Smart trash bins to offer WiFi 25/11/2015

Hundreds of trash bins in Sharjah will act as hotspots, allowing people to connect to WiFi from early next year, it was announced on Tuesday. ...more

Developing countries will need $270bn more to adapt to climate change – study 25/11/2015

Developing countries will have to pay $270bn extra each year to adapt to the impacts of climate change if global pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions do not increase, according to a new report by Oxfam. ...more

World Bank sets $16 billion plan for climate fight in Africa 25/11/2015

The World Bank announced Tuesday a plan to help Africa weather climate shocks that requires $16.1 billion in financing through 2020. ...more

Sweden’s “Minister for the Future” believes in a fossil-free future with economic growth 25/11/2015

By 2030, Sweden plans to become a fossil-free country and will be one of the world’s first fossil-free welfare nations. ...more

Canada's Ontario sets 2050 goal for cut in greenhouse gases 25/11/2015

Canada's most populous province, Ontario, said on Tuesday it would aim to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050, although it offered only hints of how it hopes to slow climate change. ...more

More than half of the world's primates on endangered species list 25/11/2015

More than half the world’s primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction, international experts warned on Tuesday. ...more

Moroccan solar plant to bring energy to a million people 24/11/2015

A giant plant using energy from the Sun to power a Moroccan city at night will open next month. ...more

Climate change root cause of Syrian war: Britain's Prince Charles 24/11/2015

Britain's Prince Charles has pointed to the world's failure to tackle climate change as a root cause of the civil war in Syria, terrorism and the consequent refugee crisis engulfing Europe. ...more

U.S. government agencies to slash greenhouse gas emissions 41.8 percent 24/11/2015

U.S. federal agencies will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from their operations to 41.8 percent below 2008 levels by 2025, the White House announced on Monday. ...more

China says keeping leaders away is key to climate talk success 24/11/2015

Keeping state leaders away from the negotiations will play a major role in ensuring that crucial talks on a new global climate deal in Paris next week proceed smoothly, China's top climate change negotiator said in an interview on Monday. ...more