Countries that wiped out their own species are now dictating how others should manage theirs.
The Community Award is for projects that have rolled out innovative energy projects in rural or urban communities.
Negotiations for a new protocol to reduce carbon emissions have been slow but temperatures continue to rise.
Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
Scientists have succeeded in including ‘planetary boundaries’ for Rio+20, the UN conference in Rio de Janeiro on the global green economy.
Conference on how to curb carbon emissions generates tonnes of the stuff.
Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.
The fossil of the day awards have been an established part of COP since 1999. COP17 drew to a close, the conference’s overall ‘colossal fossil’ was announced.
The development of green infrastructure is vital to creating a sustainable growth path for Africa.
Continued carbon emissions will put the world’s seas under increasing pressure.
We visit communities with local water project Umphilo WaManzi. Helping people adapt to climate change and educating them on how to protect their water supply.
As high level negotiations kick into gear, M&G environmental journalist gives a clear analysis of the major developments and issues facing cop17.
Protesters who were attacked with water bottles and stones in a civil society march during COP17 in Durban intend opening a criminal case.
President Jacob Zuma has launched a flagship solar power plant in Hazelmere, KwaZulu-Natal, which is set to provide job opportunities.
President Jacob Zuma has said that government is to invest billions in mass transport systems as a way of ‘greening’ the South African economy.
