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Climate

Giant craters are opening up in the Arctic due to climate change

The permafrost region contains three times as much carbon as all living vegetation on Earth - with concerning consequences as it thaws.

04/06/2022

Travel News

Euroviews. Forget offsets, these are the best ways to curb your holiday carbon

Carbon offsetting is a dangerous distraction argues Sarah Faith. Here’s how to curb your holiday footprint instead.

02/06/2022

Nature

Regenesis: George Monbiot busts damaging farming myths in his new book

Farming is the greatest cause of environmental destruction, but we have the tools to regenerate, writes Monbiot, in his blistering new book.

02/06/2022

Green News

Big tobacco is one of the world’s ‘biggest polluters’, says WHO

The tobacco industry has a devastating impact on the environment and some experts say it’s time to start treating it like the oil companies.

31/05/2022

Green News

Why is Qatar's 'carbon neutral' World Cup being so heavily criticised?

Qatar is said to be building a large-scale grass farm, which has negligible water resources, in the desert to produce stadium-ready turf.

31/05/2022

My Europe Series

Why the Czech Republic's green measures lag behind neighbours

The environmental situation in the Czech Republic is the fifth worst in Europe despite the amount of GDP spent on trying to rectify it, a newly-published report has said.

30/05/2022

Germany

G7 pledge to decarbonise energy sectors by 2035

After three days of talks, G7 Ministers made a bid to tackle global warming with a number of pledges which will be presented to leaders next month at the G7 summit in Elmau, Germany - moves which have been largely welcomed by climate activists.

27/05/2022

Green News

Kim Kardashian becomes ‘chief taste consultant’ for Beyond Meat

Billionaires could account for 16 per cent of global emissions by 2030. Is a plant-based endorsement from Kim K enough?

26/05/2022

Green News

First 'carbon neutral' cancer surgery performed in the UK

The lessons learned on low-carbon procedures - from anaesthesia to energy efficiency - are set to be rolled out across the NHS.

26/05/2022

Green News

Climate change in court: German farmer sues Volkswagen

Why are a car manufacturer and farmer in court over climate change?

20/05/2022

Green News

All but one of 50 airline climate targets missed in the UK since 2000

We speak to Possible’s Leo Murray about how unclear definitions, minimal monitoring and inconsistent reporting have made the aviation industry’s green target difficult to track.

19/05/2022

Green News

Stargazers are the unexpected winners of the cost of living crisis

Stargazers are craning their necks during the cost of living crisis to see the skies, but why are they clearer than they have been for years?

17/05/2022

Eco-Innovation

Is fermented mushroom ‘meat’ the solution to our beef addiction?

Replacing 20 per cent of beef with a fungi substitute could halve deforestation, a new study shows.

05/05/2022

Climate

The real climate impact of flying could be much worse than we thought

The consequences of non-CO2 impacts could be a net warming effect on the climate that is bigger than that of CO2.

04/05/2022

Eco-Innovation

This underwater plant absorbs carbon 30 times faster than a rainforest

One environmental charity wants to repopulate the UK’s coasts with this carbon-capturing plant.

03/05/2022

Living

These community projects are feeding people not landfill

As we mark Stop Food Waste Day, these locals are on a mission to feed people excess food to stop it being binned.

28/04/2022

Eco-Innovation

Self-healing solar panels may be the future of reliable clean energy

Researchers have found a material which can self-repair, potentially revolutionising solar panel construction.

17/04/2022

Travel News

Are giant, floating balloons the future of space tourism?

The trip, costing €114,000 per person, can take eight passengers and a pilot into space.

14/04/2022

Green News

What are consumption-based emissions and why is Sweden targeting them?

Sweden hopes to become world first in targeting its 'consumption-based emissions'. But what does that mean and will other countries follow suit?

13/04/2022

Climate

Cost of keeping global heating to 1.5°C is far less than you'd guess

The cost of curbing CO2 will just be a few per cent of global GDP by 2050 - and that's without accounting for avoided disasters.

04/04/2022