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Green bonds are a growing category of fixed-income securities that raise capital for projects with environmental benefits, such as...

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Edward O Wilson, a US naturalist known to some as the “modern-day Darwin”, died on Sunday at the age of 92 in Massachusetts, his...

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Even if all current Paris agreement climate pledges are met, the world is still set to see temperature rises of about 2.4C by the end of...

As weary delegates trudged into the Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde on Saturday, few realised what a mountain they still...

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For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Under the...

Harvard will divest itself from holdings in fossil fuels, the university’s president, Lawrence Bacow, announced late on Thursday. Harvard...

This image of the Peruvian Andes wins the award and $500 for having the most Likes on Silvan last month. Click here for your chance to...

The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turn it into rock has started running, the companies behind...

Kevin Frick wins the August Photo Award and $500 with his photo...winning by only one like! Click here for your chance to win the award.

Carbon-sequestering concrete is having a moment. In mid-April, two climate-tech startups focused on decarbonizing the world’s most widely...

This year's Population Matters conference, 'Boom or Bust? Economy, wellbeing and population', will examine how demographic changes can...

Kaycie Harper wins the July Photo Award and $500 with this photo taken in Twin Falls State Park, West Virginia. Click here for your...

To escape the Berlin bustle on a summer afternoon, all that Derek O’Doyle and his dog Frida have to do is lap the noisy building site...

Johnny Bradley wins with his waterfall photo taken in the San Diego Zoo Lost Forest. Click here to submit your photography for a chance...

An area of forest the size of France has regrown around the world over the past 20 years, showing that regeneration in some places is...

Satellite images processed with the help of computer algorithms are a promising new tool for surveying endangered wildlife. For the first...

For those fancying a trip from Liverpool to Belfast or Barcelona to the Balearic Islands but concerned about the carbon footprint of...