Iraq's Tigris river is thought to have watered the Garden of Eden

Iraq's Tigris river runs dangerously low, impacting local incomes

People take part in a "Global Climate Strike" march towards the Delhi Secretariat building, calling for urgent measures to combat climate change.

Youth activists stage a coordinated 'global climate strike'

The winter of warm banks: How UK high streets are easing fuel poverty.

What are ‘warm banks’ and are they a good thing?

Seized emails reveal how big oil companies really feel about the climate crisis.

What seized fossil fuel emails tell us about big oil’s climate plan

Paris, as reimagined without cars. Micro-mobility company Dott has created a series of visuals showing European capitals without cars

Car-free days cut a city's carbon footprint and residents support them

The billboards call out the role of advertising in pushing up emissions.

The 'brandalists' are back and they're taking aim at airline adverts

Chikako uses the sun's energy to cook her food

Meet the Japanese woman who hasn’t paid for electricity in 10 years

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Youth activists stage a coordinated 'global climate strike'

Ozone layer passes ‘significant milestone’ on road to recovery

South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of electric cars

Iraq's Tigris river runs dangerously low, impacting local incomes

Green News

People from flood-affected areas wait to receive food distributed by the Saylani Welfare Trust, in Lal Bagh, Sindh province, Pakistan.

Denmark becomes first to pledge funding for climate ‘loss and damage’

Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark tries a cricket cookie at a sustainable food conference in New York.

Danish prince enjoys cricket cookie: Should you try insect food too?

The report found that social media was being used greenwash companies' reputations.

Social media at the forefront of ‘climate deception’, report reveals

Doug Ramsay - the Chief Operating Officer at vegan food giant Beyond Meat - has been arrested for biting a man’s nose.

Vegan food boss accused of biting a man’s nose

Climate

Conventional cremations use 135 litres of fuel and pump 245 kilograms of CO2 into the atmosphere

Human composting: How to stay green after you hit the grave

The Sun dawns over the NOAA facilities in the South Pole where a hole in the ozone layer opens up every year.

Ozone layer passes ‘significant milestone’ on road to recovery

Food prices could rise by 9 per cent in the next five years, the UN has warned.

How a summer of droughts, floods and fires is hiking up food prices

Nature

The law codifies the lagoon's right "to exist as an ecosystem and to evolve naturally" and recognises its right to protection, conservation and restoration.

Europe's largest salt-water lagoon is now a 'person'

Scientists Alejandro Arteaga and Amanda Quezada with one of the newly named snakes.

‘Cryptic reptiles’ have been found living under gravestones in Ecuador

A rescuer pours water on one of stranded whales on Ocean Beach, near Strahan, Australia.

Rescue efforts underway for more than 200 whales beached in Tasmania

El Salvador's largest freshwater lake is covered in a thick blanket of plastic waste

‘Garbage islands’ are forming in Central American waters

Living

The Global Bicycle Cities Index factors in cycle paths, theft rates and days of decent weather each year to rank the world’s 90 most bike-friendly cities.

Revealed: The 10 most bike-friendly cities in the world

The Netherlands' transformation into a bike-friendly country has been decades in the making

Cycling nation: The secret to the Netherlands’ biking success

E-scooters may be all the rage but are they good for the planet?

Are e-scooters good for the planet?

Eco-Innovation

The building in Benevento, Italy, is the first house in Europe to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells.

Italian researchers build first hydrogen-powered house in Europe

Image shows a concept rendering of the planned all-electric ES-30 from Swedish company, Heart Aerospace.

Is this electric passenger plane the future of fossil-free flying?

De-mining Angola - The Unseen Threat of Landmines Finally Removed

De-mining Angola - The Unseen Threat of Landmines Finally Removed

Spain's first residential building to have obtained maximum energy certification

Spain puts billions into renovating homes for better energy efficiency

Opinion

Apple has unveiled its new iPhone 14 models.

Why you should think twice before buying the new iPhone 14

Calorie counting is unhealthy, but adding carbon to menus could really make a difference argues Hope Brotherton.

View: We should be counting carbon on menus, not calories

Golf is damaging for both planet and society, argues Abbie Richards.

View: Golf has grown into an ‘ecological villain’

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Hottest ever August: As temperatures soar, the Rhine level plummets

Hottest ever August sees Rhine drop to its lowest level since 2018

Traditional ways of aquaculture — like this fish pond in Czechia — can be helping local ecosystems

Traditional fishing and aquaculture: in harmony with nature

Pond farmer in South Bohemia, Czech Republic

Aquaculture in fish ponds can be positive for the environment

Researchers crossing a fjord in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Polar opposite: How climate change is altering the Arctic?