New initiative to help ramp up finance for climate action

Sep 22, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon, Markets & Finance 0

A new initiative to help boost finance for climate action in developing countries has been announced. The UN and World Bank are joining forces for the Invest4Climate platform to bring together...

‘There’s a 2/3 chance Paris Agreement can be achieved’

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

The likelihood the Paris Agreement target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C can be achieved is around two-thirds. That’s according to new research by scientists from the University of Oxford,...

BBC reprimands presenter after climate campaign

Sep 19, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Top Stories 0

The BBC has reprimanded one of its science presenters after he launched a political campaign against an MP, based on his views on climate change. Dr Adam Rutherford, who presents the Inside...

Stop fossil fuel expansion to meet climate goals, urge environmental groups

Sep 07, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas & Oil, Sustainability & Environment 0

More than 220 organisations from 55 countries are calling for a managed decline of the fossil fuel industry to meet climate goals. The Lofoten Declaration is demanding action on the supply side to...

New partnership aims to move Earth Overshoot Day

Sep 05, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment 0

A new global partnership aims to engage people around the world in climate awareness and move the date of Earth Overshoot Day. This is the date when humanity’s annual demand on the planet...

Sweden to invest £485m in climate projects

Sep 05, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Markets & Finance 0

The Swedish Government has announced plans to invest SEK5 billion (£485m) in environmental and climate projects. The commitment, aimed at cutting emissions and creating jobs, is part of its...

Planet ‘will warm by 2.5˚C and fail Paris Agreement’

Sep 04, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Coal, Gas & Oil, Sustainability & Environment 0

The planet is likely to warm by 2.5˚C, failing to achieve the targets outlined in the Paris Agreement. That’s according to DNV GL, which says this is despite energy demand plateauing by 2030 as a...

British homes ‘a century off going fully green’

Sep 04, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Energy Efficiency, Sustainability & Environment, Top Stories 0

At the current rate of progress, it will take a century for British homes to go green enough to meet international climate obligations. That’s according to the WWF, which claims the UK needs to...

UN urges private sector to help curb climate change

Sep 03, 2017 Priyanka Shrestha Low Carbon, Top Stories 0

The UN is urging the private sector to collaborate with the organisation in a bid to curb climate change. UN Environment is currently working with the private sector through initiatives such as...

Green behaviours struggle to get off the ground

Aug 29, 2017 Jonny Bairstow Sustainability & Environment, Low Carbon 0

Despite belief in human-caused climate change rising from 76% to 84% between 2011 and last year, citizens’ motivation to drive greener cars or use polluting cars less has hardly changed. That’s...