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Inger Andersen will be the new head of the UN environment agency, taking over from Norway’s Erik Solheim, who resigned in November amid a scandal over his travel expenses. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has...
An ambitious proposal is stirring controversy and raising hopes for a more sustainable future in the United States. John Dyer reports. Senator Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a newly elected...
The Orkney Islands in the northern UK are now producing around 120 per cent of their energy needs via wind and tidal power. John Dyer reports. Orkney islanders purchased coal and gas from the...
Werner Hoyer, president of the European Investment Bank, has written an article for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, arguing that Europe is well poised to lead the green economy. John Dyer reports. Europe...
First launched in 2005 in the European Union, cap-and-trade markets are slowly but surely gaining ground around the world. John Dyer reports. Oregon Governor Kate Brown is looking for long-term solutions to the droughts...
The tiny South Pacific nation of Palau faced a huge environmental challenge a few years ago. Its people have now shown how even a small country can devise a big-impact strategy to cultivate sustainability....
Christmas trees on curbs symbolize the end of the season of giving, but they’re not quite done giving: pine trees have always been a treasure trove of sustainable, biodegradable materials. John Dyer reports. Some...
The beginning of the new year marks a time to look back and learn lessons for the future. John Dyer reports from Boston. In the world of sustainability, 2018 was a year of ominous...
With plastic pollution long having hit record highs, researchers and entrepreneurs around the world are making serious advances in developing resource-friendly bioplastics. John Dyer reports from Boston. When Ocean Cleanup’s 600-metre-long floating net left...
While American investors are making record investments into sustainable assets, the sheer size of the volume suggest that some of the incentives are leading asset managers to ‘greenwash’ or exaggerate their ESG credentials. John...
Investors managing $32 trillion are accusing governments of failing to address the financial risks of climate change. John Dyer reports. Politicians around the world stood idle as a real estate bubble, Eurozone debt and...
By: Michael Stachowitsch This richly illustrated book serves as the ideal guide to the items that litter the world’s beaches. Forget sea shells and other fauna and flora. Here, you will find what a...
New research shows that commonly held resources can be shared in a sustainable manner, overturning theoretical models that have dominated since the late 1960s. John Dyer reports. American ecologist Garrett Hardin painted a dismal...
If temperatures increase by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius, there is a high probability of losing cod breeding grounds, according to a new study by experts at the Alfred Wegner Institute (AWI) Helmholtz Centre...
At the United Nations Climate Change Conference starting in Katowice this week, ways to use regulations for financial institutions and other businesses to support the transition to a climate-friendly and sustainable economy, will be...
On December 3, 2018, the UN Climate Change Conference began in Katowice, Poland. The results will also have a major impact on the future of tropical coral reefs. Global CO2 emissions pose a threat...
Climate change could cost the American economy around 10 per cent of gross domestic product through the turn of the century, according to a new United States government report. John Dyer reports from Boston....
As much as 20 per cent of jet fuel burned in Norway in 2030 could be biofuel made from the country’s forest residues. This alone could cut greenhouse gas emissions from Norway’s aviation sector...
By: Jade S. Sasser A critique of population control narratives reproduced by international development actors in the 21st century Since the turn of the millennium, American media, scientists, and environmental activists have insisted that...
Carbon-intensive industries risk crippling devaluations within a decade unless they take bold actions to combat climate change, according to Canadian researchers. John Dyer reports from Boston. Writing in the Journal of Sustainable Finance &...
High carbon dioxide conditions can disrupt the pelagic food web, as discovered by an international group of scientists during a long-term experiment off the Canary Islands. If carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere and thereby in...
