A new green chapter for China’s fabled lakeside city
Hangzhou has seen its share of history. A
millennium ago, the city was the seat of two separate dynasties for over 200
years, putting it in...
Four Things You Should Know About Climate-Smart Cities
Singapore, host of this year’s Innovate4Climate (I4C) conference, is one of the world’s leading cities for
climate-smart urban development. In the lead-up to this year’s...
Will Georgian Orthodox Church recognize Patriarch Bartholomew’s Primacy in Orthodox World?
The Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church is about to
convene in next few days. A group of hierarchs allegedly led by Metropolitan
Daniel of Chiatura...
Marine Pollution: A Growing Threat to the Caribbean Sea
A New World Bank report released today examines how marine pollution in the
Caribbean threatens the region’s resilience to climate change. The report calls
for urgent...
Pakistan-China: Social Relations and Soft Power
The intense
increase in the image and power China as a global actor having vast
geopolitical and geo-economical determinations has been perhaps the biggest
story of the...
World’s largest public bus system begins transition to electric vehicles
Public transit passengers in Indonesia’s capital may soon notice a new
green addition to their commute.
In line with Governor Anies Baswedan’s vision to make Jakarta...
Electric buses put Chile on the path to a healthier tomorrow
Chile owns the biggest fleet of electric buses in Latin America and the
Caribbean today. The 200 e-buses hit the road earlier this year in...
Water logging and Salinity: A threat in the face of barrenness
The Annual
cost of crop losses from the problem of water logging and salinity has been
estimated between Rs 15bn and Rs 55bn
Currently,
different areas in the...
WWF Launches Activation Hub to Help Prevent 10 Million Metric Tons of Global Plastic Waste
The global plastic pollution crisis is
threatening the natural environment on which we depend – impacting oceans, communities,
wildlife, and people at an unprecedented rate. While...
Will Islamophobes take over democracies in the West?
One is alarmed to see how Islamophobes have
begun to dominate secular forces in `civilized’ western democracies. During the
2008 American presidential election `several Republican politicians...