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Plant-Based Food Companies Face Critics: Environmental Advocates

Plant-Based Food Companies Face Critics: Environmental Advocates

George Scott October 17, 2021

The agriculture industry produces one-third of the world’s greenhouse gases linked to human activity, is a primary driver of deforestation....

Overseas trade has a hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’ – new report

Overseas trade has a hidden environmental ‘disaster footprint’ – new report

George Scott October 13, 2021

Environmental disasters are increasingly a fact of life around the world. Each year, floods, droughts and landslides affect tens of....

Tired Earth: An Interview with Nabeel Ismeer, Author of The Hunter's Walk

Tired Earth: An Interview with Nabeel Ismeer, Author of The Hunter's Walk

Nabeel Ismeer September 22, 2021

The IPCC warns us about human caused climate change, the biggest cause being our emissions from burning fossil fuels since....

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

Britain tells its food industry to prepare for CO2 price shock

Rebecca Herbert September 22, 2021

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain warned its food producers to prepare for a 500% rise in carbon dioxide prices on Wednesday after....

Rich countries not providing poor with pledged climate finance, analysis says

Rich countries not providing poor with pledged climate finance, analysis says

Rebecca Herbert September 21, 2021

Developed country governments will reportedly fail to provide $100bn a year for the next four years.

When Greenland was green: rapid global warming 55 million years ago shows us what the future may hold

When Greenland was green: rapid global warming 55 million years ago shows us what the future may hold

Rebecca Herbert August 26, 2021

Frozen northeast Greenland seems an unlikely place to gain insight into our ever-warming world. Between 50 million and 60 million....

Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

Rebecca Herbert August 23, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found....

Is remote working better for the environment? Not necessarily

Is remote working better for the environment? Not necessarily

Rebecca Herbert August 03, 2021

Companies have a rare moment to reset working models. But climate calculations of remote v office work are complex