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But emissions reductions came at huge cost and will likely rebound as vaccines are distributed, authors of report say Planet-heating emissions in the US fell by more than 10% in 2020, a record drop generated by extraordinary reductions in travel and industrial activity in the teeth of the coronavirus pandemic, new figures show. The historic

Coalition says promise is key to preventing mass extinctions and ensuring clean air and water A coalition of more than 50 countries has committed to protect almost a third of the planet by 2030 to halt the destruction of the natural world and slow extinctions of wildlife. The High Ambition Coalition (HAC) for Nature and

Europe’s second-largest financier of fossil fuels faces a vote to ramp up its climate commitments HSBC could be forced to slash its exposure to fossil fuels – starting with coal – from next year, after an influential group of investors filed a shareholder vote urging the bank to ramp up its climate commitments. Fifteen pension

Two-thirds of sales at end of 2020 were battery electric vehicles despite dependence on oil and gas drilling Norway became the first country to sell more electric cars than petrol, hybrid and diesel engines put together last year, new data shows, with battery electric vehicles (BEVs) accounting for two-thirds of sales in the final months

Environmental campaigners say failure to call in West Cumbria Mining planning application ‘jaw-dropping’ Environmental campaigners and a local MP have criticised the government’s “jaw-dropping” decision not to block the building of a “climate-wrecking coal mine”. The communities secretary, Robert Jenrick, decided on Wednesday not to challenge the planning application for a new coal mine in

Publication date: April 2021 Source: Ecological Economics, Volume 182 Author(s): Bosco Lliso, Unai Pascual, Stefanie Engel