One World – One Environment – One Network
Every time you wash clothes, you are releasing microplastics into the sea, but we know little about the amount and distribution of such material from different types of textile. Research scientists are now working...
New research has found that irrigation can help fight against hot weather extremes. South Asia benefits in particular. Large-scale irrigation can have a strong effect on climate conditions, and especially hot extremes, according to...
Swiss start-up hiLyte has developed a clean and affordable battery that can help people in rural Sub-Saharan Africa light their homes and charge their cell phones. hiLyte, a start-up founded by two graduates of...
People who live in more built up areas and spend less free time in nature are less likely to take actions that benefit the environment, such as recycling, buying eco-friendly products or volunteering to...
A recent study finds that people could be ingesting approximately 5 grams of plastic every week on average, which is the equivalent weight of a credit card. The analysis No Plastic in Nature: Assessing...
New technologies are needed to combat climate change. Now bioinformatics specialists from the University of Würzburg might have found a way of enabling plants to store more carbon dioxide. Each year, an average of...
Nestlé will invest up to $2 billion in an effort to replace virgin plastics with food-grade recycled plastics. Some of the money will be invested in start-ups developing new materials. Nestlé pledged two years...
Tech giant Microsoft has announced that it will be carbon negative by 2030, and by 2050 remove from the environment all the carbon the company has ever emitted since it was founded. Global tech...
Most meat eaters support veganism and vegetarianism for their ethical and environmental benefits, but taste, price and convenience are still barriers, finds a new study. A recently published study that looked at public opinion...
The European Union aims to become climate-neutral by 2050. To achieve this, Brussels has presented an investment plan for a European Green Deal that will unlock private funds and financial instruments to lead to...
Between 2005 and 2016, the shift away from coal saved an estimated 26,610 lives and 570 million bushels of crops. The decommissioning of coal-fired power plants in the continental United States has reduced nearby...
Sadiq Khan has launched a new energy company to help Londoners cut fuel bills and turn the capital into a zero-carbon city. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has launched a landmark green energy company...
Toyota has unveiled plans to a build a prototype ‘city of the future’ at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. It is envisioned as a ‘living laboratory’ where residents and researchers can test...
Sadiq Khan and Bill de Blasio are calling on their fellow mayors of major cities worldwide to join them in divesting their city pension funds from fossil fuel assets. Mayor of London Sadiq Khan...
The Co-op has announced that it will only use 100% recyclable packaging for its own brands, leading to what will become the largest-ever UK-wide scheme to recycle plastic film. The Co-op group is not...
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich are conducting interdisciplinary research into the development of materials that open the door to organic infrastructures with closed material cycles, such as bridges...
Large cities around the world continue to favor ‘inefficient and unsustainable’ outward growth into suburbs, instead of high-density upward growth, finds a new study. Researchers from Yale University and the World Resources Institute analyzed...
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology can detect the fingerprints of global warming in daily weather observations at the global scale. While it’s true that weather is not the same thing as...
A new study has found that London has higher levels of microplastics in the air than any other major city. Researchers from King’s College London carried out a study on microplastics in the atmosphere...
Research by a San Francisco State University professor indicates that CEOs are more likely to enact social responsibility efforts when they disagree with the White House. A new study by San Francisco State University...
