The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s proposed urban mega-project sends a clear warning to other would-be utopias

There is a long history of planned city building by both governments and the private sector from Brasilia to Islamabad. More recently, two trends have come...

Plastic is climate change in a bottle – so let’s put a cap on it

Plastic pollution and climate change have common culprits – and similar solutions. The penultimate round of negotiations for a global pact on plastic ended yesterday in...

Why does it feel so cold in the UK right now – and when will it warm up?

Earth Day 2024: 4 effective strategies to reduce household food waste

The global food system produces enough food for everyone, yet, in 2023, 333 million people worldwide were food insecure and 783 million were chronically hungry. An...

Green economy summit: how can Australia get more from its relationship with Vietnam?

Next week, more than 100 green energy, technology, education and finance companies from Australia and Vietnam will gather in Ho Chi Minh City. The meeting is...

Fining big polluters can reduce environmental damage, but only if the fines match the crimes

Some of Canada’s biggest employers have a poor track record of abiding by environmental laws. When laws are broken corporate leaders don’t go to prison; instead,...

Big government, big trouble? Defending the future of Canada’s climate policy

The costs of climate change are piling up, yet almost 70 per cent of Canadians oppose the recent increase in the federal carbon price. Carbon prices...

Climate change could cause clocks to lose a second: study

ISTANBUL – A recent study suggests that clocks may skip a second in the near future because the Earth is undergoing changes in its rotation due to...

To manage chronic wasting disease, some animals die so more can live

Things are moving quickly, and they need to. On March 13, the Government of British Columbia announced that it would be harvesting 25 deer in the...