Carbon plans deeply inadequate: climate study warns 6/5/2015

Pledges made by countries to slash carbon emissions are deeply inadequate to take them down to safe levels by 2030 and put the brakes on global warming, a new analysis warned Monday. ...more

Germany is key market for the Tesla Home Battery system 6/5/2015

Electric car pioneer Tesla unveiled a "home battery" last week which its founder Elon Musk said would help change the "entire energy infrastructure of the world". Environmentally-conscious German customers are targeted as potential buyers of the product. ...more

Volkswagen revs up bid to become world's greenest carmaker 6/5/2015

German car maker Volkswagen has released its 2014 Sustainability Report, revealing good progress towards its plan to become "the world's most sustainable automobile company". ...more

Prince Faisal opens global environment conference today 5/5/2015

Madinah Governor Prince Faisal bin Salman will open the 5th International Enviro Cities Conference 2015 today. ...more

Fjords are unexpected natural allies against climate change: study 5/5/2015

Fjords from Alaska to Norway soak up potentially damaging carbon from the atmosphere, making the steep-sided inlets an overlooked natural ally in offsetting man-made climate change, a study showed on Monday. ...more

Millions of trees die in California drought, adding to fire danger 5/5/2015

California's drought led to the deaths of 12.5 million trees in the state's forests last year, leaving behind huge amounts of dry fuel that could burn easily as the summer wildfire season begins, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday. ...more

Wildlife decline may lead to 'empty landscape' 5/5/2015

Populations of some of the world's largest wild animals are dwindling, raising the threat of an "empty landscape", say scientists. ...more

UN environment chief warns of ‘tsunami’ of e-waste at conference on chemical treaties 5/5/2015

The head of the United Nations body tasked with setting the global environmental agenda stressed the need to limit the use of dangerous chemicals and to find a solution to the masses of electronic waste building up around the world, as a Conference of Parties to three major Conventions on the subject began in Geneva yesterday. ...more

ICARDA scientists save 80% of a priceless trove of Syrian seeds 4/5/2015

A team of Syrian scientists at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) braved the terrors of civil war to protect a critical piece of global heritage, meticulously transporting plant genetic material from a seed bank in Aleppo to the Svalbard Seed Vault in Norway ...more

Tesla unveils batteries to power homes 4/5/2015

US electric carmaker Tesla Motors has unveiled batteries that can power homes and businesses as it attempts to expand beyond its vehicle business. ...more