The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced a new agreement with Export-Import Bank of China (Eximbank) to support the country’s transition to a low-carbon economy. The EIB said on
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The European Union is preparing to unveil a new directive to reduce plastic pollution, particularly in oceans and on beaches, but a leaked first draft of the legislation published by
The United Kingdom’s plans for a new environmental watchdog to maintain EU standards after Brexit have been criticised by green campaigners as ‘toothless.’ Critics have said the plans, published for
The global tourism industry has a larger carbon footprint than scientists previously thought. According to new research, tourism contributes 8% of the world’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. Researchers warned that
The amount of methane emitted by freshwater lakes in the northern hemisphere could nearly double over the next 50 years due to climate change, according to a new study. Scientists
Countries in the tropics could face extreme temperature swings due to global warming, according to new research. In a study examining how climate change will impact weather extremes including heat
The first global-scale assessment of its kind, a recent study has provided a comprehensive report on “the state of the world’s beaches”: some are stable, some are actually growing, but
Over one thousand small islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans will become uninhabitable sooner than scientists thought, according to new research. The study warns that sea-level rise and wave-driven
More than 40 businesses, including many of the UK’s largest supermarkets, have launched a voluntary pledge to cut single-use plastics in their packaging. Known as the UK Plastics Pact, the
400 million people in Europe could be affected by more severe droughts if global temperatures rise by 3°C, according to a team of international scientists. The team warned that droughts