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Nuclear Power’s Role in Mitigating Climate Change

Nuclear power can make a vital contribution to meeting climate change targets while delivering the increasingly large quantities of electricity needed for global economic...

More than 65 Ways Blockchain Technology Can Fix Global Environmental Challenges

A new World Economic Forum report released today at the Global Climate Action Summit in California identifies more than 65 ways blockchain can be...

UN’s highest environmental honour recognizes seven world-changing ideas

Seven environmental trailblazers between the ages of 18 and 30 will be taking home the coveted Young Champions of the Earth Prize, the UN’s...

Air pollution: Know your enemy

Sometimes you can’t even see it, but air pollution is everywhere. Perhaps you think that air pollution doesn’t affect you because you don’t live in...

Flood, drought and satellites: online tools boost climate cooperation

Online data is helping water authorities collaborate across borders to fight the impacts of climate change It’s a cycle that is becoming all too common...

Why Treaty Protection is Needed for Migratory Pollinators

Imagine a state of laws where murder is illegal if the victim is clad in a blue shirt, but legal if the victim is...

Culture and Behavior May Clue Climate Change Response

Behavior acculturated to ancestral norms, originally necessitated by occupation, is the focus of a new study in China with interesting ramifications for climate change. ...

Seven reasons to embrace nature-based disaster risk reduction

The southern Indian State of Kerala is famous for its various tourist attractions such as wildlife which includes endangered species like the Nilgiri Tahr...

Restoring degraded land highlights opportunities for sustainable development in Africa

Almost 1,000 participants joined the Global Landscape Forum’s GLF Nairobi 2018 at United Nations Office in Nairobi to hear speakers from across Africa discuss...

Disasters, Climate Change and the Rational Option for Mankind

The phenomenon of a random pattern of winds coalescing into a hurricane may not be caused by global warming, but warmer ocean temperatures powering...

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