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The Dominican Republic has called for a ban on imports of fluorescent lamp and urged state institutions in the Caribbean nation to switch to more efficient light-emitting diodes, better known as LEDs. “We aim to…
China leads with more than half of world’s new solar capacity Global solar investment jumps 18 percent to $160.8 billion Cumulative renewable energy investment since 2004: $2.9 trillion Frankfurt/Nairobi, 5 April…
Lloyd’s of London is divesting from coal companies. From 1 April it will start excluding coal from its investment portfolio. It now joins the ranks of other insurance companies which are shifting away from fossil…
How do we prepare for the doubling of the global urban population by 2050? By dramatically rethinking urbanism and its governance. That means designing cities for people, not cars; allowing everyone access to urban…
By Harry Verhaar, Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Philips Lighting It is becoming ever more clear that the major global trends which are having the greatest impact on the world around us are not…
Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile, is UN Environment's latest Champion of the Earth for Policy Leadership. In October 2015, President Bachelet established the marine park Nazca-Desventuradas in San Ambrosio…
By Jan Dusík The fire at a waffle factory in Brussels late last year luckily left no casualties behind. Yet the thick black smoke reminded people in the European Union’s capital how vulnerable we are to pollution…
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 the country is the globe’s third-largest greenhouse gas emitter after the…
In 2016, the airport moved 94.39 million passengers and handled 606,000 aircraft Despite huge growth, airport carbon emissions fell 16 per cent from 2014 to 2016 Efforts on renewables, waste recycling and public…
International Resource Panel Report says material resource use expected to reach nearly 90 billion tonnes in 2017, and may more than double from 2015 to 2050 Without greater resource efficiency, Sustainable…
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