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Costa Rica have made plans to become one of the first nations to completely decarbonise. ‘The National Decarbonization Plan 2018-2050’ involves commitments to a range of sectors, including transport, energy and agriculture. The plan was launched on Sunday by President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres. The newly devised plan involves […]

Barclays are in deep water as, environmental campaign group, Greenpeace have said they are on the ‘wrong side of history’ with new climate policy. The UK Bank released their new energy and climate change statement yesterday, detailing how it will continue to fund tar sands infrastructure. Hannah Martin, Greenpeace UK oil campaigner, said: “As it was […]

The UK Government has released a new Clean Air Strategy to tackle the country’s existing air pollution problem. Air pollution is one of the biggest threats to public health in the UK, only behind cancer, obesity and heart disease.   The new Clean Air Strategy 2019 details how the government plans to tackle all sources […]

A new report by NASA and the University of California, Irvine has found that ice mass in Antarctica has been declining rapidly over the last 40 years. The study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used updated drainage inventory, ice thickness and ice velocity data for 176 basins draining the […]

WWF, in partnership with BCG Digital Ventures, has announced a new blockchain platform to help people track how sustainable their food is. The OpenSC uses cutting edge technology to track individual products from origin to consumer. The aim is to help businesses and consumers avoid illegal, environmentally damaging or unethical products. The initiative enables businesses […]

In a new report by the Environmental Audit Committee, MPs have urged for immediate action to protect the oceans from plastic pollution. The report states that 40 per cent of oceans are currently being affected by human activity which is threatening the future of marine life and the three billion people whose livelihoods they support. […]

A new study has found that phasing out fossil fuels immediately will be crucial to meet future climate targets. The report, published in the journal Nature Communications, found that existing carbon-intensive technologies such as power plants, vehicles, factories, ships and planes, need to be urgently replaced with carbon-free alternatives if there is any chance of […]