One World – One Environment – One Network
91 per cent of people fail to recognize that how we eat, produce and waste food is the single biggest threat to our planet, warns WWF in new research. The food system consumes natural...
Smartphones can quickly become obsolete, leading to criticism of their environmental impact. However, increased repairability is less important than the psychology of the brand name when it comes to device sustainability, says a new...
World Cities Day is celebrated each year on 31 October. This year’s event will focus on building sustainable and resilient cities. The United Nations has designated 31 October as World Cities Day. Its aim...
The UK’s largest producer of low-carbon electricity is partnering with one of the world’s largest car manufacturers to support the adoption of electric vehicles, energy generation and storage solutions. Nissan and EDF Energy signed...
Fast-growing cities in the developing world have a pivotal role to play in limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, finds the latest UN climate change report. According to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on...
The same week that the UN issued a dire warning on climate change, the Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to two Americans conducting ground-breaking research on sustainable economies, offering hope that solutions do...
The amount of plastic washing up on the shores of remote South Atlantic islands is 10 times greater than it was a decade ago, according to new research from the British Antarctic Survey. Plastic...
A Swiss startup has opened up a facility in Italy that filters CO2 from the air and then converts into methane to fuel natural gas vehicles. Climeworks has developed a technology that it calls...
Last week, the European Union, Canada, China, Denmark, Iceland, Japan, Norway, Russia, South Korea and the US signed a historic international agreement banning unregulated commercial fishing in the Arctic high seas. Together, they represent...
Recent discoveries are finding new and better ways to derive power from hydrogen oxide, part of a worldwide push to harness the latent power in water and put an end to carbon-based fuels. By...
The six trillion cigarettes produced every year gobble up finite resources, impacting the environment through climate change, water use and toxicity, a new study has warned. A single smoker depletes 1.4 million litres of...
Machine learning methods could more than double the number of environmental violations detected, says new research. The finding could prevent some of the worst effects of hurricanes. When Hurricane Florence hit North Carolina, it...
Senior officials from Beijing, Fuzhou, Qingdao and Shanghai have announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings in their cities. The initiative, led by C40 Cities, will develop a range of innovative policies...
This year’s World Habitat Day focused on responsible municipal solid waste management, which is rooted in six Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs. The global observance on 1 October was held at UN-Habitat headquarters in...
Cities will have to become ‘agile’ to capture the opportunities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, according to a new report from the World Economic Forum. The world is rapidly urbanizing and new technologies are...
Growing and harvesting bioenergy crops – corn for ethanol or trees to fuel power plants, for example – is a poor use of land, which is a precious resource in the fight against climate...
World leaders can and must rethink how they build power plants, highways, water treatment facilities and other infrastructure if they want to make a meaningful dent in the Paris Agreement climate change goals, according...
There are now an estimated 235 wild tigers in Nepal, which doubles the figure of around 121 recorded in 2009. With these trends, the country could become the first to double its national tiger...
Until now, the Arctic tundra has been the domain of low-growing grasses and dwarf shrubs. But new, taller plant species have been slowly taking over this chilly neighbourhood, report an international group of nearly...
Microplastics have been found deep in the sand on beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs. Such pollution could eventually affect turtle breeding and even the ratio of male to female hatchlings. An average...
