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FCO Climate Headcount Down 60 Per Cent Since 2011, FOI Reveals

The number of UK-based diplomats working on climate change issues for the UK government has fallen dramatically over the last six years, new Freedom of Information data released publicly earlier this week...

David Suzuki: Wildfires Are a Climate Change Wake-Up Call

Wildfires are sweeping BC. Close to 900 have burned through 600,000 hectares so far this year, blanketing western North America with smoke. Fighting them has cost more than $230 million—and the season...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan Announces World’s First National Park City

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched plans to turn his city into the world’s first National Park City and one of the greenest cities on Earth, including the creation of a £9...

Sun-Powered Shopping: Syzygy and Landsec Deck Out Leeds Mall with PV Panels

A shopping centre in Leeds is now home to the largest solar installation of its kind in the UK, thanks to a partnership between its owners Landsec and clean energy consultancy Syzygy. The...

Diesel Car Sale Forecasts Tail Off Amid Air Pollution Fears

Diesel car sales are set to see their market share eroded over the next two years as public concern over air pollution continues to mount, the latest industry forecasts suggest. New car sales...

Sofia City Urban Challenge 2017

Sofia city is looking for excellent start-ups that can offer solutions for clean air. Apply until the 15th of September 2017 HERE and get a chance to participate in the Urban Challenges pitch...

Roads Could be Covered with ‘Tunnels’ to Absorb Pollution

Major roads could be turned into tunnels covered with pollution-absorbing material in an effort to cut emission fumes and improve air quality. Highways Agency officials are studying a Dutch scheme in which cantilevered...

German Court Orders Diesel Ban in Bid Tackle Air Pollution

A judge in the German city of Stuttgart has ordered the most polluting diesel cars be banned from entering the city from January 2018 in a bid to curb illegal levels of...

UK Government to Ban New Petrol and Diesel Cars and Vans from 2040

The government will today set out a vision for removing the internal combustion engine from Britain's roads by setting a 2040 date for banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars...

Protein From Solar Energy & Carbon Dioxide Could Slow The Pace Of Climate Change

Humans need protein to survive, but growing the food that supplies the much needed protein adds carbon dioxide and methane to the atmosphere, speeding up the pace of climate change. Agriculture has...

Solarcentury Secures €5.7m Deal to Build East African Solar Mini-Grids

Solarcentury has been awarded a €5.7m contract by the Eritrean government to design and build two hybrid mini-grids composed of solar panels and batteries. The solar-powered mini-grids will provide power to businesses and...

JLL UK Hits Energy Reduction Target a Year Early

Real estate consultancy JLL UK has hit 78 per cent of its 2016 sustainability targets, including achieving a 26 per cent reduction in absolute energy use since 2012, but missed key targets...

France Slapped with Court Order to Clean Up Air Pollution

France's supreme legal authority has ordered the French government to address the nation's poor air quality in a landmark court case brought by Friends of the Earth France with the support of...

Coca-Cola Unwraps New Sustainable Packaging Strategy

Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) will today launch a major new strategy designed to curb the environmental impact of its packaging and boost the recycling rate for its iconic cans and bottles. The company...

Study: Climate Change To Wipe Out Half Of Ethiopia’s Coffee-Growing Area

The birthplace of coffee, Ethiopia, is likely to lose up to half of its total coffee-growing area by the end of the century as a result of anthropogenic climate change and its...

Onshore Wind Delivers Almost a Quarter of Northern Ireland’s Power

Onshore wind capacity in Northern Ireland has passed the 1GW mark and is providing nearly a quarter of the country's power, according to the latest generation figures from NI Electricity Networks. Following the...

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