- Group Captain Peter Hackett completed a short flight in an Ikarus C42 microlight aircraft at an airfield in Gloucestershire, western...
Britain's ministry of defense said it had the potential to save 80-90 percent of carbon per flight.
The RAF is planning its first airbase to be net zero by 2025 and be carbon neutral across the service by 2040.
- While Brazil takes international pledge at COP26 to end deforestation by 2030, the destruction of the Amazon rainforest keeps rising...
Deforestation of 7,880 square kilometers of Amazon's rainforest was been reported in 2021
Environmentalists blame the country's president for defunding environmental protection organizations
- After years of drought and over-pumping, the Moulouya river in Morocco comes to a halt just short of the sea....
The Moulouya river is one of the longest rivers in Morocco and a vital lifeline for farmers in the area near the Algerian border
Its final few paces are now separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a sandbar
- Rich countries stand accused of failing at the COP26 summit in Glasgow to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at...
Rich countries accused of failing to deliver much-needed finance to vulnerable states at risk of drought, rising seas, fire and storms
The European Commission said the deal has "kept the Paris targets alive".
- The draft Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change report is scheduled for release early next year.
Helping vulnerable nations cope with the multiplier effect of climate change will require trillions of dollars, according to a draft UN report
The failure of rich countries to deliver the promised $100 billion a year for vulnerable nations has become a flashpoint at COP26
- After a series of delays, Elon Musk's private company SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Wednesday...
The station is currently operating with just one NASA astronaut in the US segment to welcome the incoming crew.
The flight was initially postponed from October 31 first for weather, then a "minor medical issue" affecting one of the crew.
- To resist climate changes, more sustainable sources of energy like nuclear could become a norm in the near future.
Nuclear energy is part of the solution to global warming, there's no way around it, IAEA director general Rafael Mariano Grossi has said
The UN's climate science advisory panel, the IPCC, has also given a place to nuclear in its models
- Pfizer said Friday that a clinical trial of its pill to treat Covid-19 had shown it is highly effective, hailing...
A simple pill to treat the coronavirus at home has been sought since the start of the global health crisis
Pfizer's is the second anti-Covid pill after that of Merck, which is actually an influenza medicine rebranded to fight the coronavirus
- Demonstrations are expected across Glasgow against the disconnect between the pace of emissions reductions and the climate emergency.
Organizers of the Fridays for Future global strike movement said they expected large crowds at the planned three-hour protest during COP26 Youth Day
The event is expected to be attended by high-profile campaigners Greta Thunberg and Vanessa Nakate













