Day: 9 July 2015

Developing for resilience: Four key practices

What are the practices and processes that allow leaders and organisations to develop businesses, products, services and an economy that will respect the living world and will be resilient into the future?

VIDEO: One Direction call on army of fans to ‘change the world’

Boyband One Direction have called on fans around the world to push governments to address climate change and poverty.

Trusted partnerships: The key to driving down emissions

The writing had been on the wall long before Norway's $890bn government pension fund decided to sell off most of its investments related to coal.

Inside the Budget’s ‘climate-shaped hole’

It is 24 hours since the emergency budget, and the renewable energy sector is in a state of dismay following the new Government's decision to remove the exemption for renewables under the Climate Change Levy (CCL).

Green holidays: 5 sustainable tourist attractions

Tourism's relationship with the environment is complex: long-haul flights emit huge amounts of CO2 and visitors can negatively impact local ecosystems. But more and more tourist attractions are taking sustainability to heart.

UK opposes new EU waste recycling targets in leaked paper

The UK has rubbished the idea of Europe setting new targets for recycling, despite warnings from the EU's environment commissioner that such measures should be non-negotiable.

European Parliament votes for early carbon market reform

The European Parliament has endorsed plans to reform the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), it was announced yesterday (8 July).

Almost all London boroughs failed EU air pollution limit for toxic NO2 gas

All but two of London's boroughs are exceeding EU limits for a toxic gas linked to respiratory problems, ministers have admitted.

Facebook sets 50% renewables target by 2018

The world's largest social network has announced a new target to source half of its energy from renewable sources by 2018.

Irish wind developers pledge €80m for offshore research

Wind energy companies have signed a deal to commence the development of a new research and development hub to reinvigorating the Irish offshore wind industry.

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