David Attenborough calls on world leaders to make the key changes at COP26

During his opening ceremony speech, the broadcasting legend reminded world leaders at the conference that ‘the world is looking to you’

Climate change poses greater existential threat than COVID-19, says Prince Charles

During his COP26 opening ceremony speech, His Royal Highness called for togetherness and a military-style plan to tackle climate change

EU bank agrees €5.9bn support for renewables and green transport

The European Investment Bank is backing the development of wind farms, the rollout of smart meters and improving the energy efficiency of public buildings

ELN investigates the Global Strike for Climate

The Global Strike for Climate launched today across more than 150 countries to push governments around the world to step up action on saving the planet

Five-course menu served up for sustainable food system

Agriculture and related land-use change generate one quarter of annual greenhouse gas emissions

Southern cities ‘outperforming rest of the UK in terms of sustainability’

A new report highlights a growing geographical divide between cities in the north and south with regards to going green

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Could interbreeding with aliens help us survive climate change?

A scientist from Oxford University suggests that could already be the case…

‘Two-thirds of urban emissions are being outsourced’

Many urban centres have a significant impact on the generation of greenhouse gas emissions from beyond their boundaries

World’s largest firms could save equivalent of Japan’s emissions

The world’s largest companies could save the equivalent of Japan’s annual CO2 emissions. Out of the biggest 800 companies globally, 363 fully disclosed their emissions data to ET Index Research. According to its new report, the least efficient half of the firms that disclosed the data could make the 1.4 billion tonnes of CO2 savings by increasing their efficiency […]

We’ve used up our planet’s resources already this year!

Yesterday was a crucial date. On August 9th humanity used up all the resources of the Earth for this year, with almost five months to go! So called Earth Overshoot Day, is a date in the calendar when it’s estimated we consume the resources of the Earth. Since it started back in 2006, the day […]