Although the remarkable advances in renewable energy have shown a decline or even reverse over the past year, environmental organizations stay hopeful as more and more countries integrate renewable energy into their power grid.

In the aftermath of the oil spill from a ruptured pipeline in Little Rock, Arkansas, protests about the construction of the Keystone Xl pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada across the USA to the Gulf of Mexico have flared up again. Environmental organizations claim that the extraction of...

Over a dozen Ministers from countries around the world released a statement today calling for accelerated action to substantially reduce venting, leakage, and flaring of natural gas from oil and gas operations worldwide. Specifically, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition intends to work with...

Nairobi, 22 February 2013 - From the latest technical developments in renewable energy to innovative cropping techniques, the role of technology and research in tackling climate change in developing countries is the focus of a new facility launched by the United Nations today.

Nairobi, 11 February 2013 - Actions to cut food waste and to harness the power of social media to promote sustainable lifestyles are among the issues on the agenda at a major United Nations youth meeting on the environment which opens in Nairobi, Kenya, today.

Some of the biggest names in corporate America like Adidas, Coca-Cola, Ford, and HP are making climate change work to their advantage by investing in mitigating it and in turn are reporting higher returns on their investments through sustainability projects than their average or traditional...

The United Nation's Green Climate Fund (GCF), which is aiming to direct $100 billion a year to assist poor countries to adapt to and mitigate climate change, has now selected officials from South Africa and Australia as its leaders during its first board meeting held in Geneva on Thursday.

Making roofs white can offset the warming effect of two years' worth of global carbon dioxide emissions reveals a study released by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, that's the equivalent of offsetting the emissions from cars across the globe for 20 years, says the study.

The kids at Plant-for-the-Planet, a movement of about 100,000 children who plant trees around the world for climate justice are showing the world just how chocolate can mitigate climate change and help humans and the planet to be and stay healthy.

Africa is host to an abundance of natural resources, nearly as diverse in nature as the cultures that cover the vast continent. A report released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), claims that a future of sustainable development, poverty eradication and universal access to...

The Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, commonly referred to as Rio+20, met today for their first negotiations on the draft of what will eventually be the conference’s outcome document. The so-called “zero draft” of the outcome document was compiled...