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Good Emissions Trading Programs are Unique, Not One-Size-Fits-All

Climate change is a global problem — but its solution relies on national, regional, and local policy actions. Take the issue of greenhouse gas emissions markets, which put a price on, say,...

Leonardo Dicaprio Foundation Makes Historic Grant Announcement

LDF announces its largest-ever portfolio of environmental grants, increasing the organization’s total direct financial giving to over $59 million since 1998. Additionally, after a period of increased grantmaking and a goal of...

Revealed: Vatican Bank Officials Tied to Fossil Fuels

Two Vatican Bank board members have financial links to the fossil fuels industry, with one reported to have donated to a leading climate sceptic organisation, according to an Energydesk investigation. The news comes...

Why Brexit May Be Good News for World’s First Tidal Lagoons

Plans for the world’s first tidal lagoons off the coast of South Wales could be bolstered by Britain’s exit from the European Union, according to the developer pledging thousands of new jobs...

More than Half of the World’s Fragile Coral Reefs Are Under Threat

14 July 2016 – More than half of the world’s fragile coral reefs are under threat and most of our major fish stocks are now over exploited, according to the latest global...

IEA releases Oil Market Report for July

Global oil supplies rose by 0.6 mb/d in June, to 96 mb/d, after outages curbed OPEC and non-OPEC supplies in May, while production was 750 kb/d below as higher OPEC output only...

Towards Clean and Smart Mobility

Transport plays a critical role in the way we live. Our food, clothes and household waste all need to be transported, contributing to our economy and quality of life. But the increasing...

Renewable Energy in Eastern Ukraine: For the children of the Town of Bryanka, the answer was blowing in the wind

Power outages are common in rural areas of Eastern Ukraine partly due to the worn out power lines infrastructure and also because of harsh weather conditions in the winter and autumn. For...

Đukanović with KfW delegation: German bank said it would support road infrastructure

German Development Bank KfW invested resources that were used for priority development areas in Montenegro, said Prime Minister Milo Đukanović at the meeting with a delegation of this bank, lead by a...

Morocco Bans Plastic Bags

Morocco has banned the production and use of plastic bags, with many shops and street sellers across the country having reportedly stocked-up last week ahead of the legislation coming into force on...

The Paris Agreement Asks Businesses to Be Bold

Ahead of the historic climate negotiations in December at COP21, BSR and our partners at We Mean Business recognized that the Paris Agreement could be more than a diplomatic settlement among nations—that...

Coca-Cola Sabco Opens Southern Africa’s Newest Bottling Plant

Matola Gare, Mozambique is now home to a new $130 million world-class bottling plant - the latest milestone in a 10-year, $17 billion investment plan by the Coca-Cola system in Africa. At an...

Mexico, Canada, U.S. to Make Clean Power Pledge

The U.S., Mexico and Canada are expected to pledge Wednesday to collectively generate 50 percent of their electricity from zero-carbon sources by 2025, according to White House officials. The agreement is expected to...

Global Air Pollution Crisis ‘Must not Be Left to Private Sector’

The global air pollution crisis killing more than 6 million people a year must be tackled by governments as a matter of urgency and not just left to the private sector, a...

Which countries have plans for all new cars to be electric, and when?

Plug-in electric cars currently make up a fairly small percentage of the millions of new vehicles sold globally. But within the next two decades, they may be the only new cars available...

Maldives Urges Rich Countries to Rapidly Ratify Paris Climate Agreement

Rich countries must ratify the climate change agreement reached in Paris last December, one of the world’s most at-risk nations has warned. Thoriq Ibrahim, environment and energy minister of the Maldives, told the...

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