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Public climate finance to developing countries is rising
Public climate finance from developed to developing countries totalled USD 56.7 billion in 2017, up 17% from USD 48.5 billion in 2016, according to...
Meat and Consequences: More Bad News for Climate Change
Thanksgiving is quite a U.S. holiday. In one day, we manage to eat and enjoy 44 million turkeys, twice the number consumed at Christmas. ...
The most polluted capital in Europe, you didn’t even know about
“Mama, why do I have to wear this again? It hurts my mouth,” says Norik, 5, to his mother, Igballe, before she puts a...
Electric car-sharing arrives in Nairobi
Rush hour in Nairobi, Kenya, and the streets are packed with columns of vehicles pumping out fumes, waiting their turn to inch through the...
Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere break another record
Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another new record high, according to a report issued on Thursday by the United...
Efficiency should always be the first answer
Authors: Kevin Lane and Armin Mayer*
While the world is becoming more energy efficient, strong global growth is offsetting those gains. As a result, we...
The energy sector should care about wastewater
Today is World Toilet Day, an opportunity to raise awareness about the global sanitation crisis. About 4.5 billion people around the world still lack...
Turkey Sets Sights on Better Planned, Forward-Looking and Sustainable Cities
Turkey takes a step forward today to make its cities more sustainable, inclusive and well-planned, with a focus on adopting integrated and long-term approaches...
Promoting inclusive and sustainable industrial production at the Zenata Eco-City
The Zenata Development Company (SAZ) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) are joining forces to ensure the sustainability of the Zenata industrial...
Renewables offer G20 countries the best opportunity to achieve climate goals
The IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C, released in October 2018, was unequivocal: urgent global action at an unprecedented scale...