COP30, or the 30th UN Climate Change Conference, was hosted in Belém, Brazil. Held annually, COP is a major global summit, bringing together scientists, researchers, policy makers and world leaders from around the globe. 56,000 representatives from 194 countries attended COP30, making it the second largest COP in history. Indigenous voices were prominent with over … Read more
ECO2 COP30 International Schools Conference ECO2 COP30 Since 2021, when COP26 was held in Glasgow, thousands of pupils from schools around the world have taken part in our annual ECO2 COP International Schools Conferences. Last year, 6000 pupils from 100 schools from 14 countries, including the UK, Azerbaijan and India took part in ECO2 COP29. This … Read more
Renewables on the Rise 2025 was a good year for renewables! Following a 19% increase in solar capacity, wind and solar power produced more electricity in the European Union (EU) than fossil fuels for the first time. Wind and solar generated 30% of the EU’s electricity in 2025, ahead of the 29% generated by fossil … Read more
Vatican City Is Now Producing All of Their Electricity from Renewable Sources Before his death, Pope Francis fulfilled his green energy vision with a massive solar installation that now powers all of Vatican City’s operations. Combining solar energy production with agricultural land use, the dual-purpose agrivoltaics system allows crops and solar panels to co-exist on … Read more
Company launches eco-bricks that ‘absorb carbon A start-up company in Sheffield has launched environmentally-friendly bricks which absorb and permanently store greenhouse gases. Materials developer earth4Earth, based at Sheffield Technology Parks, said the bricks capture carbon dioxide from the air around them but are also manufactured using methods which do not produce it. The first batch … Read more
