem: that helping the poor often hurts the environment, and vice versa. Can we …
Unsustainable Inequalities Read More
For those conscious of the growing climate crisis and the perilous economic situation, the path out of the coronavirus recession looks like a tightrope. On one side, the urgent need …
UK plans to slash carbon emissions 68% by 2030 – how banking, building and borrowing can help Read More
India is the only “2°C compatible” country out of all the G20 nations, including the US, Brazil, Australia and several EU countries, a new report has found. The Paris Agreement, which came …
India Is the Only G20 Nation on Track to Meet Paris Agreement’s 2°C Goal: Report Read More
Thanks to Portugal’s high sun exposure, the nation has the potential to produce green hydrogen for Europe. The EU-backed Green Flamingo initiative may enable it to ship the green gas …
Green Flamingo: Portugal hopes to export green hydrogen to EU Read More
As Honduras endures its second major hurricane in as many weeks, international aid agencies and local volunteer groups are scrambling the best responses they can to assist people displaced by …
In storm-hit Honduras, a climate crisis drives needs and fuels migration Read More
The Japanese government has said it will cut the country’s carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, in the latest sign of growing momentum on international climate action. Yoshihide Suga, …
Japan steps up climate ambition with 2050 net zero emissions goal Read More