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A Bill which makes reducing carbon emissions a legal duty
Targets are the easiest things in the world to set. The act of setting one costs you nothing. You've got a target? OK, I'll set a bigger one. But delivering them is a different matter entirely.
Department for Transport Acts on CO2
Department for Transport's (DfT's) latest campaign "Act on CO2" has been launched today.
UN Environment Chief Supports Ozone Protection to Combat Climate Change
The head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has applauded the findings of a new study that calls for a "parallel push" to fight climate change and also to decrease chemicals harming the ozone layer which ...
London Aims High for Greenest City
Big cities are increasingly taking the lead in the fight against global warming. As heavy emitters of greenhouse gas, some are going beyond federal or national political efforts to deal with the climate-change challenge....
Gleeds says it will promote sustainability
Gleeds' first head of sustainability has announced he will be teaming up with the company's ambassador Sir Steve Redgrave later in the year to promote sustainability.
Green anger at 'ghost flights'
As politicians outline rival visions of a green agenda, an airline has angered environmental campaigners for flying an empty passenger plane in order to keep hold of its landing slots.
Construction sector rises to challenge of building eco–friendly homes of the future
Most people's concern about carbon emissions or a carbon footprint centres around gas-guzzling cars or flights. But in reality much of the problem is closer to home, or indeed in the home. Lighting and heating buildings ...
NZ goes green for total sustainability
The New Zealand government is pledging to "buy green" in a bid to make it the first country to become carbon neutral.
British Government Not Meeting Its Own Sustainability Goals
The government is failing to meet key sustainability targets while lecturing others on climate change, a watchdog has claimed.
Reducing Risks from Climate Change: No More Time for Delay
"Humanity must act collectively and urgently to change course through leadership at all levels of society," says the final report of the Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.