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Activist group ‘Follow This’ launches climate campaign against Big Oil backed by huge investors

Green share-holder activist movement Follow This gets the support of investors who represent $1.3tn in assets under management. That is encouraging…

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Sustainable Planet

Germany cut the cost of using trains to €9 a month to encourage people to ditch their cars

The popularity of the €9 a month rail pass scheme—meant to slash pollution, emissions, but also to help wean Germany off…

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We have what we need to cut emissions but time is running short, warns World Wide Fund for Nature

The latest climate science report from the IPCC report makes clear that while we have the solutions to limit warming to…

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Paris investing €250 million to become a 100% ‘cycling city’

With the proposed development of new infrastructure, including large-scale implementation of secure parking solutions and strengthening of the cycling ecosystem, the…

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Gabon becomes first African nation to be paid to protect its rainforest

Under the historic Central African Forest Initiative agreement, Gabon receives first payment for reducing CO2 emissions.

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Dutch judge forces oil giant Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions

In a historic verdict with enormous consequences for all big polluters globally, a court in The Hague has ruled that Shell…

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How saving the planet could actually make us live a lot longer

A recent study shows how millions of lives could be saved annually by 2040 if countries raise their climate ambitions to…

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College Students Win Design Award for Device That Curbs Microplastics Emitted From Tyres

Four students at Imperial College London have won this year’s James Dyson Award for their device to capture micro-plastic emissions from…

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Atypical climate activist uses counterintuitive ploy to make ‘big oil’ change their ways

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Atypical climate activist shareholder uses counterintuitive ploy to make ‘big oil’ change their ways

Mark van Baal realised by becoming shareholders in big oil and gas companies, we can change policy from within and actually…

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Indian Startup Turns Carbon Emissions Sucked Out of the Air into Architectural Tiles

Handmade by traditional craftsmen, each one of these carbon tiles equals 30,000 litres of polluted air cleaned. That’s a full day’s…

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Activist group ‘Follow This’ launches climate campaign against Big Oil backed by huge investors

Germany cut the cost of using trains to €9 a month to encourage people to ditch their cars

We have what we need to cut emissions but time is running short, warns World Wide Fund for Nature

Paris investing €250 million to become a 100% ‘cycling city’

Gabon becomes first African nation to be paid to protect its rainforest

Dutch judge forces oil giant Shell to drastically reduce CO2 emissions

How saving the planet could actually make us live a lot longer

College Students Win Design Award for Device That Curbs Microplastics Emitted From Tyres

Atypical climate activist shareholder uses counterintuitive ploy to make ‘big oil’ change their ways

Indian Startup Turns Carbon Emissions Sucked Out of the Air into Architectural Tiles

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