Calls for climate action over Great Barrier Reef bleaching 21/3/2016

Environmental groups on Monday urged greater action on climate change after the government declared the highest alert level over an epidemic of coral bleaching in the pristine northern reaches of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. ...more

China’s booming renewable energy market set to blow away emissions targets by 2020 21/3/2016

A new report from China’s National Bureau of Statistics reveals that the country is on track to surpass its carbon emissions targets. ...more

New invention uses fluorescent lights to remove air pollution and stinky odors 21/3/2016

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have developed a seamless way to improve poor indoor air quality, which the World Health Organization recently said accounts for 7 million deaths a year worldwide. ...more

Emissions-cutting aviation deal must be enforceable: NGOs 21/3/2016

A deal this fall to cap carbon emissions from global aviation at 2020 levels must be enforceable and set long-term goals in line with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups said on Monday. ...more

UK faces new legal action over air quality 21/3/2016

New legal proceedings have been launched against the British government by environmental law firm ClientEarth over what it says is a failure to tackle air pollution, the firm said on Friday. ...more

UNESCO adds 20 new sites to list of biosphere reserves 21/3/2016

The United Nation's cultural body UNESCO has added 20 new sites to its network of protected biosphere nature reserves, including two in Canada and two in Portugal. ...more

Sahara Desert Project to grow 10 hectares of food in Tunisian desert 18/3/2016

With 75 percent of its country comprised of desert, it’s not easy for Tunisia to grow food. But the Sahara Forest Project aims to change that with a $30 million facility funded by the Norwegian Foreign Ministry. ...more

Bhutan celebrates the birth of new prince by planting 108,000 trees 18/3/2016

The newest addition to the Bhutanese royal family got quite the welcome: 108,000 saplings were planted in honor of the prince’s birth. ...more

Drones set to revolutionize ecological monitoring: research 18/3/2016

Ecologists have a new tool for protecting the environment and monitoring ecological changes, according to an Australian study published on Thursday: drones. ...more

Green entrepreneurs tackle Indonesia's growing trash mountains (Video) 18/3/2016

Some residents of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, frustrated by the mounting trash problem across the sprawling metropolis, have started taking matters into their own hands. ...more