coal mine

Accountability on coal: managing the impacts of a sector in transition

How can the coal sector that is responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions be held to account for its impacts, including ensuring that coal companies meet growing stakeholder demands for transparency in how they align with the low-carbon transition?
food packaging

What are the market opportunities for green plastics from PHAs?

For green products to be successful, there have to be markets. For PHAs, a family of plastics that are both bio-based and biodegradable, there appear to be many.
heat pump

Green heat pumps are effective and convenient, study shows

The latest consumer analysis from Coolproducts shows that the switch to heat pumps is keeping 85% of European users well within their comfort zones.
H2 estorage

Green hydrogen from waste now a reality 

A revolutionary project to create green hydrogen using proprietary technologies by using organic wastes as feedstock for its energy production while capturing CO2 and commercializing it, helps to achieve carbon neutrality.
tropomi methane in Australia

Australian coal mines emit much more methane than reported

A Dutch group of scientists has used the space instrument TROPOMI to calculate methane emissions from six Australian coal mines.
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Lightyear solar car drives 710 km on a battery charge

Lightyear, the solar electric vehicle pioneer, has achieved a major performance milestone by driving 710 km of range on one battery charge.
climate change COP26

In the aftermath of COP26, temperature goes up

Another year is wasted by moving decisions ahead again, to COP27 at Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt. Ironically, it's much warmer there than in Glasgow. Maybe that will put the heat on results a bit more.
carbon tunnel vision

Carbon tunnel vision: climate change needs an inter-connected response

If we achieve net-zero emissions yet overlook, because of carbon tunnel vision, human rights, or fail to safeguard biodiversity, what will this mean for the wellbeing of people and the planet?
crops

Crops globally will suffer from climate change within 10 years

Climate change may affect the production of crops like maize (corn) and wheat by 2030 if current trends continue, according to a new international study that included researchers from IIASA, NASA, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact…
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The third Urban Greenhouse Challenge is about creating social change

This year’s Urban Greenhouse Challenge will look at all the ways in which an urban farming site can tackle the lack of access to affordable and nutricious food.