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A Year Best Forgotten
What has stood out this year as 2017 draws to a close, is the "globalization of indifference," a term coined by Pope Francis.
An indifference...
Lighting the way to a brighter future
With a population of 1.3 billion, growing at 1.2 per cent per year, India is a heavy hitter in the world of global emissions. But while...
Faces of change: Fighting for a mercury-free future
Charito Elcano turned 60 this year, a milestone in a life fraught with ups and downs, challenges and opportunities and – in her case...
Green economy initiatives reconcile people and nature in Ghana
The people living in and near the Bia Biosphere Reserve, in Ghana, are highly dependent on what the forest can provide for their livelihoods....
Heating Chinese cities while enhancing air quality
China’s district heat network – which supplies heat from central locations – is the world’s largest: in 2015, it consumed more energy than all...
Defusing Ethiopia’s toxic time bomb
It’s the beginning of the end for Ethiopia’s stores of DDT, an internationally restricted pesticide. The East African country is moving to eliminate once...
Cairo’s bad breath
If the Nile is Cairo’s ailing heart, then polluted skies are its black lungs.
Choking the city with swirling dust from the early hours, they...
Sustainable Tourism: A roadmap towards 2030
Participants from around the world joined the Official Closing ceremony of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development 2017 at the Palace of...
The Last call for Humans
An Extinction Level Event is a likely Event that will cause the extinction of the human race. Various Hollywood movies have depicted the different...
Caribbean Leaders Launch Ambitious Plan to Create the World’s First “Climate-Smart Zone”
Recent hurricanes have left unprecedented devastation across the Caribbean, and it is a traumatic time for all those who live in the region. Whole...