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This Initiative Can Give City Trees a Second Life – and Create Jobs
The city is a difficult place for a tree to survive. Compared to their counterparts in the countryside, urban trees generally get less water, suffer more intense heat, compete for space with...
Fao Calls for Stepping up Forest and Landscape Restoration
Efforts to restore the world's degraded forests and landscapes must be scaled up to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, said FAO in a new publication released today.
Land and forest...
New IEA report offers recommendations for how to respond to evolving challenges for electricity systems from growth of variable renewable electricity, cyber threats and extreme weather events.
The electricity sector, which plays a...
New Strains of Rice Could Address Climate Change
Rice is a staple for more than 3.5 billion people, including most of the world’s poor. But it can be a problematic crop to farm. It requires massive amounts of water and...
UNEP Launches a Virtual Journey Through Three Iconic Forests
The COVID-19 pandemic might have scotched your vacation plans this year. But you can still bound through some of the world’s most iconic landscapes in a new online journey launched by the...
UNESCO and France have formalized the creation in Montpellier of the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Water Systems Dynamics (ICIReWaRD) which will provide expertise, carry out research and training actions in...
Moving Towards Zero Pollution In Europe
What is pollution and how does it affect us and the environment? Europe is taking action to reduce pollution and, as part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission put forward...
Mediterranean Basin Facing Irreversible Environmental Damage, Warns new UNEP Report
Rising inequality, biodiversity loss, the growing impact of climate change and unrelenting pressure on natural resources could lead to irreversible environmental damage in the Mediterranean basin, according to a new report by...
Scouring the Mekong for Trash – and Data
In Chiang Rai, Thailand, a city perched on the banks of the Mekong River, a group of some 90 residents and university students came together to pick up trash on 19 September.
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Countries Raise the Sails on Offshore Renewables Sector
Offshore renewables, including offshore wind, wave, tidal, ocean thermal, and floating solar PV, will witness substantial growth in capacity over the next decade and play an essential role in the global energy...
South Africa: Industrial Energy Efficiency Project Wins International Award
South Africa’s largest energy efficiency initiative: Industrial Energy Efficiency Improvement in South Africa through Mainstreaming the Introduction of Energy Management Systems and Energy Systems Optimization, has won the highest international accolade for...
World Food Day: How Soon Will We Be Eating Lab-Grown Meat?
Feeding 10 billion mouths in 2050 poses a big challenge for the food industry. Doing that while also reducing carbon emissions enough to save the planet on which we depend for our...
Energy Community Prepares to Tackle Gas Sector Methane Emissions
European Commission published the EU Methane Strategy to establish a harmonised framework to reduce methane emissions in the gas upstream, midstream, downstream as well as the coal sector and abandoned sites.
The strategy...
Impact of COVID-19 on People’s Livelihoods, Their Health and Our Food Systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human life worldwide and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the world of work. The economic and social...
FAO, WMO and Partners Call for Early Warning and Early Action to Avoid Disasters
2020 State of Climate Services Report says 11,000 disasters caused by weather, climate and water-related hazards in the past 50 years.
As extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency, intensity and...
Agrophotovoltaic News — Bifacial Panels In Germany, Grazing Sheep In Austria
Agrophotovoltaics is a fancy word that means it is possible to combine solar power with farming in a way that benefits both. In theory, it would be possible to meet all the...
