One World – One Environment – One Network
The number of policy and regulatory measures backing green finance has more than doubled since 2015, according to figures released by the UN Environment Agency. The measures database from the UN Environment Agency (UNEP)...
A new report from the International Resource Panel has found that reducing demand for floor space in G7 countries by up to 20% could lower greenhouse gas emissions from the production of materials by...
Nestlé has announced that the entire range of Buxton water bottles will be made from 100% recycled plastic by 2021. Buxton Natural Mineral Water launched the 75cl and 1 litre bottles made from 100%...
Park Avenue Green, a multifamily, affordable housing building in New York City, has now been certified by the Passive House Institute, making it the largest Passive House building in North America. Park Avenue Green...
Scientists are sounding the alarm bell after new research reveals that Greenland is losing ice seven times faster than in the 1990s. If it remains at this rate, 100 million will be exposed to...
The EU Commission has presented a roadmap for making the EU’s economy more sustainable and circular, which includes dedicating at least 25% of the EU’s budget towards climate action. The goal is to make...
A new smartphone game is being developed to help users to defend themselves from misinformation about climate change. John Cook, a professor at George Mason University in the state of Virginia and an expert...
C40 Cities has launched a new global competition to inspire cities to turn underutilized sites into sustainable and resilient landmarks of the future. C40’s architecture and design competition Reinventing Cities is now open for...
Fashion giant H&M has opened a store in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a focus on ‘circular fashion’, including clothing rentals and repair services. Global fashion chain H&M re-opened its flagship Sergels Torg store...
UN-Habitat and ICLEI teamed up in 2012 to support eight cities develop urban low emission development strategies. They have now taken the project into a second phase, in which they are supporting more than...
A researcher in Switzerland has developed an intelligent algorithm that uses satellite and drone images of rainforests to predict where the next sites of deforestation will occur. He presented his research at the climate...
Climate change is increasing the risks of gender-based violence, warns the UN Climate Change agency. With the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report on Global Warming of 1.5ºC predicting an increase in natural...
A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a renewable fuel for homes in winter,...
This year’s EUROCITIES Awards were awarded under the theme ‘cities at a crossroads’, reflecting the new political landscape at the EU level as well as the changing landscapes in cities themselves. The EUROCITIES Awards...
Estée Lauder has become the first major beauty company in the world to sign a virtual power purchase agreement for renewable energy, boosting its renewable electricity footprint in the US and Canada. Global beauty...
More than half of the climate tipping points identified a decade ago are now ‘active’, posing a major threat to the existence of human civilizations, warn scientists. Global warming is threatening the loss of...
The amount of microplastic in our environment is dwarfed by the amount of microrubber, according to researchers in Switzerland. Most microrubber comes from car tire abrasion. Over the last 30 years, around 200,000 tons...
The European Investment Bank has announced that it will end financing for fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021 as part of its new energy lending policy. It also aims to align...
A new study has confirmed that trees, parks and gardens near residential homes in cities can prevent premature deaths. Researchers from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) have conducted the largest ever study...
New York City’s waste service is now offering a curbside program to encourage New Yorkers to recycle their Nespresso coffee capsules. Nespresso has committed to invest $1.2 million to help sort and recycle small...
