The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) has formed a new partnership with MF Banka in Bosnia and Herzegovina to expand access to green finance for small, and medium enterprises (SMEs). A senior...

Renewable energy continued to expand steadily and well above the long-term trend, with share in total capacity expansion reaching a new record of 81 percent last year. New data released by the International...

According to a new survey, there is strong global support – across all countries and demographic groups – for the energy transition to move away from fossil fuels. A majority of consumers worldwide...

Groundwater accounts for 99 percent of all liquid freshwater on Earth. However, this natural resource is often poorly understood and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and even abused. According to the latest edition of...

Agriculture is a major user of freshwater withdrawals Irrigated crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and forestry, account for roughly 70 percent of total freshwater withdrawals globally and for over 90 percent in the majority...

Within the next five years, everyone on Earth should be protected by early warning systems against increasingly extreme weather and climate change, according to an ambitious new United Nations target announced today. UN...

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least...

Remember the Code Red for Humanity? It was the warning report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which is composed of the world’s leading climate scientists. Issued last August, the report was...

The perfection is in simplicity, which also goes for simple inventions. Thus, a small device, called WADI, which does not require batteries, chemi-cals, or spare parts, can save a large part of...

The pace of digitalisation in the energy sector has accelerated rapidly in recent years, leading to a transformation of many traditional business models. Thanks to innovative technologies and access to new types...

We have all seen the dramatic, terrifying images of wildfires tearing at devastating speed through forested areas all over the world, from the Amazon to California and throughout Northern Africa and Europe. But...

The images are sobering: dead sea birds and choking turtles caught in the plastic that is increasingly flooding into marine ecosystems. In many parts of the world, this type of plastic pollution has...

As the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) came to a close, news agencies and bloggers ploughed through the Glasgow Climate Pact to make sense of the commitments made to...

Coal is being consigned to history today at COP26, as countries, banks and organisations move away from the single biggest contributor to climate change. A just transition to clean energy and the rapid...

When the climate crisis requires immediate action, cities become key players in the transition towards better ecological scenarios. Are mayors and governments ready to bet on ways forward that put the health of people...

International science advisors from around the globe have signed an open letter, emphasizing that "the scentific case for urgent climate action is unequivocal." The letter was posted on the UK government's website...