This week, in a landmark ruling, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that Switzerland had violated the human rights of a group of Swiss women in its failure …
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Aston University to collaborate with experts in Saudi Arabia on waste-to-energy
Aston University has announced that alongside its Energy and Bioproducts Research Institute (EBRI), it has begun talks with experts in Saudi Arabia to explore converting waste products into energy. The …
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Carbon Majors: 80% of CO2 emissions linked to just 57 producers since Paris Agreement
New analysis from the Carbon Majors project, a database of fossil fuel production data, has revealed that in the years following the Paris Agreement, 80 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions …
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This week, the UN Ocean Decade Conference is being hosted in Barcelona from April 10 to 12 under the theme: ‘Delivering the science we need for the ocean we want.’ …
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In a speech at London’s Chatham House yesterday, Simon Stiell, the UN’s climate chief, warned that there are “two years to save the world.” This sobering statement comes following confirmation …
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According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), March marked ten months of record-breaking temperatures. This echoes the findings of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) earlier this year, …
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H.H. Hamdan bin Zayed issues resolution on reporting environmental data in Abu Dhabi
H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in the Al Dhafra Region, and Chairman of the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), has issued Decree No. (1) …
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After years of avoiding any explicit mention of the primary cause of climate change, negotiators at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai last year finally reached an …
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Reimagining urban spaces to centre community & strengthen resilience
The world’s population is set to reach nearly ten billion by 2050, with over six billion people projected to be living in urban areas. With an uptick in urban growth, …
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AI-driven cleantech solutions provider Sparklo has shared that since its launch a little over a year ago, it has collected 14.5 million plastic bottles and aluminium cans, which it said …