California is the first state to ban plastic produce bags 21/10/2022

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law that will ban single-use plastic produce bags starting in 2025. The law requires that all single-use plastic produce bags be replaced by either recycled paper bags or compostable ones. ...more

Climate change puts a billion children at 'extremely high risk' 21/10/2022

Some one billion children are at "extremely high risk" due to climate change harms, a rights group warned on Wednesday, adding that youths' living standards failed to improve in the last decade. ...more

Global CO2 emissions to grow less than 1% this year thanks to renewables- IEA 20/10/2022

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are expected to rise by just under 1% this year, as the expansion of renewables and electric vehicles outweighed coal demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said. ...more

'Massive gaps' seen in countries' plans to tackle climate change -study 20/10/2022

The latest pledges by countries to tackle global warming under the Paris Agreement are "woefully inadequate" to avert a rise in global temperatures that scientists say will worsen droughts, storms and floods, a report said on Wednesday. ...more

Concern about climate change shrinks globally as threat grows - study 20/10/2022

Concerns about climate change shrank across the world last year, a survey shows, with fewer than half those questioned believing it posed a "very serious threat" to their countries in the next 20 years. ...more

World's biggest private firms lag listed peers in setting emissions targets -study 20/10/2022

The world's largest privately owned companies are severely lagging their public market peers when it comes to setting climate targets, according to an analysis by the nonprofit Net Zero Tracker released on Wednesday. ...more

Only 3% of England under nature protection - report 20/10/2022

Only 3% of the land in England and 8% of the sea is effectively protected for nature, according to a new report. ...more

World's top finance firms continue to fuel deforestation, report warns 19/10/2022

The world's largest financial institutions increased their backing of companies in the agriculture, forestry and land use sectors most responsible for deforestation in 2021, a new study showed on Tuesday. ...more

France fined over air pollution again 19/10/2022

France's highest administrative court on Monday ordered the state to pay two new 10-million-euro ($9.75 million) fines for failing to improve air quality in major cities. ...more

As sea levels rise, septic waste may leak into coastal homes 19/10/2022

The global consequences of sea level rise — flooding, destruction of wetlands habitat, increased storm surges — are devastating. But the personal consequences are both terrifying and disgusting. Millions of people in coastal communities could find raw sewage oozing into their homes. ...more