Mali's desert elephants face extinction in three years 29/1/2016

Mali's elephants, one of just two remaining desert herds in the world, will be gone in three years unless the government does more to protect them, a conservation group said on Thursday. ...more

India cities get funds to tackle woes from sewage to traffic 29/1/2016

India took a step toward modernizing its cities on Thursday by awarding 20 with funds to solve problems from shoddy sewage treatment to snarled traffic. ...more

Modern European summers are warmest since Roman times, study finds 29/1/2016

Europe has almost certainly experienced warmer summers in the last three decades than at any other time since the Roman empire, according to a study published on Friday in the Environmental Research Letters journal. ...more

Rare falcon egg seized from smuggler hatches and is returned to wild in Chile 29/1/2016

A rare falcon egg stolen from its nest in Chile to be trafficked to Dubai for tens of thousands of dollars survived and hatched a chick, but three others failed to make it. ...more

Bank Audi’s “My Carbon Footprint”: Addressing climate change and sensitizing the youth 28/1/2016

Bank Audi hosted a press conference on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, to launch its “My Carbon Footprint” initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). ...more

UN chief wants clean energy investments doubled by 2020 28/1/2016

The U.N. secretary-general on Wednesday challenged investors around the world to at least double their investments in clean energy by 2020, saying that "we must begin the shift away from fossil fuels immediately." ...more

French ecology minister pushes carbon pricing at UN 28/1/2016

French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal on Wednesday made the case for higher carbon pricing to promote green technology at a UN gathering of investors. ...more

Japan begins work on 'world's largest' floating solar farm 28/1/2016

The Japanese electronics multinational Kyocera has begun work on what it says will be the world’s biggest floating solar farm. ...more

Australia drops 10 spots in Greg Hunt's most trusted climate rankings 28/1/2016

The index that Greg Hunt used to defend Australia’s record on climate change has placed the country lower in its rankings, leaving only Saudi Arabia with a worse ranking among wealthy nations in some categories. ...more

Ministry of Energy’s app to calculate cost of solar energy roof tops 27/1/2016

The Ministry of Energy has launched an initiative to develop an application that can calculate the cost of solar energy that can be utilized on roofs of houses in the UAE. ...more