Cycling has a massively important role to play in creating net-zero cities, Oxford study says
Emissions from cycling can be more than 30 times lower for each trip than driving a fossil fuel car and about ten times lower than driving an electric one.
Saving biodiversity: why our mental and physical health depends on it
From medicines to helping us de-stress, there are plenty of reasons our natural world is vital for our health and wellbeing, as a psychologist explains.
The Amazon has become a net greenhouse gas emitter. Here's what that means
Fires in the Amazon and the drying out of seasonally flooded forests release large amounts of methane and nitrous oxide, which are more harmful than CO2.
These 3 start-ups are bringing cutting-edge tech to forest restoration
From algorithms and AI to drones and data, here are some of the innovative solutions being deployed to slow the annual global loss of 15 billion trees.
What can the military teach us about keeping the lights on?
Increasingly severe weather is causing power outages around the world. We need to reappraise our preparation and response - and the military can show the way.
Here’s everything you need to know about chemical recycling – and how it could solve our plastic problem
Two academics from Bath University explain how chemical recycling can provide a more sustainable alternative to the mechanical recycling process.
Study: Global warming could cut 63 countries' credit ratings
63 countries could see their credit ratings cut because of climate change by 2030 according to a new study by Cambridge, SOAS and East London University.
Africa is creating its own Great Wall - and it’s green
A visionary project to restore degraded land in Africa’s Sahel belt to boost jobs, food security and battle climate change has received new funding.
This company recycles gold from electronic waste
New Zealand company Mint Innovation is using microbes to extract valuable metals like gold from powdered electronic waste.
How energy demand for cooling in India’s cities is changing
Air conditioning usage is rising as the planet warms and economies and populations of the hottest regions are growing. An expert explains what it means.
Economists support 'immediate and drastic action' against climate change
Inaction on climate change could cost the world $1.7 trillion a year by 2050, according to economists surveyed by New York University’s Institute for Policy Integrity.
Here’s how human efforts to reduce Mississippi floods have helped climate change
Human efforts to tame the Mississippi River may have had an unintended positive effect, according to a new study: more rapid transport of carbon to the ocean.