Former US vice president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate slams world’s top oil producers
Global warming
climate change
USA, Saudi Arabia behind on curbing climate change
Scientists last week said that CO2 – which accounts for 80% of global warming – will rise nearly 3% in 2018
climate change
2018 set to be among hottest years on record
New UN report says that the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years
Chef Matthew Kenney
Video: Veganism – an ethical awakening and a booming business
Dairy production is the principal cause of environmental issues in the world, according to Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed, founding chairman of KBW Ventures and KBW Investments.
climate change
Cost of climate-linked disasters soars to $2.25trn
United Nations reveals the economic cost of climate-related disasters over the last two decades
clean energy
Video: How to fuel the future
America, under President Donald Trump, is securing its “energy independence” with oil and gas. But unlike fossil fuels, renewables will not increase global warming – and China is moving fast.
climate change
Saudi Arabia said to back down from blocking UN climate report
Sources say oil giant had objected to the inclusion of a passage emphasising the need for sharp reductions in the use of fossil fuels
glaciers
Video: Global warming ‘threatens Swiss Alps’
Scenes of glowing expanses of blue-white ice could soon be a thing of the past. At least in Switzerland, where the ice is melting on one of Europe’s biggest glaciers.