How do you respond to a crisis? It's obvious that the response to the Covid-19 pandemic has been dramatically different to anything provoked by repeated scientific warnings about climate change...
Simone Abram 24 Mar 2020
Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO and the richest man alive, recently made headlines after pledging to donate $10bn to a new "Bezos Earth Fund"...
Heather Alberro 3 Mar 2020
Secretary-general Patricia Scotland said the Commonwealth advocates for changes in policies, modification of behaviour and curbs in pollution to reverse damage to our environment and ensure climate justice...
2 Mar 2020
Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative has been shortlisted for The Climate Coalition's Green Heart Hero Award...
28 Feb 2020
The effect that fossil fuels are having on the climate emergency is driving an international push to use low-carbon sources of energy...
Antoine Koen and Pau Farres Antunez 27 Feb 2020
According to a new report released this week by a commission of over 40 child and adolescent health experts from around the world, no single country is adequately protecting children's health...
20 Feb 2020
All 16 finalists will each receive a trophy, a certificate and £1,000 to expand the scope of their projects...
19 Feb 2020
We analysed what the world's top 58 airlines - such as American Airlines, British Airways and Qantas - are doing about climate change. Even the best airlines are not doing anywhere near enough...
Susanne Becken 17 Feb 2020
The recent ruling by the United Nations that governments cannot return people to countries where their lives might be threatened by climate change is a potential game-changer...
Yvonne Su 29 Jan 2020
In the opening statement for Africa Day at the COP 25 climate meeting on Tuesday, 10 December, Yasmin Fouad, Egypt's minister of environmental affairs, on behalf of the African Union, said: "We have, and will continue to engage and to seek landing grounds on the outstanding issues. But we must flag our concern...
13 Dec 2019
Modern society has given significant attention to the promises of the digital economy over the past decade. But it has given little attention to its negative environmental footprint...
Raynold Wonder Alorse 9 Dec 2019
Synthetic biology lets us explore places where evolution has never gone, to help meet humanity's food needs in a future shaped by climate change...
Claudia Vickers 20 Nov 2019
Globally, the development sector stands on the edge of a precipice, says Reana Rossouw, founder and owner of Next Generation Consultants, a specialist management consultancy focused on impactful social innovation...
Next Generation 5 Nov 2019
Vacant rooftops across all major cities around the world are a dime a dozen. Their concrete surfaces aren't just a waste of space in a highly urbanised world, but also contribute to the heat island effect that afflicts these built-up areas. So why not farm on them?
Sindy Peters 23 Oct 2019
