Battery-powered electric vehicles may be heralded as the next big thing, but will lithium reserves that are already being devoured by consumer electronics be enough meet future demand? Rebecca Wright reports
The EU's Common Fisheries Policy lies in tatters, as fears grow that fish stocks are reaching crisis point. Could a controversial system of fishery management be the saviour of an industry all at sea? Trevor Huggins reports
It carries around 90% of world trade, yet international shipping has attracted relatively little attention from environmentalists and legislators... until now. Nick Jameson reports
Managing Europe's growing mountain of waste is moving up the political agenda. Sam Bond reports
With landfill overflowing recycling is big business, and it’s not just old newspapers that are finding a new incarnation, says Sam Bond
The 10 ideas that might just save the planet... and those which are dead-ends or roadblocks
No more business as usual. These 30 entrepreneurs are already building the low-carbon post-recession economy
Defying expectations, the military is trying to reduce its carbon bootprint, says Sarah Wachter
Bjørn Lomborg, controversial author of The Sceptical Environmentalist, asserts that dealing with climate change must arise from a level-headed debate about costs and benefits