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13 04 2021 | 10:19

A new standard for electric utilities to maximize progress towards the SDGs

Leading utilities establish global best practice on how their sector and its value chain can advance the ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Geneva, 15 March 2021: The World…

13 04 2021 | 09:09

Nigeria Bets on Solar to Power Its Covid Recovery.

Suleiman Babamanu is implementing the country’s largest investment in solar energy. Suleiman Babamanu’s path to the heart of Nigeria’s biggest solar power program started in disappointment. After…

12 04 2021 | 15:51

Remarks at the Leaders’ Dialogue on the Africa COVID-Climate Emergency: Delivering the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Programme

Thank you very much. Excellencies,     I thank the African Development Bank and the Global Center for Adaption for convening us today.      As the world confronts a pandemic, a recession and a…

07 04 2021 | 10:31

The impact of COVID-19 pandemic in Mediterranean urban air pollution and mobility

  A very recent original research article of Renewable & Sustainable Energy Lab (#ReSEL) is now published in “Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects”(Taylor…

04 04 2021 | 08:43

Wealthy countries 'are buying up far more COVID-19 vaccines than they need' — and that's bad news for the end of the pandemic

Getting COVID-19 vaccine doses into arms is cracking along in some countries, but in the poorest, it's barely started at all. And if vaccination rates in low- and middle-income nations are not…

04 04 2021 | 08:38

How Has COVID Changed Fridays for Future?

When Fridays for Future (FFF) takes to the streets on March 19, activists around the world are going to be doing everything they can to make sure the climate crisis stays in the news. In the…

22 03 2021 | 09:54

Coalition Says Healing 'Broken Relationship With Nature' Key to Stopping Next Pandemic

As the World Health Organization stresses the need for continued measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the face of a global rise in cases, reporting out Tuesday spotlights a new…

18 03 2021 | 10:29

UN launches new campaign, Only Together, to support global vaccine equity call.

11 March, New York -- The United Nations today launched a new global campaign, Only Together, to support its call for fair and equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines around the world. The campaign…

12 03 2021 | 15:11

Green spending makes up less than a fifth of Covid recovery funds, says UN

‘Governments today haven’t been spending as green as they should,’ the report’s author told The Independent. Less than a fifth of the money spent by major economies on long-term Covid recovery…

12 03 2021 | 10:04

The search for animals harbouring coronavirus — and why it matters.

Scientists are monitoring pets, livestock and wildlife to work out where SARS-CoV-2 could hide, and whether it could resurge. It was the news Sophie Gryseels had been dreading for months. Almost a…

12 03 2021 | 09:49

Women have been hit hardest during the pandemic – here is my six-point plan to end systemic discrimination

The exclusion of women is a global emergency, but pandemic recovery offers a chance to chart a new and equal path. As the world marks International Women’s Day tomorrow in the midst of a global…

07 03 2021 | 07:03

Pandemic May Have Left Over 250 Million People With Acute Food Shortages in 2020.

Beyond the questions surrounding the availability, effectiveness and safety of a vaccine, the COVID-19 pandemic has led us to question where our food is coming from and whether we will have enough.

26 02 2021 | 09:57

Use of Disinfectants Has Soared, Sparking New Examination of Ingredients.

Disinfectant use has exploded during the coronavirus pandemic as people try to keep their hands and surfaces clean. But one family of cleaning chemicals is receiving scrutiny for potential health…

12 02 2021 | 07:28

Meat-eating creates risk of future pandemic that ‘would make Covid seem a dress rehearsal’, scientists warn.

‘If we could see eating meat as a treat, not a right, we could reduce the speed at which another virus evolves,’ says professor. Demand for regular supplies of affordable meat will create future …

08 02 2021 | 12:26

How to create a net-zero, nature-positive recovery.

The COVID-19 pandemic saw wild animals roaming empty streets and a drop in emissions in many places around the world. Yet these improvements to nature are unlikely to remain, and the environmental…

01 02 2021 | 09:31

What is #BUILDBACKBETTER Greece

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26 01 2021 | 10:56

The Covid deniers have been humiliated but they are still dangerous.

The false claim that lockdowns do not work endangers lives – politicians and public figures must aggressively rebut it.  

20 01 2021 | 10:00

Pandemic delays leave many nations facing climate action catch-up in 2021.

Less than half of countries that committed to strengthening their climate action targets in 2020 did so by the end of last year, as the pandemic slowed climate diplomacy and efforts to update…

20 01 2021 | 08:01

IRENA’s World Energy Transition Day to Kick-Start Crucial Assembly Meeting.

Agency’s 11th Assembly brings almost 2000 participants including 70 Ministers together virtually to set the course for a year of critical energy discussions.

03 01 2021 | 09:04

Faulty food systems laid bare by COVID-19, climate crises.

From wildfires in California and locust attacks in Ethiopia to job losses caused by pandemic lockdowns in Italy and Myanmar, climate change and COVID-19 disrupted food production and tipped millions…