The day the mountain fell: Sierra Leone's mudslide
I first became aware of the environmental crisis facing Freetown while living there in the summer of 2006. That year, the rains that...
Climate Change, Conflict Leave 224 Million Undernourished in Africa
An official with the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warns that climate change and conflict are leading to food...
Britain and Europe must ban palm oil in biofuel to save forests, EU parliament told
If Britain and other European nations are to fulfil forest protection goals, they must ban the use of palm oil for biofuel and tighten...
Bill Gates is planning to strip CO2 from the air and turn it into clean fuel
Could the future of clean energy be to turn air into petrol? It may sound too good to be true, but Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and...
Taiwan Announces Ban on All Plastic Bags, Straws, and Utensils
Ordering take-out, picking up groceries, buying a soft drink — these are all activities that will change over the next decade in Taiwan...
Conserving our planet, hectare by hectare
Scientists and policymakers agree that we need to step up efforts to conserve biodiversity. We need to move beyond legally protected...
Stronger storms mean new 'category six' scale may be needed
The increasing strength, intensity and duration of tropical cyclones has climate scientists questioning whether a new classification...
The future of farming is climate-smart, integrates both mitigation and adaption measures
“The Future of Farming” is a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on climate-smart agriculture (CSA) developed by the University of Reading...
Climate-smart agricultural initiatives set to scale in India
It was a moment of validation for the scientific community when the recent Union Budget (2018) of India brought to light a new scheme...
Climate change 'will push European cities towards breaking point'
Major British towns and cities, including Glasgow, Wrexham, Aberdeen and Chester, could be much more severely affected by climate change...