Climate change
UK watchdog slams government's failed green homes plan
The Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme allowed homeowners to apply for up to £10,000 ($13,600, 11,700 euros) for the installation of energy efficiency...
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Acceleration of global warming 'code red' for humanity
The IPCC says the threshold will be breached around 2050, no matter how aggressively humanity draws down carbon pollution.
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Firefighters try to stop Greek island blaze from reaching forest
Firefighters were putting the priority on saving the villages of Kamatriades and Galatsades to stem the fire's spread into thick forest.
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Thunberg says UN climate draft forces world to 'face reality'
While the draft from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change confirmed that the "situation is very dire" and that there is a "need to act right now", the 18-year-old climate activist said it also made her hopeful since it "could wake people up".
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G7 to agree climate, conservation targets as summit ends
The group of leading economies, holding their first in-person gathering in nearly two years due to the coronavirus pandemic, will agree to protect at least 30% of both land and ocean globally by the end of the decade.
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Oil majors vow energy transition - at their own pace
Last week alone, a Dutch court ordered Shell to slash its greenhouse gas emissions, and investors used shareholder meetings to install activist board members at US oil giant ExxonMobil and demand deeper emissions cuts at rival Chevron.
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Shell ordered to cut emissions in landmark Dutch climate case
Shell must reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030 as it is contributing to the "dire" consequences of climate change, the court in The Hague ruled.
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Prince Charles launches tree-planting drive for Queen's jubilee
The 72-year-old heir to the throne urged everyone in the country to join him and "plant a tree for the jubilee from October, when planting begins.
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Upcoming talks 'last chance' to prevent climate disaster: UK
COP26 will bring together climate negotiators from 196 countries and the EU, along with businesses, experts and world leaders.
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Climate harm puts brakes on buying Teslas with bitcoin
Elon Musk has touted a vision of Tesla making electric cars mainstream, shifting drivers away from combustion engines that pump out emissions that contribute to climate change.
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Millions at risk as cities fail to adapt to climate change: report
With more and more people drawn to live in urban areas, CDP estimated that by 2030 around 400 million people will be living in poorly prepared cities.
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RAMAPHOSA: Tackling climate change a national priority for SA
Even as we continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, tackling climate change is a national priority for South Africa., says President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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Climate change activists picket outside Gauteng Agriculture Dept offices
Thursday marks Earth Day and the group is demonstrating against socio-environmental injustices, hoping to promote climate justice awareness among South African youth.
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US envoy Kerry starts climate talks in China
The trip is seen as a chance to put aside high political tensions - following a heated initial meeting last month between diplomats in the US - and focus on areas of potential climate collaboration.
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Global ice sheets melting at 'worst-case' rates: UK scientists
The rate of loss has risen from 0.8 trillion tonnes per year in the 1990s to 1.3 trillion tonnes per year by 2017, with potentially disastrous consequences for people living in coastal areas.
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Greta Thunberg Foundation donates to Africa climate projects
The Greta Thunberg Foundation was set up in December 2019 and the donations were made possible after she was awarded the Portuguese Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity in July, which included one million euros.
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Film reveals Greta Thunberg as steely, funny and a secret dancer
The Swedish teenager allowed film-maker Nathan Grossman to follow her for a year after he met her in 2018 on the very first day of her schools' strike.
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Budget speech 2020: Agri WC wants money allocated for climate change research
The organisation said understanding and mitigating the effects of climate change would help farmers prepare for droughts and other unforeseen natural occurrences.
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'Don't forget about climate change in Sona,' Ramaphosa told
Climate change activist Ayakha Melithafa (17) asked President Cyril Ramaphosa to address and implement solutions to climate change when he addresses the nation with his fourth State of the Nation Address. She says she understands that South Africa has many issues but if there is no solution for the climate situation it will only amplify those problems.
