By Dr. James Hansen In the “Lima Accord”, adopted a week ago in reasonably congenial negotiations in Peru, nearly 200 nations agreed to reduce their fossil fuel emissions from burning of coal, […]
Iconic environmental pictures of 2014
If there was ever a year of extreme weather events, 2014 would win that title hands down. As these iconic Reuters pictures show, extreme weather events happened across the globe; some related […]
Triodos research highlights the monetary value of unwanted Christmas presents
Photo credit: Alice Harold via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen According to new research from Triodos Bank, the sustainable investment bank, every Christmas £2.6 billion is wasted on unwanted presents. Interestingly, the research […]
Air pollution in Europe has high economic and human cost
The image shows a brown coal open pit in Germany. In the background a coal plant owned by the Swedish giant Vattenfall. Photo credit: gbohne (cc). By guest contributor Green Blog Two […]
Analysis: The UN moves closer to a global deal on climate change
Photo credit: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen The 195 member countries of the UN have moved closer to a collective agreement and global deal on climate change. The […]
Opinion: Is the falling oil price an environmental victory?
Photo credit: Geof Wilson via Flickr. By Anders Lorenzen As I recently reported a drastic drop in the oil price over recent months has thrown several oil projects into doubt and if […]
Rising against Big Oil & cynical PR firms, people behind the victories – part two
By guest contributor Sarah Hay Last month, in part one of this interview with Suzanne Dhaliwal co-founder UK Tar Sands Network, she described what it was like to visit the tar sands […]
Once again extreme weather events draw headlines during international climate talks
Typhoon Hagiput before making landfall. Photo credit: NOAA. By Anders Lorenzen It’s becoming increasingly common for extreme weather events to occur during the annual COP negotiations for global deal to combat climate […]
COP20 final day updates
Photo credit: Anthony Quintano, 2013. By Anders Lorenzen Today the 195 member countries of the UN could potentially agree a draft global deal on climate change, which would be signed at COP21 […]
Editorial: Why Lima matters
Photo credit: International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) This week policy makers have begun two weeks of marathon COP20 climate negotiations in Lima, Peru. This will probably be the most important, least […]
A greener life, a greener world 