UN climate conference recognizes the role of women in climate action
With the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 23), in Bonn, Germany, entering its final week of negotiations, the Fiji...
Advocate for Better Air Quality
Energy efficiency programmes reduce carbon emissions & air pollution, for the benefit of human health and well-being. Use of solar LED...
This hydrogen car could be the future of transport
Automobile engineer Hugo Spowers believes that battery-powered electric vehicles won’t be the only attractive option on the market for...
How to repair our environment, one species at a times
he swelteringly hot summer of 1976 was the last gasp for the chequered skipper, a dynamic little butterfly that once buzzed along the...
15,000 scientists give catastrophic warning about the fate of the world in new ‘letter to humanity’
A new, dire "warning to humanity" about the dangers to all of us has been written by 15,000 scientists from around the world. The message...
What they don’t tell you about climate change
TWO years ago the world pledged to keep global warming “well below” 2°C hotter than pre-industrial times. Climate scientists and...
Growing number of global insurance firms divesting from fossil fuels
A growing number of insurance companies increasingly affected by the consequences of climate change are selling holdings in coal...
9 ways to get climate-smart agriculture to more people
Understanding which agricultural practices work best, and where, to halt the impacts of climate change is one thing. But making sure...
By ending deforestation in West Africa we can turn cocoa farmers into climate heroes
World Cocoa Foundation chairman Barry Parkin says the unprecedented deal signed by 21 cocoa companies with Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire at...
African herders have been pushed into destitution and crime
At the start of every dry season fires creep southwards across the Central African Republic (CAR). Kasper Agger, a Dane who works for...