A small hydro-electric plant generates renewable energy in Kaggefoss, Norway.The Norwegian Pension Fund Global is one of the largest sovereign wealth ... more

Described as a “double dividend for jobs and the environment” by UNEP, the German government in 1999 increased taxes for engine fuels, electricity, ... more

When Indonesia, faced with unsustainable spending on energy subsidies, raised fuel prices and cut subsidies in October 2005, the government sought to ... more

An articulated bus powered with biodiesel made from soybeans operates in the Brazilian city of Curitiba. Since the 1960s, the city has more than ... more

Children hug trees as they prepare to take part in an attempt to create a Guinness World Record for the most number of people hugging trees for two ... more

The city of Quito and its surrounding areas, home to over 1.5 million people as well as agricultural, industrial and hydropower concerns, gets 80 ... more

A man with two oxen prepare to plow fields in an urban garden more

To reduce the country’s dependence on oil and gas, Tunisia’s government has passed a law establishing an “energy conservation system”, created the ... more

A wind turbine is seen near a gate of the ancient city of Wushu in Diaobingshan, Liaoning province. In its current five-year plan China stipulated ... more

Feed-in tariffs guarantee payment of a fixed amount per unit of electricity produced from renewable sources, or a premium on top of market ... more

People walk past flowerpots made of old jeans during a recycling campaign at a jeans shop in Seoul. Waste management and recycling in South Korea has ... more

In central London, since 2003, the world’s largest traffic congestion charge has charged motorists a fee (currently 10 pounds, about 16 dollars) for ... more

Bogota’s bus rapid transit system TransMilenio was introduced in 2000 and has been expanding ever since due to high public satisfaction and its ... more

Labourers work on a dried lake to try and revive it under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) on the outskirts of Hyderabad. NREGA ... more

According to the Environment Protection Agency, Americans throw away 40 percent of all the food in the supply chain. Meanwhile 1 in 6 Americans ... more

African women being trained as solar power engineers in the Barefoot College in Tilonia, Rajasthan state, India. more

To avoid the social, economic, health, and environmental damage associated with modern food systems, particularly processed foods lacking nutrients, ... more