Earth’s resources depleted for 2016

Human consumption of Earth's natural resources has tripled in 40 years.
Posted On 05 Aug 2016
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Energy-wise buildings can cut gas imports

Unleashing a fourth industrial revolution on Europe is the bold aim of a report on how to make the continent’s buildings carbon-neutral energy producers
Posted On 29 Jul 2016
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Climate disasters increase risk of armed conflict in multi-ethnic countries

Climate disasters like heat-waves or droughts enhance the risk of armed conflicts in countries with high ethnic diversity
Posted On 26 Jul 2016
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Battle to contain climate warming HFCs continues

Montreal Protocol meetings continue the United Nations negotiations for a global hydrofluorocarbons phase-down
Posted On 25 Jul 2016
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Rise in plunder of Earth’s natural resources

New UN report warns that the threefold increase in extraction of the Earth’s primary materials will intensify climate change, increase air pollution and reduce biodiversity.
Posted On 23 Jul 2016
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Droughts dry up Amazon’s ‘green lungs’

Serious tree loss and stunted growth caused by repeated droughts in the Amazon Basin have damaged the rain forest’s vital ability to store atmospheric carbon.
Posted On 22 Jul 2016
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Cyclones set to get fiercer as world warms

New analysis of cyclone data and computer climate modelling indicates that global warming is likely to intensify the destructive power of tropical storms.
Posted On 16 Jul 2016
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Canadian Business leaders join the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition

Business leaders from across the Canadian economy have committed to being private sector partners of the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition
Posted On 15 Jul 2016