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U.S. Spring Flood Threat Rises for Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

High water on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers is snarling barges loaded with grain, chemicals and fuel, and forecasters are worried things will get worse once the snow starts to melt.

Climate

BP: Oil giant makes business case for taking climate change seriously.

The chief economist of one of the world’s biggest oil companies is urging other companies to take climate change seriously — and sooner rather than later. If not, it might be bad for business.

Energy Climate

DOE earmarks $28 million for floating offshore wind turbine R&D

The U.S. Department of Energy’s innovation arm wants to disrupt floating offshore wind turbine technology.

Energy

Marine heatwaves are threatening global biodiversity

A new study has found that marine heatwaves (MHWs) are starting to affect global biodiversity.

Climate Environment

South Africa: How Droughts Will Affect South Africa's Broader Economy

Droughts have become more commonplace in South Africa in recent years. In the past two decades since 1990, 12 of those years were d

Climate Environment

Sea ice plays pacemaker role in abrupt climate change

A new study looking at variations in past sea ice cover in the Norwegian Sea found the shrinkage and growth of ice was instrumental in several abrupt climate changes between 32,000 and 40,000 years ago.

Climate Environment

In Cape Town, 'If It's Yellow, Let It Mellow' Is Practically Law.

The South African capital’s crippling water crisis has spawned a host of new taboos and industries.

Environment

Digital commerce will transform African economies, starting with cheaper phones

There’s a $700-billion opportunity for African countries over the next five years if they can close the gender gap in mobile-phone ownership, according to GSMA, the global mobile-trade body

Technology Solutions

Paradise lost? EU funds to polluters will trash some of the world’s most beautiful islands.

2019 may be the year Europe stops financing the incineration of precious resources: the European Parliament’s proposal to cut EU subsidies to waste di

Environment

4th International EbA Community of Practice Workshop.

The global BMU IKI-funded project Mainstreaming EbA implemented by GIZ is delighted to invite you to the

Environment

UN leads new united push on green tech solutions.

Around 2,000 people – including senior figures from IBM, Google and Barclays – attend the Second Global Session of the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum Forum launches initiatives on using big data, machine learning, and green technology startups, to solve major environmental, eco

Environment

6th OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment 2019-SAVE THE DATE.

The OECD Centre on Green Finance and Investment is pleased to invite you to the 6th OECD Forum on Green Finance and Investment, to be held on 29-30 October 2019 at the OECD Headquarters in Paris.

Environment

Call for Abstracts: International Conference on Sustainable Development 2019.

The call for abstracts for the 2019 edition of the International Conference on Sustainable Development is now available. The conference will take place on September 24 and 25, 2019, on the Columbia University campus in New York, USA.

Energy Climate Technology Solutions

European School of Sustainability Science and Research- Doctoral Programme on Climate Change Adaptation.

The newly-launched European School of Sustainability Science and Research (ESSSR) https://www.haw-hamburg.de/en/ftz-nk/esssr.html in Hamburg, Germany, was created in order to foster the cause of sustainable developmen

Environment