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Tourism Stakeholders Invited to Share Progress on Climate Action
UNWTO is inviting public and private stakeholders from around the world to take part in a Global Survey of Climate Action in Tourism and help identify frontrunning initiatives and opportunities to accelerate...
Back to Nature in the Big City
“Nature-based solutions” is a term for all solutions that use the natural world to mitigate the effects of climate change. It sounds rural, but the phrase covers multiple possibilities, from tree planting...
Business Alliance for Scaling Climate Solutions: a New Key Piece to UNEP’s Forest Mitigation Arsenal
Forests soak up 30 percent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels and are our best natural ally in the fight against the climate emergency. However, the ongoing deforestation and degradation, especially...
5 Things to Know About the Future of Electric Vehicles
While global car sales took a pandemic-related hit last year, electric vehicles (EVs) bucked the trend.
The number of EVs registered across the globe expanded massively in 2020, according to the International Energy...
Which Green Actions Really Reduce Climate Emissions?
If you think recycling as much as possible is the best way to cut your carbon footprint – think again. It’s actually a fair way down the list.
Having fewer children is one...
North Macedonia’s Electricity Producer ESM Commits to Internal Carbon Pricing
North Macedonia’s state-owned electricity producer Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM) has expressed its intent to design and implement an internal mechanism to price carbon emissions of its plants and operators by the...
World’s 1st Zero-Emission Tanker Project Will Use Corvus Energy Storage System
Corvus Energy was selected to provide an energy storage system (ESS) to Kawasaki Heavy Industries for the zero-emissions electric e5 tanker it is building, the world’s first zero-emissions tanker. The electric tanker...
These Are the ‘Positive’ Tipping Points That Could Slow Global Warming
There may be light at the end of the tunnel in the battle to reduce carbon emissions.
Governments and institutions could help halt carbon emissions with just a few carefully selected policy measures,...
A Rebound in Global Coal Demand in 2021 is Set to be Short-Lived, but no Immediate Decline in Sight
After a major drop in recent years, global coal demand is forecast to rise by 2.6 percent in 2021 before flattening out to 2025.
A global economic recovery in 2021 is expected to...
EBRD and EU Advance Honey Producer’s Development in Moldova
Nestled in the picturesque village of Costești, Moldova, Regina Naturii manufactures and trades jars of delicious natural delicacies. The honey producer may well have borrowed its work ethic from industrious bees in...
Here’s Why the Business of Sustainability Has Come of Age
In 2019, impact investing was a $715 billion global market. Looking beyond the pure financial heft of the market, the number accurately reflects the growing reality among corporates and investors who are...
How Investing In Nature Can Help Tackle The Biodiversity And Climate Crises
This month, world leaders and experts convened for the UN General Assembly which is culminating in the UN Summit on Biodiversity today. The Summit will emphasise the need to safeguard nature and...
Volvo Buses Inks New Electric Bus Orders In Norway
Norway is one of the most active nations when it comes to cutting carbon emissions. That means putting significant incentives in place for electric vehicles, be they passenger vehicles, trucks, ferries, or...
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...
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...