Bangladesh suffered widespread damage as a result of Cyclone Amphan. Yet the Sundarbans mangrove forest acted as a natural barrier protecting the country from further destruction, as it has done countless times before.
The WWF is among the organisations that have been fighting the most for the phase out of coal as a source of energy. We asked Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, responsible for the Climate and Energy campaign, about the International Alliance for the Phasing out of Coal.
The long delayed Carmichael project in Australia has been approved by Indian coal giant Adani. It faces lack of funding and will cause disastrous environmental consequences.
As a result of its new coal policy, AXA Investment Managers will divest 165 million euros from companies that derive 50 per cent or more of revenue from fossil fuels.
Addio al carbone e stop ai sussidi ai combustibili fossili per gli stati isola del Pacifico, ma l’Australia fa resistenza.
Environmental activist Gloria Capitan opposed the construction of coal stockpile facilities. She was shot in a bar in the province of Bataan on 4 July.
Bloomberg’s “New Energy Outlook 2016” confirms the advance of renewable energy. But it also explains that the road ahead is still steep and uphill.
Juggling growth goals and lifting its people out of poverty, India walks a tight rope between fuelling its needs with cheaper but harmful sources versus becoming a clean energy leader.
Brazil continues diversifying its energy matrix and remains one of the most interesting countries in terms of investment in renewables, deforestation goals and emissions reduction targets.
Energy in the United States has been dominated by three major fossil fuels (petroleum, natural gas and coal) for over 100 years but the clean energy revolution has started in one of the world’s top carbon emitters too.
