The idea of a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is gaining traction around the world. The UK recently pledged to invest £350 million to cut emissions from heavy industry.
The onus to live sustainably has never been greater. It drives everyday actions from making sure we recycle our rubbish to carrying reusable cups and bottles with us wherever we go.
During lockdown, travel restrictions caused car and public transport use to plummet across the UK. On April 12 2020, the number of daily trips by car fell to 22%, compared to a typical day the year before. Public transport use dropped too.
Why has Earth’s climate remained so stable over geological time? The answer just might rock you.
Even before the pandemic, the proportion of people working from home was slowly but steadily increasing. But COVID-19 has put the practice into hyper-drive.
If the world is to transition to a climate-compatible future, much will turn on new innovations in clean energy and whether they can be deployed at a large scale.
- By Sumedha Basu
For the last few decades, the consensus among leading economists has been that putting a price on carbon is the most efficient way to reduce emissions.
- By Warren Mabee
All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from one of the most renewable and sustainable materials available to humanity — wood.
- By Tom Pugh
Forests are thought to be crucial in the fight against climate change – and with good reason. We’ve known for a long time that the extra CO? humans are putting in the atmosphere makes ...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says negative emissions technologies will be needed to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to well below 2?. In other words, just cutting emissions is not enough – we must also take existing greenhouse gases from the air.
Seven millennia since its invention, leather remains one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some consumers question the ethical ramifications and environmental sustainability of wearing products sourced from animals.
- By Sam Stranks
The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history.
If you’ve driven through an area where companies extract oil and gas from shale formations, you’ve probably seen flames dancing at the tops of vertical pipes.
Since 2010, wind energy has seen sustained growth worldwide, with the amount of energy generated by offshore wind increasing by nearly 30% each year.
I would like to know how much difference we could make to our commitment under the Paris Agreement and our total greenhouse gas emissions if we removed all cows and sheep from the country and grew plants in their place
Private sector banks in the UK should have a central role in financing climate action and supporting a just transition to a low carbon economy.
- By Emma Bryce
Researchers are looking to kelp for help storing carbon dioxide far beneath the surface of the sea.
There is a lot of discussion on the benefits of electric cars versus fossil fuel cars in the context of lithium mining. Please can you tell me which one weighs in better on the environmental impact in terms of global warming and why?
- By Ralph Sims
Every car has an optimal speed range that results in minimum fuel consumption, but this range differs between vehicle types, design and age.
For airlines, the reckoning is no longer far away on the horizon. It’s now a jumbo jet meters from the runway, landing gear down.
The Australian government’s investment roadmap for low-emissions technologies promises more taxpayers’ money to the gas industry but fails to deliver the policy needed for people to support a transition to renewable energy.