OUR ENVIRONMENT ICON: MEET MRS. OYEFUNKE OLAYINKA What would inspire someone who has worked for decades in the corporate environment transit to care for the environment? This is the interesting story of Mrs. Oyefunke Olayinka. Environmentng.com carefully identifies Environment Icons to celebrate, considering their contributions at the National, State and Local Community levels in Nigeria. […]
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Urgent action is needed to secure the UK’s food supply in the face of climate change-induced extreme weather, the imposition of tariffs and global insecurity, a report has warned. Days after the US president, Donald Trump, warned Europe would be next for tariffs on trade after he imposed tax levies on Canada, China and Mexico, […]
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Jeff Bezos’s $10bn climate and biodiversity fund has halted its funding of one of the world’s most important climate certification organisations, amid broader concerns US billionaires are “bowing down to Trump” and his anti-climate action rhetoric. The Bezos Earth Fund has stopped its support for the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), an international body that […]
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Multilateral development banks (MDBs) made a promise at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for countries to achieve ambitious climate outcomes. MDBs estimate that by 2030, their annual collective climate financing for low- and middle-income countries will reach USD 120 billion, including USD 42 billion for adaptation, and MDBs aim to mobilize […]
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Countries at the last COP29 summit in Baku adopted a $300 billion a year global finance target on to help poorer nations cope with impacts of climate change, a deal its intended recipients criticised as woefully insufficient. The agreement, clinched in overtime at the two-week conference in Azerbaijan’s capital, was meant to provide momentum for […]
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Countries have failed to reach a landmark agreement on tackling plastic pollution after more than two years of negotiations. More than 200 nations met in South Korea for what was meant to be a final round of talks. But deep divisions remained between a group of nearly 100 “high ambition” countries calling for plastic to […]
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COP29 is over, with developing countries complaining that the $300bn (about £240bn) a year in climate finance they will receive by 2035 is a “paltry sum”. Many of the rich country voices at the UN’s climate conference were amazed that developing nations were unhappy with what on the surface seems a huge settlement. It is […]
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Coffee price surges to highest on record Coffee drinkers may soon see their morning treat get more expensive, as the price of coffee on international commodity markets has hit its highest level on record. On Tuesday, the price for Arabica beans, which account for most global production, topped $3.44 a pound (0.45kg), having jumped more […]
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China’s new 1-gigawatt offshore solar farm combines innovative marine technology with clean energy production, powering 2.6 million homes while showcasing the future of ocean-based solar power. China’s state-owned CHN Energy has connected its first batch of photovoltaic units to the grid from its new offshore solar farm in the Yellow Sea. The one-gigawatt facility, situated […]
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Smart grids transform electricity management with AI and IoT, boosting efficiency, integrating renewables, and enable a greener, more reliable future. Smart grids are the next generation of electricity management, combining advanced technology with energy distribution to improve efficiency, reliability, and sustainability. Unlike traditional grids, smart grids use AI and the IoT (the internet of things) […]
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