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Green Campaigners Welcome Coca-Cola U-Turn On Bottle and can Recycling Scheme

Coca-Cola has announced it supports testing a deposit return service for drinks cans and bottles, in a major coup for environment and anti-waste campaigners. Executives told an event in Edinburgh on Tuesday evening...

IEEFA Norway: Why the World’s Biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund Should Invest in Global Renewable Energy Infrastructure

We published a report this morning that highlights how Norway is at a historic crossroads in how it manages some of its vast national wealth bound up in the Government Pension Fund...

Shell Launches its First Hydrogen Refuelling Station in the UK

Shell announces the launch of its first hydrogen refuelling station in the UK at its Cobham service station on the M25. The new hydrogen station has been supplied by ITM Power and...

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...

The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic Case for Action

The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the economic case for action, a joint study of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), seeks to estimate the costs...

Siemens Tops Clean 200 as Chinese Firms Dominate Rankings

German tech giant Siemens has topped the latest Clean 200 list of publicly traded corporations which make significant revenue from green energy, while Chinese companies continue to dominate the rankings. Revealed today, the...

Eco-Industrial Parks: Creating Shared Prosperity and Safeguarding the Environment

Eco-Industrial Parks (EIP) foster economic and social progress and help to protect the environment. This future-oriented eco-industrial development concept integrates industry and nature to offer businesses prospects for growth, improve eco-systems and...

Argentina in the G20 Troika: the Boost to Sustainable Financing

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...

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...

EBRD, EU and Partners Support Energy Efficiency Investments in Western Balkans

European Commission provides €30 million grant to regional programme. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Commission (EC) are stepping up their joint efforts to promote energy efficiency across...

Energy Efficiency Receives Major Boost at the Western Balkan 6 Summit in Skopje

European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Commissioner Johannes Hahn signed an agreement in the amount of 50 million euros with international financial institutions (EBRD, EIB and KfW) at the Western Balkan 6...

Solar Surge Accounts for One in Every 50 New US Jobs

Those still hoping President Trump's focus on job creation could deliver dividends for the green economy were handed fresh ammunition yesterday, as a new report revealed one in every 50 new jobs...

Coal Collapse Pushes UK Greenhouse Gas Emissions Down Four Per Cent in 2015

UK greenhouse gas emissions fell nearly four per cent last year, continuing a long-running trend that has seen the country's emissions drop 38 per cent since 1990. The latest official statistical release from...

Improving the Implementation of European Environmental Policy

Today's adoption of the Environmental Implementation Review marks the beginning of a new process in improving how environmental laws are applied for the benefit of citizens, administrations and economy. The Commission will address...

Teesside Collective Unveils Proposal for Industrial CCS Network Designed to Undercut Offshore Wind Power

Ambitious plans to turn the Tees Valley into a globally significant carbon capture and storage (CCS) hub will today take a major step forward with the publication of new proposals on how...

Reports: Beijing Sets New Goal to Slash Coal Use 30 Per Cent this Year

China's war on smog has stepped up another gear with reports suggesting Beijing is planning to cut coal use by a further 30 per cent across the capital this year. The official Xinhua...

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