One World – One Environment – One Network
Researchers in Spain have discovered that women living closer to urban green spaces like parks or gardens have a lower risk of breast cancer. More and more studies are confirming the health benefits of...
Deforestation is threatening the population of Virunga mountain gorillas in Rwanda with extinction. New, energy-efficient stoves, which reduce firewood consumption, can help protect their habitat. Of the 1,000 mountain gorillas worldwide, some 600 live...
Urbanization figures released by the European Commission in July are wrong, according to a team of researchers at New York University. They calculate that no more than 60 per cent of the world’s population...
Sustainable cosmetics, waste management and eco-tourism have sprung up across Latin America, reversing a history of human, economic and environmental exploitation. John Dyer reports. Cosmetics are not usually considered a sustainable business: petrochemicals are...
Governments are being urged to act now to protect younger generations from the immediate and long-term impacts of extreme weather events. The devastating floods in southern India, wildfires in the western United States and...
Investing in sustainability is looking more and more like a smart move. A new study found that air pollution lowers people’s intelligence. “Polluted air can cause everyone to reduce their level of education by...
An innovative mesh devised by MIT researchers could help farmers dramatically reduce the amount of pesticides they spray. When spraying fertilizers or pesticides onto crops, the size of the droplets makes a big difference....
Between April and August this year, Switzerland and central Europe experienced the driest summer season since 1864. Especially the forest seems to suffer from this dry spell: As early as August, trees began to...
GES first partnership project launched in Drenthe The province of Drenthe in the Netherlands has installed an innovative, environmentally friendly water turbine called Flowconverter near the Ossesluis locks in Hoogeveen. The test phase will...
A research team from the Zoological Institute of Kiel University (CAU) has succeeded in developing a new silicone coating with a specific microstructure which reduces the contact area of barnacles to ships hulls by...
The SAP.iO Foundry offers a no-equity ask program that provides access to SAP APIs, SAP technologies, and opportunities to meet SAP’s customers. The upcoming SAP.iO San Francisco fall cohort will be focused on Human...
Levels of some persistent organic pollutants (POPs) regulated by the Stockholm Convention are decreasing in the Arctic, according to new research findings from a team who have been actively monitoring the region for almost...
Origin Energy will supply up to 75 per cent of Sydney Airport’s electricity with wind power from a 37-turbine, 135 MW wind farm. Sydney Airport is Australia’s busiest airport. Located just 8 kilometres south...
The capital of Wales is the proud owner of four new benches made of recycled plastic waste collected from the Cardiff stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race earlier this summer. Over 280 kilograms of...
Nineteen global cities have signed a declaration to significantly cut greenhouse gas emissions from their cities by making all new buildings net-zero carbon by 2030. The mayors of global cities such as London, New...
Around 640 kilometres south of Cairo, the $2.8 billion Benban park will be a big step forward in sustainability for a country that now derives 90 per cent of its electricity from oil and...
Trees growing in forests in the eastern United States have proved able to adapt to the local climate, a new study of 14 tree species has found. However, most species thrived in cooler, wetter...
Researchers have found that seawater can replace freshwater to make the sustainable fuel bioethanol, reducing the extremely high water footprint associated with production. Bioethanol is one of the best fuel alternatives because it is...
Food waste and by-products could make sustainable plastic and energy without petrochemicals, according to German researchers. The discovery has big implications for those seeking new, cost-efficient methods of manufacturing. “We could take a big...
UK power company Drax is launching a new carbon capture and storage project that could see the trapped carbon used by breweries and pubs to help ‘keep the pep in the nation’s pints’. Drax,...
