English

More about this topic

Green News

Is the UK illegally subsidising fossil fuel companies?

Britain's treasury received around £248 million (€289 million) from oil and gas production in 2020/21.

Living

The trillion dollar question: How to fix the fashion industry

Is decarbonisation a silver bullet for the industry or a sophisticated papering over the cracks?

Nature

Film of polar bear eating reindeer seen as evidence of climate change

Rare footage of a polar bear killing and eating a reindeer is being seen as evidence that climate change is forcing a change of diet in the Arctic.

Green News

Prince William criticised for blaming habitat loss on Africa...again

Prince William has commented on African population growth for the second time, here are some other factors he should consider first.

ADVERTISEMENT

Green News

British Columbia is bitten by climate change-fuelled weather extremes

From dangerous heat and destructive wildfires, to record breaking rainfall and catastrophic flooding. Parts of British Columbia, Canada have been at the epicentre of two top-end weather extremes within the space of a few months.

Climate

Where do all the words and numbers we heard at COP26 leave us?

For the first time in a UN climate agreement, all four drafts of the Pact – including the final version – contained a statement on fossil fuels. Unfortunately, this final statement was heavily watered down.

Climate

Climate misinformation could ‘undermine’ COP26 progress, say experts

Climate denial is changing into climate delay and without a definition for misinformation, the goal of 1.5C could be at risk.

Money

Norway could back Bitcoin mining ban on environmental grounds

The Nordic nation is popular among crypto miners because of its renewable electricity and low energy prices, but a government minister says the energy usage of some types of token mining is 'hard to justify'.

Green News

Why is the Indian capital completely covered in smog?

Earlier this month, air quality levels fell to the “severe” category in the capital and residents faced bouts of severe pollution for a number of days.

Mobility

Noise pollution: How are airports and airlines addressing the issue?

In partnership with Airbus

An increase in flights since the 1960s has been great for business and tourists but, in some cases, bad for locals.

Money

Ban Bitcoin mining to save the environment, say Swedish authorities

Environment and finance regulators in the Nordic country say crypto mining's electricity usage is putting the climate at risk.

Climate

Latest draft COP26 deal waters down language on ending coal use

The change in wording compared to an earlier version of the draft suggested a shift away from unconditional demands that some fossil fuel exporting countries have objected to.

Culture news

'Pulp' frontman releases sustainability anthem for COP26

Cocker says the climate crisis is moving to the centre of public consciousness.

No Comment

French quadruple amputee begins attempt to cross world's highest lake

Paralympian quadruple amputee Theo Curin begins his challenge to swim 122 kilometres across the world's highest navigable lake to raise awareness of environmental pollution.

Mobility

World's biggest carmakers fail to sign up to zero emissions pledge

Over 100 companies and governments signed a pledge to switch to electric vehicles by 2040, but the world's biggest carmakers and car markets weren't among them.

Tech News

Euroviews. A marketeer's dilemma: Creating demand in a world that needs less

The co-founder of UK brand consultancy, Firehaus reflects on his role in the climate crisis and what the industry can do next.

Climate

Five reasons climate change affects women more than men

Women and girls experience violence and a lack of access to education as a direct result of the climate crisis.

Climate

These island nations urgently need money to survive climate change

It’s not too late to save island nations from climate change, but it will be soon. This is what they need to save their homes.

No Comment

Protesters at climate demo in Glasgow, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam and Istanbul

Thousands of climate protesters brave torrential rain in Glasgow to take part in worldwide demonstrations against what campaigners say is a failure of crunch UN talks to bring about the radical action needed to tame global warming

Green News

We need to cut the ‘paralysing' jargon when it comes to climate change

According to new research, over three-quarters of UK residents don’t understand what ‘net zero’ means.