A Portuguese airline is aiming to be the first carrier in the world to become single-use plastic free by the end of this year. It's a positive step - although a miniscule one - in a hugely polluting industry. Read on

At the COP24 climate conference in Katowice, Poland this month, decision-makers from around the world came together to draw up concrete guidelines for achieving the Paris Agreement. And while there was success on that front, for now at least, the spirit of the Paris Agreement seems to have run out of steam. Read on

Having dominated the high seas for centuries, the humble sail could be making a return - although not quite as you remember it. Read on

A company in Chile has developed a bag that dissolves in water within five minutes. Could this mean the end of the billions of plastic packages that end up in our seas every year? Read on

Europe's latest pollution spotting satellite can highlight a wide range of pollutants in the atmosphere, and track where they came from. Read on

The project, consisting of a large floating pipe, aims to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Read on

Jupiter uses predictive cloud computing models to inform business owners how climate change will affect their operations in the future. Read on

A startup from Spain wants to use a cryptocoin to democratise emissions trading and give consumers the opportunity to offset their CO2 emissions. Read on

At Web Summit, journalists, activists and innovators gathered to start a conversation about how they might hold the key to solving the climate crisis. Read on