It is possible for corruption to lead to better environmental efficiency and improved economy in developing countries, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The study presents a novel Bayesian data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach to examine cross...
Gas cookers are pumping pollutants linked to childhood asthma into kitchens, living rooms and bedrooms across Europe, a report has found. Dutch scientists measured the air quality in 247 homes and found average levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) were almost twice as high in those...
UK forests are heading for “catastrophiac ecosystem collapse” within the next 50 years due to multiple threats including disease, extreme weather and wildfires, researchers have warned, with trees dying on a large scale. The study, published in the journal Forestry, was put together by a...
The world is set to have been hotter in 2023 than in any other year on record, scientists have declared, before a landmark climate summit this month. “We can say with near certainty that 2023 will be the warmest year on record, and is currently 1.43C above the pre-industrial average,”...
Canada’s detailed plan to reach its greenhouse-gas emissions targets in 2030 is coming up short, the federal environment commissioner said Tuesday in a new audit. Jerry DeMarco did a deep dive into the government’s Emissions Reduction Plan as part of a series of fall audits tabled in the...
