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Resalta Begins Third Energy Retrofit Project of the City of Ljubljana
Resalta, Petrol and the City of Ljubljana signed the agreement for the third energy retrofit project of the City of Ljubljana. The project includes 27 municipal buildings, of which 17 will undergo...
ABB Breaks Ground on $30 Million Facility for EV Chargers to Meet Global Demand
ABB has marked the start of construction at its new facility in San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy, which will serve as a global Center of Excellence and production site for electric vehicle charging...
From Farm to Street – Animal Health and Welfare at the Heart of the European Union Policies
We are still getting used to the absence of the purple cow from the packaging of popular chocolates and the faces of Gerda, Muccha and Marisa, wondering if their predecessor went on...
IUCN Standard to Boost Impact of Nature-Based Solutions to Global Challenges
IUCN recently unveiled a Global Standard providing the first-ever set of benchmarks for nature-based solutions to global challenges. The new IUCN Global Standard will help governments, business and civil society ensure the...
Polar Bears Could Be Nearly Gone by 2100, Study Finds
A new study has found that polar bears could be gone by 2100 unless greenhouse gas emissions are reduced.
Rising global temperatures, due to carbon emissions, have caused large amounts of...
Electric Dreams: Green Vehicles Cheaper Than Petrol in the UK
Research shows that over the lifetime of a car electric vehicles work out at around £107 cheaper per year than petrol or diesel equivalents;
On average an electric car costs £52,133...
In Tanzania, Locals and Officials Band Together to Save Mangroves
For many of the 30,000 people who live in the remote Rufiji Delta of northern Tanzania, life revolves around one thing: mangroves.These trees and bushes, which thrive in the delta's brackish water,...
There’s No Place Like… Container
Containers have long stopped being used as temporary accommodation and started a new life – ecological, smart, functional and affordable. Goran Ergic from Avala Container Homes managed to create a modern, sustainable...
10 Things You Should Know About Industrial Farming
There was a time when industrial agriculture seemed to be a panacea for a fast-growing world. Synthetic fertilizers, chemical pesticides and high-yield cereal hybrids promised to reduce hunger, accommodate growing populations and...
Climate-Friendly Cooling Could Cut Years of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Save US$ Trillions
Coordinated international action on energy-efficient, climate-friendly cooling could avoid as much as 460 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – roughly equal to eight years of global emissions at 2018 levels –...
The Next Wave – How to Beat Future Pandemics
Ebola, SARS, Zika, HIV/AIDS, West Nile fever and now COVID-19. These are some of the highest-profile diseases to emerge in the last several decades. And while they emerged in different parts of...
30 Innovative Solutions Show Path to Renewable-Powered Future
Recently, IRENA has published the full series of 30 Innovation Briefs under its Innovation Landscape report. It is the most comprehensive analysis available on innovation priorities that policymakers must address to successfully...
More Conservation Efforts Critical to Save the Vaquita – World’s Smallest Marine Mammal
While optimism can be in short supply when it comes to wildlife conservation, the spotting of three vaquita calves in October 2019 in the Upper Gulf of California in Mexico was a...
About Creators and Other Customers
From Vermont to Belgrade, from wedding bands to over a thousand products, from piling up identical items on shop shelves to unique pieces made with love and care, from goods no one...
Kigali Amendment Hits Milestone 100th Ratification, Boosting Climate Action
The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, an international agreement to cut the use of climate-warming hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), has reached a major milestone, with Liberia becoming the 100th nation to ratify the...
Record Temperature Trajectory Threatens to Breach 1.5°C Global Heating Threshold
New climate data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) predicts that the annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1.0°C above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming...
