OPINION: Carbon markets are booming. Here’s how to ensure they work
As companies and governments move toward net-zero emissions goals, demand for offsets will soar - but they need integrity to work
As floods worsen, Uganda moves to protect its vanishing wetlands
Environmental officials are cracking down on wetland filling - but removing jobs-providing industries from wetland areas will prove a significant challenge, analysts say
Despite drought, New Mexico project to seed clouds scrapped
The plan to pump silver iodide vapor into the atmosphere and increase ice crystals and snow was pulled after accusations it could poison people and the environment
Seven highlights from Trust Conference 2021
Trust Conference – the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s flagship annual event – convened world-leading human rights defenders, innovators, media experts, business leaders and policymakers to address some of today’s most critical societal challenges and to discuss a post-pandemic recovery with inclusive growth, climate justice, media freedom and protection of digital rights.
OPINION: Black Friday is an opportunity for retailers to rethink how profit hurts the planet
Instead of promoting profligate consumption, some brands are using the shopping day to raise charitable funds and awareness of greener buying habits
Canada's emissions-cutting efforts falling short -environment watchdog
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said Canada will still need fossil fuel for decades to come
German car goals not tough enough to protect climate, NGOs say
Germany's world-leading auto industry is facing an existential challenge from carmakers in China and the United States in the global transition to EVs
Russia needs to invest up to $54 bln a year to reduce carbon footprint - cenbank
Russia, the world's fourth-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, will utilise from 1% to 2% of its gross domestic product to cut net emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050
S.Africa will only accept $8.5 bln green energy deal on good terms, president says
World's 12th biggest emitter of climate-warming gases will only take funding pledged by rich nations to help it shift from coal to green energy if it helps reduce debt and create jobs
Brazil faces economic pain as Amazon forest destruction dries up water supplies
Brazil has lost nearly 16% of its surface water in the past 30 years - and scientists warn rising rates of deforestation are set to worsen shortages, hurting power providers and farmers