When I was in New York for Climate Week, I spotted a restaurant advertising “Save the planet, eat local.” Even at many of the events I attended, organizers went out of their way to highlight the local ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anjali Chaudhry is an educator, researcher, and a climate ambassador. As climate anxiety grows, so does attention to our carbon ...

Louisiana's petrochemical plants that export products are under increasing pressure in overseas markets to reduce their ...

A majority of Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) growers have achieved deep reductions in nitrogen and pesticide use, as well as major drops in their carbon footprint, according to the organisation’s ...

A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gases emitted by something. That might be a person's lifestyle, a product's supply chain, an organization, or an activity. Everything from a banana ...

As the world marks UN World Cities Day on 31 October—a call to make cities more sustainable—a new international study published in Communications Earth & Environment warns that the global construction ...

Carbon emissions are typically measured in metric tons, but context matters. It contrasts the emission profiles of different nations, such as China's high total but modest efficiency, the U.S.'s ...

IISc researchers have built a computational framework tracking 9,389 reactions in CO2 hydrogenation on copper. The larger network matched experiments more closely and may aid the design of better ...

Energy Dome is using the gas to deliver cheap long-duration energy storage for the grid. There’s a growing need for ...

For more than half a century, from a remote monitoring station atop Hawaii’s dormant volcano Mauna Kea, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has continuously logged levels of ...

Global carbon emissions from fossil fuels are projected to rise by 1.1% in 2025 – reaching a record high, according to new research by the Global Carbon Project. Decarbonization of energy systems is ...

New research turns carbon dioxide into strong, recyclable plastics, offering a sustainable path to reduce waste and emissions.