Investors tip balance towards renewables
Post Views: 1,349 Global investment in renewable energy, against expectation, now outstrips spending on fossil fuels. Across the planet, economies
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Human impacts fuel weather extremes
Post Views: 1,187 The serious floods that hit southern England in the winter of 2013-14 were at least partly a
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Hunting mammals adds to forest fragility
Post Views: 1,182 A healthy forest needs more than just healthy trees. It needs a healthy population of big, fruit-eating,
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Warming linked to spread of zika virus
Post Views: 1,126 The Zika virus, transmitted by the same mosquito as dengue fever, has spread with alarming speed throughout
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Kogi, UN-Habitat sign $1.3m agreement on urban renewal
Post Views: 1,195 Barely two months after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the duo on urban renewal
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UNEP, others launch water quality project
Post Views: 1,549 In an attempt to improve the sustainable management of global water resources, the United Nations Environment Programme
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Fresh efforts to protect forests launch
Post Views: 1,369 A new initiatives aim at monitoring forests worldwide and raise information alert through the use of modern
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Brazil top UN-Habitat 2013 Scroll of Honour Award
Post Views: 1,239 The United Nations Human Settlement Programme (UN-Habitat) at the weekend announced winners of the 2013 Scroll of
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UN agencies, others offer emission reduction support as Bonn meeting end
Post Views: 1,219 United Nations agencies including United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the World Bank,
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World’s megacities have the power to accelerate climate action: report
Post Views: 1,120 The world’s megacities have the power to accelerate climate action on a transformative scale, according to new
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