Some of the world's most iconic hotels are to trial new approaches to tackling food waste, as part of a major new initiative launched today by WWF, The Rockefeller Foundation, and the...

The Scottish government's plans to establish the country as a world-leading hub for floating wind turbine technology took another step forward last week when planning approval was granted for the third demonstration...

New Zealand has recognized the Whanganui River as a legal person. On Wednesday, New Zealand Parliament passed the Te Awa Tupua Bill which states that the river is "an indivisible and living whole,"...

The sheer number of people who live in cities now and who are expected to move into them in the coming years is startling. Around two-thirds of the world's population is predicted...

Climate change played a major role in the extreme air pollution events suffered recently by China and is likely to make such "airpocalypses" more common, new research has revealed. The fast-melting ice in...

The European Parliament has yesterday voted in favour of strengthening proposed recycling and food waste targets as part of the EU's upcoming circular economy package. MEPs endorsed proposals for the bloc to deliver...

India’s solar power generation capacity, that stood at 3000 megawatts (MW) in 2014, has registered a three fold rise in just three years. The country now has an installed capacity of generating...

The Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, has promised to step up his country’s battle against deadly smog, telling an annual political congress: “We will make our skies blue again.” China’s cities have become synonymous...

The Gazprom Board of Directors took note of the information about Gazprom Group’s cost optimization (reduction) options for 2017. It was underscored that throughout the current year the Company would sustain its comprehensive...

MEPs vote last week on plans to reform the EU's emissions trading system (ETS), a scheme set up to help reduce greenhouse gases, which is not not working as expected. Although the...

The Ministry of Treasury recently hosted the UN Environment Mission as part of the country’s commitment to boosting sustainable financing. In its first steps as part of the G20 troika,  a set of...

The addition of a third runway at Heathrow will not endanger the UK's ability to meet its legally binding climate change targets, the government has claimed in a new Airports National Policy...

Electric cars are set to dominate the fast-expanding ultra-low emission vehicle (ULEV) market in the coming decades, with hydrogen vehicles unlikely to play a major role prior to 2050. That is the conclusion...

The European Union is on track to meet its renewable energy, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas emission targets for 2020 following a 'year of delivery' across the renewables sector, according to a...

The European Investment Bank Group provided EUR 619 million in new loans, guarantees equity in the Czech Republic in 2016, of which EUR 526 million from the EIB and EUR 93 million from...

A host of EU Member States yesterday voted against extending controversial measures imposing a Minimum Import Price (MIP) on solar cells and modules from Asia. More than half of Member States voted against...