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Circular economy: More recycling of household waste, less landfilling
EU Parliament backs ambitious recycling targets, under legislation on waste and the circular economy, adopted on Wednesday.
Improving waste management will not only benefit the...
Report: Powerful New Policy Options to Scale Up Renewables
A new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the International Energy Agency (IEA), and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st...
Human Footprint Devastating Wildlife: An Article For Earth Day
Animals can be beautiful; they can be sleek, graceful, powerful, or just plain adorable, even cuddly.  A field of wild flowers chanced upon can...
Better information needed to improve gender diversity in the clean-energy sector
Recognizing that the energy sector lags when it comes to gender diversity, the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)...
The GMO case in the interpretation of the School of Economic Warfare
In 1983 laboratory experimentation on genetic mutation seemed to pave the way for a future technological revolution. Entrepreneurs heavily invested in research and development...
International Maritime Organization agrees to first long-term plan to curb emissions
Authors: Renske Schuitmaker and Pierpaolo Cazzola*
The International Maritime Organization agreed Friday on its first ambitious strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the international shipping sector...
Growing financial sector reform starts to deliver private finance for sustainability
Huge progress on reforming the global financial system over the last four years has started to deliver desperately needed financing for sustainability and set...
Namibia Enlists the IAEA to Help Study its Marine Ecosystem Supporting Key Fisheries
Authors: Miklos Gaspar & Lucas Smalldon*
The first-ever comprehensive study on the concentration of radionuclides and trace elements in Namibia’s coastal waters revealed that while...
Japan’s international renewables leadership can help it scale-up domestic market
Earlier this month, IRENA Director-General Adnan Z. Amin was invited to Japan by Minister for Foreign Affairs, HE Taro Kono, to discuss the era...
Remembering Syria: Iran struggles with potentially explosive environmental crisis
Iranian leaders are struggling, three months after anti-government protests swept the Islamic republic, to ensure that environmental issues that helped sparked a popular uprising...