Given the failure of international climate negotiations, a tax on carbon consumption is the most effective way of lowering CO2 emissions. If nations are serious about addressing climate change, then they must pay for the carbon pollution caused by what they consume.

That's the question we hope to answer over time, with our monthly "Movers & Shakers" column cataloguing the career moves of leaders in the sustainability world.

New York City had been gradually preparing for a world of rising seas and more powerful storms. But the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy is now forcing officials to consider spending billions of dollars on storm protection, including a network of surge barriers.

Bees, fish and birds can move in concert. So can cars, if we let nature guide our technology.

Public trust in business has improved, a new survey shows, but the numbers are still negative.

Trying to manage threatened species on limited budgets? We reveal the extinction lists that aim to save more plants and animals — by deciding what we can’t save.

By a remote fjord where icebergs float in silence and hunters stalk reindeer, plans are being drawn up for a huge iron ore mine that would lift Greenland's population by four percent at

Major nations failed to reach agreement on Thursday to set up huge marine protected areas off Antarctica under a plan to step up conservation of creatures such as whales and penguins

Many governments and industry professionals see sustainable energy as a key to economic growth and meeting the growing global demand for energy.

The company's U.K. arm revises policy to exclude suppliers using wood from protected forests.