It is estimated that almost 80% of all plastic ever produced has ended up in landfill or the natural environment. Polymateria's Chief Executive Officer, Niall Dunne, explains how the company is developing biodegradable and compostable plastics which break down naturally when they’re no longer use...

We need to reduce the emissions coming from the energy and industrial sectors if we are to reach Net Zero. CCm Technology's Chief Executive Officer, Pawel Kisielewski and Chief Technical Officer, Professor Peter Hammond explain how they capture carbon dioxide, ammonia, nitrogen and other waste st...

We drink over 2 billion cups of coffee every day, generating millions of tonnes of used coffee grounds each year. Left to decompose naturally, these grounds would give off 2.3 billion cubic metres of methane, the equivalent in terms of global warming to France's annual CO2 emissions. bio-bean has...

With almost 70% of the world’s population expected to be living in cities by 2050, dealing with urban waste is one of the major challenges facing us today. Copenhagen's iconic Copenhill facility combines a clean waste to energy plant with an outdoor recreational space, including a dry ski-slope -...

Although global energy consumption is set to increase by 50% by 2050, it is estimated that up to 20% of global demand could be met by a renewable source that is still in its infancy; wave power. Based on the Mediterranean coast in Tel Aviv, Eco Wave Power has developed a low-cost, scalable, circu...

Oxford PV’s perovskite technology is made with abundantly available, low-cost synthetic materials. It is 200 times more effective at absorbing the sun’s energy compared to conventional silicon solar cells. For this reason, it can be applied as a thin film - less than one micron thick - to silicon...

Colombia's second-largest city, Medellín, was best known internationally for the local drug cartel that took its name, and left a legacy of high crime and violence. After a successful programme of urban regeneration, the city now faces two new threats to its environment caused by rapid economic g...

The Millennium Seed Bank is an underground collection of over 2.4 billion seeds from around the world stored in sub-zero chambers in Wakehurst, Sussex. Part of Kew's Royal Botanic Gardens, it not only protects biodiversity by preserving threatened species, but also conducts cutting-edge scientifi...

Located on a 100-acre site near Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands, AECOM and the Lifescape Project have established a Natural Capital Laboratory. Working with the landowners, their local advisors and a team of researchers from the University of Cumbria, the site’s natural environment will be re...

Earth’s four billion hectares of forest, from Chocó rainforest in Ecuador and Colombia to the vast boreal forests of Canada and Russia, are the essential building blocks of a more sustainable world. Forests are our best mechanism for removing carbon pollution from the atmosphere, and they are a r...

Brazil's Xingu Park is the oldest indigenous territory in Brazil. Its 2.6 million hectares provide a home to 16 different tribes. The Rede de Sementes do Xingu brings together over 500 indigenous seed-collectors to gather and disperse native seeds, preserving the Amazon's essential biodiversity w...

"Everything was being designed, and still is in many ways, to battle against nature, to suppress and destroy and exploit." HRH The Prince of Wales encourages us all to work with nature to address the environmental crisis.
Elinor Breman of Kew Science, Donald Mdadane of Umgibe Organics, Pieter Sla...

HRH The Prince of Wales calls on leaders from all sectors and from all around the world to give their support to the ‘Terra Carta’ - a new initiative providing the basis of a sustainable recovery plan for Nature, People and Planet at the heart of global value creation.
The Terra Carta is based on...

HRH The Prince of Wales sets out his vision of a Circular BioEconomy powering a new wave of human innovation working with the environment to address the climate emergency.
Marc Palahi of European Forest Institute, Bridgett Luther of Continuus Materials, Pawel Kisielewski of CCm Technologies, Inna...

During a tour of The Stumpery garden at Highgrove, HRH The Prince of Wales looks back at his pioneering work promoting environmental causes, and shares his growing sense of optimism now that business leaders around the world are engaging with projects like the Terra Carta, which aims to combine t...

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