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Speech prepared for delivery at the 12th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM12) at the plenary session on “Ambition into action–turning a year of ambition into a decade of delivery”. Minister Juan Carlos Jobet, Minister…
While the internet might seem like it’s everywhere, more than 3 billion people around the world are still offline. That digital divide is not only driving poverty, it’s also contributing to climate change and a…
Bangkok, 20 April 2021 – The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that it is working to fight plastic pollution using citizen science and machine learning, with technical advisory support from Google.…
When ride hailing company Bolt set out to design its own shared scooter, part of a push into lightweight urban transit, engineers had one overarching goal: make it eco-friendly. The result, set to hit Europe’s…
At the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly, world and digital-industry leaders discuss how environmental action must be backed by latest technologies, including earth observations, Artificial Intelligence…
Want to capture the attention of millions of young people and raise awareness about the climate emergency? Then talk to the video gaming industry. Levelling up, going faster, scoring higher and taking on the…
Nairobi, 22 January 2021 – ‘Reset Earth’ is an innovative educational platform for adolescents about the fundamental role of the ozone layer in protecting the planet. The platform launches on World Education Day (…
More and more people in water-scarce countries rely on desalinated water for drinking, cooking and washing. The process involves removing salt from seawater and filtering it to produce drinking quality water. But…
Lake Bogoria in Kenya’s Rift Valley region is a soda lake – extremely salty and alkaline, unable to support fish. It has deep spiritual and cultural significance for the Endorois people, who have been its…
Rice is a staple for more than 3.5 billion people, including most of the world’s poor. But it can be a problematic crop to farm. It requires massive amounts of water and the paddies in which it grows emit methane,…
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