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A scientific basis exists to calculate how much one country's carbon emissions have damaged the economy of another, a study said on Tuesday of a development it billed as a potential game-changer for climate litigation. ...more |
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A surge in hydropower output in China this year, boosted by record-breaking rainfall, is helping the world's biggest polluter meet green targets as well as cut liquefied natural gas imports (LNG) amid tight global supplies. ...more |
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UK households throw away nearly 100bn pieces of plastic packaging a year, according to a survey by Greenpeace. ...more |
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Microplastic contamination has been reported in beef and pork for the first time, as well as in the blood of cows and pigs on farms. ...more |
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What is the value of a river? ...more |
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If shipping is the beating heart of global trade, its pulse is about to get slower. ...more |
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Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest reached a record high for the first six months of the year, as an area five times the size of New York City was destroyed, preliminary government data showed on Friday. ...more |
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India is set to become the world's most populous country next year, overtaking China with its 1.4bn people, according to UN figures. ...more |
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Brazil’s Supreme Court has become the first in the world to recognise the Paris Agreement as a human rights treaty – a move with significant implications for national and international law. ...more |
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The European Parliament on Thursday backed landmark rules on aviation fuel that set binding targets for the replacement of kerosene with less polluting energy sources, but extended the definition of what a green fuel could be. ...more |
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