A new global billion-dolloar initiative has been launched to improve lives and transform cities into green and liveable spaces.

At the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden said he would work with Congress to double funding to help developing countries fight against climate change.

Czech Republic has decoupled energy use from economic growth, but must strengthen efforts to reach EU energy and climate targets by 2030 while supporting affected communities.

SSE Renewables is to combine two proposed offshore wind farm projects into a single 4100MW development.

Chevron will spend $10bn over the next seven years to increase its renewable energy production and cut its carbon pollution, as pressure mounts on US oil producers to clean up their operations.

Across the U.S. and Canadian Great Plains, approximately 2.6 million acres of intact grassland – an area larger than Yellowstone National Park – were plowed up in 2019 to make room for row-crop production, according to World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) 2021 Plowprint Report. The new findings represent an increase of 500,000 acres of grassland conversion over the previous year, highlighting a concerning trend for one of the least protected and most at-risk biomes on the planet.

A global analysis by the BBC has found that the number of days reaching 50C has doubled since the 1980s.

The British government announced on Monday the biggest auction round of its renewable energy scheme, hoping to build up enough extra offshore wind capacity to power about 8 million homes.

The Biden administration has released a report showing the United States can secure 40% of its electricity from solar energy by 2035.