Rich countries may be allowed to invest in the construction of nuclear power plants in foreign developing countries and still get credit for cutting green house gas emissions back home.
The June 2-13th climate talks held in Bonn, Germany were attended by some 170 nations. Rich countries can gain credits for cutting green house gases by [...]

Over 4 million hectares of forest, an area approximately the size of Switzerland, is being lost to logging in Africa every year, a rate which is double that of the worlds average for deforestation. A recently published United Nations atlas uses satellite images taken decades apart to show that overpopulation, growth of cities, climate change, [...]

After investigations into the United Nations run, Carbon Credit system, there are fears the scheme may be predominantly pointless. The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) encourages businesses in developing countries to cut greenhouse gasses by rewarding them with cash handouts. The companies are given money to use towards environmentally friendly schemes, however it seems that developing [...]

Glastonbury is the kingpin of summer festivals, but its hazy, hippie-riddled image has had to adjust in the last few years in order to reconcile its apparently well-intended ethos with the fact that pilling thousands of smoking, drinking, drug taking people into a field for a weekend can produce some rather negative consequences for the [...]

Toyota have successfully developed a zero-emissions car that runs on hydrogen, and can travel as far as 516 miles on a single tank.
The environmentally-friendly FCHV-adv is the latest model of fuel-cell hydrogen powered cars, and is already considerably better than it’s Toyota predecessors. Toyota have improved fuel efficiency by 25 per cent by renovating the [...]

A plan to grow rooftop gardens will help smoggy Mexico City in reducing its carbon footprint. The program was launched on Thursday in Mexico

The UN’s Climate change agency welcomed recent proposals by the World Bank to fund and help poorer countries fight against Global Warming, but environmentalist groups criticised the credibility of the proposals.
The World Bank will manage 2 separate multi-million dollar funds, one of which will aid developing countries curb their emissions which contribute to climate change; [...]

Created in 1972, World Environment Day is supposed to raise awareness of global environmental issues, and gives us all a chance as humans to look at both the problems of these issues and the possible solutions. On Thursday, the United Nations once again urged the world to fight as hard as possible against greenhouse gas [...]

New Zealand is picking up the pace in their race to eliminate climate change. The Climate Change Minister, David Parker, acknowledged that climate change is real and is effecting New Zealand in ways they now know more about. The Minister has launched a guide manual for local governments in order to help organize procedures to [...]

With populations growing rapidly and resources running low, the demand for renewable energy will only get larger in the years to come. While renewable energy cuts greenhouse gas emissions, officials are still left with the problem of how to balance supply and demand and what storage procedures should be taken into action. New reports delve [...]