Category: Climate Change News
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The floating solar panels that track the Sun
Floating solar is a new renewable energy option, and it has huge potential globally. As countries around the world try to find space for large solar arrays, they are turning to floating systems. However, the Netherlands is now taking this one step further with water-based arrays that follow the sun. In a lake in the…
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Tesco & Olio Team Up to Fight Food Waste and Reduce Emissions
In a world where food insecurity and climate change remain significant issues, Tesco and Olio’s pioneering partnership to tackle food waste is a much-needed success story. The partnership has led to the rescue of over 30 million meals through the help of Olio’s network of 80,000 volunteers, who collect unsold surplus food from Tesco stores…
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Microalgae: a tiny solution to big environmental problems
Researchers in Europe may have found microscopic organisms, which are invisible to the human eye, that could help fight plastic waste and support greener agriculture. Microalgae, tiny single-cell organisms that are found in seawater, are becoming increasingly popular among European researchers as a potential solution to some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems. These…
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Climate change tops WEF Global Risks Report 2023
After the cost of living crisis, ‘natural disasters and extreme weather’ is considered to be the most severe risk facing the world in the next two years. Taking a 10-year view, six of the top 10 most severe risks relate directly to climate change. According to the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Risks Report 2023,…
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Ozone layer recovery is on track, according to the U.N.
The Earth’s ozone layer is on course to be fully healed within the next two decades, according to a new report from the United Nations. The report states that if current policies are maintained, the hole in the ozone layer, which was once considered one of the biggest environmental threats facing humanity, will be completely…