People must use less transport, eat less red meat and buy fewer clothes if the UK is to virtually halt greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, the government’s chief environment scientist has warned. Prof Sir Ian Boyd said the public had little idea of the scale of the challenge from the so-called Net Zero emissions target. […]

Enrique Dans 11,903 viewsJul 6, 2019, 02:12pm Disruption is a very interesting phenomenon, among other things because virtually no established industry is ever prepared for it. By definition, disruption is rarely invited: it is almost always forced on us, particularly in a mature industry, when some external circumstance, a radical innovation, an evolution or a

Transport for London’s (TfL) procurement process for the £1bn Silvertown Tunnel contract has been slammed as being “flawed, in breach of the principals of equal treatment […] and manifestly erroneous”. TfL has also been accused of flouting its principals of “transparency” and “non-discrimination”, in a damning legal document submitted to the High Court by losing

BY BRYAN WALSH AUGUST 14, 2019 IDEAS Bryan Walsh is a contributor to TIME. Previously, he was TIME’s International Editor, its energy and environmental correspondent and was the Tokyo bureau chief in 2006 and 2007. He lives in New York. IDEAS Bryan Walsh is a contributor to TIME. Previously, he was TIME’s International Editor, its

“But as she was finally approaches the harbor in New York, the crowds were swelling. Walser, wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Ride bikes, do good”, said he hoped to get on board a boat as part of a welcoming flotilla for the Malizia II. “I’m a seasoned sailor and she seemed to have done

Elijah ChilandAug 26, 2019, 3:55pm PDT Lined with trendy restaurants, beloved neighborhood businesses, and a handful of historic monuments, the stretch of Sunset Boulevard between Echo Park and East Hollywood is one of the most recognizable corridors in Los Angeles. It could also become a prime bike corridor. A campaign called Sunset4All seeks to reconfigure

Greenland is melting at an unprecedented rate, causing vast quantities of ice to disappear and global sea levels to rise. The fate of the ice sheet is not sealed, but unless CO2 emissions are sharply cut, the long-term existence of Greenland’s ice is in doubt. By Jon Gertner • June 27, 2019 Greenland is melting

By DuncanDollimore Friday, 23 August 2019 You can think what you like about whether we should invest more in cycling and walking, but is that opinion based on fact or fiction? Cycling UK’s Head of Campaigns Duncan Dollimore suggests the facts are clear – investing in active travel is an economic no-brainer – so why

Philip OltermannSun 25 Aug 2019 08.59 BST As Berlin tries to switch to greener transport, people are choosing the bike, not the electric car – and it’s becoming a status symbol In a fashionable corner of the capital of Germany, Europe’s “car nation”, parents picking up or dropping off their offspring have lined the edge

Ian TuckerSun 25 Aug 2019 07.00 BST The journalist and author on the climate crisis and how the US and China will be key to averting disaster David Wallace-Wells: ‘Incremental policy isn’t going to be adequate to avoid terrible levels of warming.’ David Wallace-Wells is the deputy editor of New York magazine. In July 2017,