There are encouraging examples of ecosystems being managed for the long-term to create wealth for poor communities, but there is still a huge job to do. Natural resources can be properly used to greatly reduce...

The main quest for overcoming poverty and a secure future is to make energy available because we cannot cut poverty if we cannot bring affordable energy to the people.

This is a real environmental and health achievement and I pay tribute to all those governments, companies and others such as the World Bank who kept this promise.

While the most important solutions to climate change will remain energy efficiency and cleaner energy sources … capturing and storing carbon dioxide can supplement these other efforts.

The tragedy of the Indian Ocean tsunami of December 2004 brought into sharp focus the debate about the life saving qualities of healthy reefs and mangroves.

Constructing, operating and maintaining what is effectively a huge fridge in the mountains raises many fundamental questions of sustainability.

If nothing happens there’s a very great probability the great apes will go out of this world.