Preventing climate change by replacing fossil fuel-based energy with renewable energy is as important as the orangutan’s survival. Therefore, the two should be able to coexist and to impact positively on each other. #opinion

French local authorities said Wednesday that a high-profile "solar highway" experiment in Normandy had failed, but vowed to try again with new panels on a shorter stretch of road.

A Russian state official warned on Wednesday that an abandoned chemicals factory in Siberia could cause an environmental disaster akin to the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident unless urgent action is taken to tackle it.

Jokowi’s reluctance to push for a more ambitious environmental agenda could be seen in his position toward  a forest and peatland permit issuance moratorium. 

Antonio Zamora no longer sprays his crops with pesticides, instead hanging small bags of mites on the plants, leaving them to attack parasites while sparing his produce.

Famed for valuing Gross National Happiness over economic growth, Bhutan is a poster child for sustainable development. But booming car sales may impact efforts to preserve its rare status as a carbon negative country.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said on Tuesday it was OK for some members of the French parliament to ignore her and other children's warnings about global warming but she implored them to listen to scientists.

Mimika and Asmat regencies in West Papua will host events for the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem on July 26.

As countries around the world try to cut down on throw-away plastic shopping bags, Bangladesh is hoping to cash in on an alternative: plastic-like bags made from jute, the plant fiber used to produce burlap bags.

Jakarta is scrambling to reduce the city’s air pollution through the various means available, although their effectiveness remains questionable.

His expedition is also his way of celebrating Independence Day and the reelection of Jokowi. 

Thousands of daytrippers jostled for selfie space and elbowed their way to the sea at a popular north Vietnam beach over the weekend, with extra vigilant lifeguards watching worriedly over the summer surge.

One of the banners used during the protest was emblazoned with the words “Jokowi, help us. Reject the proposal for a mining road traversing the remaining forest area in South Sumatra-Jambi borders”.

The Supreme Court has ruled that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, his Cabinet ministers and regional administrations were guilty of failing to control wildfires on Sumatra and in Kalimantan in 2015 and therefore ordered them to build a lung hospital and provide free health care for survivors.

Panama became the first Central American nation to ban single-use plastic bags to try to curb pollution on its beaches and help tackle what the United Nations has identified as one of the world's biggest environmental challenges.

Indonesia’s problem of plastic waste pollution is not the result of the occasional rogue foreign shipment. It is caused mainly by each one of us, the hundreds of millions of convenience-minded consumers who have become so used to buying cosmetics, household detergents, water, eggs in boxes and packaged food in single-use packaging. #commentary

The United States is bracing for a weekend of extremely hot weather, with major cities including New York and Washington expecting temperatures close to or exceeding 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius).

Mankind's destruction of nature is driving species to the brink of extinction at an "unprecedented" rate, the leading wildlife conservation body warned Thursday as it added more than 7,000 animals, fish and plants to its endangered "Red List".

An area in southern France in June recorded the country's first ever 46 degree temperature, the French state weather service said on Friday, revising up the country's all-time record reached in last month's heatwave.

"People need to know that their old electronics must not be carelessly disposed of as they are considered hazardous and toxic waste."

Governments could stop the West Antarctic Ice Sheet from sliding into the ocean and submerging coastal cities by launching a last-ditch engineering project to blanket its surface with "artificial snow".

As Southeast Asia grapples with massive tides of rubbish hitting its beaches, a Cambodian coffee shop owner is looking to build a business out of some of this waste as a way to promote sustainability.

Go-Food says more than 750 outlets in Greater Jakarta, Bandung, Surabaya and Bali have joined its initiative to cut down on single-use cutlery and plastic bags.

Before being colonized by the Vikings, Iceland was lush with forests but the fearsome warriors razed everything to the ground and the nation is now struggling to reforest the island.

Political leaders in Indonesia can be the nation’s president for a maximum 10 years by law. Climate leaders, however, have no term limits; there is no end to their work. #opinion

The government is demanding local administrations to clear the lake to boost tourism

Diners in some upmarket restaurants will soon be able to tuck into laboratory-grown steak, thanks to an Israeli startup that seeks to tap into consumer concerns about health, the environment and animal welfare.

On July 1, Shanghai launched China's most ambitious garbage separation and recycling program ever, as the country confronts a rising tide of trash created by increasing consumption.

Sharks -- the sea's top predators for millions of years -- are at risk of disappearing from the Mediterranean as overfishing and plastic pollution choke populations of the endangered hunters.

A range of British music artists, labels and studios banded together Friday to declare a climate and ecological emergency and pledged to rethink their environmental impact.