Countries gather to thrash out U.N. ocean protection treaty 21/2/2023

Delegations from hundreds of countries will meet in New York this week in an attempt to hammer out a new legally binding ocean protection treaty that green groups believe will decide whether efforts to safeguard global biodiversity can succeed. ...more

China provinces top list of world's most climate-vulnerable regions - data 21/2/2023

China is home to 16 of the 20 global regions most vulnerable to climate change, according to data published on Monday, with some of the world's most important manufacturing hubs at risk from rising water levels and extreme weather. ...more

Campaigners urge EU to rethink green investment label for aviation 21/2/2023

Campaign group Transport & Environment on Friday urged the European Union to rethink plans to label certain aviation investments as green, arguing this risked "greenwashing" thousands of planes as a row heats up over climate regulation. ...more

G20-backed standards body approves first global company sustainability rules 21/2/2023

The G20-backed International Sustainability Standards Board on Thursday approved "global baseline" rules for firms disclosing how climate change affects their business, after calls to curb greenwashing in a "pivotal" year for climate reporting. ...more

Dubai opens world’s largest solar-powered data centre 20/2/2023

Dubai is now home to the world’s largest solar-powered data centre in the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site solar park in the world. ...more

EU countries poised to agree push on fossil fuel phase-out -document 20/2/2023

European Union countries are preparing to endorse a diplomatic stance on Monday calling for a global phase-out of fossil fuels, as they prepare for this year's U.N. climate change talks, a draft document showed. ...more

China launches climate prediction model for wind and solar power 20/2/2023

China has launched a national wind and solar resources climate prediction model to enable provincial authorities to forecast energy demand and supply, the central government said on Friday. ...more

Antarctica sea-ice hits new record low 20/2/2023

There is now less sea-ice surrounding the Antarctic continent than at any time since we began using satellites to measure it in the late 1970s. ...more

Robots, limestone are being used to save coral reefs 20/2/2023

Coral reef death and destruction harm the environment by removing a vital ecosystem that fosters biodiversity. With varying degrees of success, experts have experimented with breeding corals in nurseries, cross-breeding to create more resilient species, and adding microorganisms to corals. ...more

Saudi Ministry of Environment allocates $104.7bn for development projects in the water sector 17/2/2023

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Environment, Water, and Agriculture has allocated as much as SR393 billion ($104.7 billion) for 3,300 development projects in the water sector, according to the minister Abdul Rahman bin Abdul Mohsen Al-Fadhli. ...more