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DUSKA DIMOVIC: Mankind Lives Beyond the Capacity of Nature
One of the most prominent actions in Serbia’s public life that deals with nature is 'Earth Hour'. It is an action that is being implemented throughout the world and the creators of...
Deep-Sea Mining Could Help Develop Mass Solar Energy but Only at a Cost to the Environment
Scientists have just discovered massive amounts of a rare metal called tellurium, a key element in cutting-edge solar technology. As a solar expert who specialises in exactly this, I should be delighted....
Walmart Takes Aim at Supply Chain Emissions with Launch of Project Gigaton
Walmart has this week officially kicked off a new plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions across its global supply chain by one gigaton by 2030.
Dubbed Project Gigaton, the new initiative was unveiled...
Etsy Sets Global Zero Waste Goal
Online handmade items marketplace Etsy has announced plans to secure 'zero waste' status across its global operations, following news it has achieved Living Building Challenge sustainability certification for its new headquarters in...
Scientists Say Only 10 Years Left to Save the Planet
The planet, as we know it, has been given a deadline: 10 years. According to the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, if humans don't reduce greenhouse gas emissions drastically and maintain...
Irena Vojáčková-Sollorano: Green Climate Fund Will Be the Biggest Financial Mechanism
Climate change is a global problem and the obligation of each country is to actively participate in the fight against all these changes. Serbia plans to ratify the Paris Climate Agreement by...
MEPs vote to ban the use of palm oil in biofuels
MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to ban biofuels made from vegetable oils including palm oil by 2020, to prevent the EU’s renewable transport targets from inadvertently contributing to deforestation.
A new palm oil regulation,...
‘Forest Cities’: the Radical Plan to Save China from Air Pollution
When Stefano Boeri imagines the future of urban China he sees green, and lots of it. Office blocks, homes and hotels decked from top to toe in a verdant blaze of shrubbery...
Court Forces Turkish Coal Plant to Suspend Operations
Izdemir coal power station opened in April 2014. Now, a Turkish court has revoked its environmental permit. Without it, the 350MW generator cannot legally run.
The judge cited its impact on the ancient...
Minister Tiilikainen: Finland to Achieve Carbon-Neutrality by 2045
Finland has every opportunity to serve as a model country in climate and energy policy, says Minister of Agriculture and the Environment Kimmo Tiilikainen. Making use of the available and new solutions...
How Norway Is Leading the Way in Making the Planet Greener
From being a UNESCO World Heritage Site to boasting the razor sharp peaks of the Lofoten Islands and emerald green fjords, it is easy to see why Norway is one of the...
Humans Causing Climate to Change 170 Times Faster than Natural Forces
Researchers behind ‘Anthropocene equation’ say impact of people’s intense activity on Earth far exceeds that of natural events spread across millennia.
For the first time, researchers have developed a mathematical equation to describe...
China’s First Vertical Forest is Rising in Nanjing
Stefano Boeri Architetti is bringing the vertical forest concept popularized in Milan to Nanjing, China with the Nanjing Towers. The two green towers could provide the city with a breath of fresh...
Connecting People to Nature – in the City and on the Land, from the Poles to the Equator
For this year’s World Environment Day, millions of people around the globe will answer the call to ‘connect with nature,’ celebrating the day by going to a park or heading to the...
Director-General of UNESCO Receives WWF’s Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, last month presented the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) 2016 Duke of Edinburgh Conservation Award, for her contribution to...
European Commission Approves Drax Biomass Subsidy
The share price of Britain’s biggest power station operator has jumped to a five-month high after the European commission approved subsidies for its conversion to burn wood pellets instead of coal.
Drax was...
