Pakistan is an incredible country with immense potential to commence sustainable socio-economic development. However, it must ensure that while it progresses, it does not cross planetary boundaries. In fact, Pakistan…
EFFORTS to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have driven several countries to adopt cap-and-trade systems as a way to balance environmental and economic goals. As Pakistan explores this model, it…
Black dust coats streets and collects on rooftops in the neighbourhood adjoining a sprawling cement factory in the Egyptian city of Alexandria. Activists and local residents accuse the plant operated…
The European Union, Canada, Japan and climate-vulnerable Pacific Island states are among 47 countries rallying support for a charge on the international shipping sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, documents reviewed by…
The first-ever UN roadmap for cutting climate-heating emissions from the world’s farming sector, unveiled at the COP28 UN climate summit this month, has stirred debate around how to share fairly…
At a gleaming new metro station on the edge of Shenzhen, the local government is promoting “carbon coins” to commuters to earn and trade for shopping vouchers and travel cards…
Container shippers are ordering vessels powered by methanol to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but it will take years for renewable methanol output to meet demand and for costs to fall,…
For a few moments in late April of 2020, oil - normally the lifeblood of the world economy - became more expensive to store than to pay someone to take…
On climate change, the US and China have some policy differences. The Trump Administration believes that the climate change mantra is a 'hoax' peddled by some countries, including China. In…
An all-electric commuter plane and a small Airbus-backed hybrid are among aircraft programmes being touted at the Paris Airshow, as the industry tries to convince a sceptical public it can…
