Perovskite, not silicon, is the future for harvesting solar energy. Several universities are currently working on breakthroughs and making great strides in improving the efficiency with which solar energy is generated.
A doubling of the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere could cause an increase in the average temperature on earth from 7 to even a maximum of 14 degrees.
Plans to fuel homes with hydrogen suffered a further blow as the first published lab tests reveal that leaks rise sharply when hydrogen is added to regular household fossil gas.
Economic hardliners who think money is more important than the climate face a yearly miscalculation of $38 trillion. Or six times the annual US budget. Or 150 times the wealth of Jeff Bezos per year. Say goodbye to economic growth. Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy […]
H&M and Zara jeans, hoodies, shorts and socks have been linked to large-scale illegal deforestation, land grabbing, violence and corruption.
The world’s biggest brands like Apple and Microsoft are missing billions of dollars of potential value by greenhushing: failing to communicate their sustainability achievements and progress properly. Others, like Tesla, are in debt.
The planet is on fire, we can’t wait another 20 years for new solutions, nuclear or other tech. We need to use what we have available now.
In the last three years, the profits of the five biggest traders in agriculture commodities tripled compared to the years before.
Our current agrifood systems impose huge hidden costs on our health, the environment and society, equivalent to at least $10 trillion a year, according to a ground-breaking analysis by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Satellite data show many countries and firms do not provide accurate figures for their greenhouse gas emissions.