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Sharon Udasin Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t know what the future will bring, but they are working collaboratively and with scientific rigor to make sure they’re prepared for anything In a thirsty Western United States that has become increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather event

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Opinions , Resources , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/28/2021

How to meet climate and SDG goals together for cities

Each city should have two plans ready within a year. One, a SDG plan and two, a climate action plan Cities are growing by leaps and bounds. Currently, almost 55 percent of the global population lives in cities. This figure is estimated to grow to 68 percent by 2050. In this decade, which is also

Business , Economy , Education , Environment , Health , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Waste / 09/20/2021

Three takeaways as Kenya marks 4 years since the ban on single-use plastic bags

Amos Wemanya Following the example of Kenya, many African countries are leading the world in finding solutions to plastic pollution through legislative mechanisms It is exactly four years since Kenya banned the use of single-use plastic carrier bags. It is important that as we mark the 4th

Biodiversity , Cities , Climate , COVID-19 , Education , Environment , Forests , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Water / 08/23/2021

Reversing ecosystem degradation: working with city youths

Education curriculum for youth should be designed in ways that their grades are linked to conservation actions. Oxygen, an otherwise conveniently forgotten thing, has been the most talked about crisis in India in recent months. However, much of the attention stayed put on the oxygen cylinders and

Business , Climate , Economy , Energy , Environment , Health , Resources , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development , Transport / 08/10/2021

Chile wants to close all its coal-fired power plants by 2025

Lorena Guzmán While the original plan involved the closure of eight plants by 2024 and the remaining 20 by 2040, the new modification proposes the cessation of operations of 65% of plants by 2025. Experts say congress’ revised roadmap is unfeasible and would increase diesel’s short-term share

Business , Climate , Environment , Food , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 06/13/2021

Blu-Nits, a new measurement unit on the impact of a product on the environment

Mitchell Cetuk The word “blu-nit” comes from the joining of the words “blue” (for the planet) and “unit” (of measurement). The number of blu-nits attributed to a product equals the number of trees it would take to offset the CO2 emissions of that product in one day. This is accomplished

Business , Data & Reports , Energy , Environment , Health , Labour , Monitoring , Science & Technology , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 05/08/2021

Targeting pollutive brick kilns in Bangladesh with AI

Sanjeet Bagcchi A low-cost machine learning method has the potential to track down immensely polluting brick kilns in Bangladesh, helping regulators monitor environmental compliance, new research shows. Researchers from Stanford University, US, and the International Centre for Diarrhoeal

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 04/09/2021

Brazilian Supreme Court takes crucial step towards recognizing indigenous rights

A small community of Brazilian Indians has won a land rights case at Brazil’s Supreme Court that could have major repercussions for indigenous people across the country. The Court has ruled that a 2014 judicial decision cancelling the return of some of their ancestral territory to the Guarani co

Climate , Environment , Governance , SDGs , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 03/01/2021

It’s time to set up a US–China Decarbonisation Working Group

Giridharan Ramasubramanian The climate ambitions of the US and China are converging, offering an opportunity to develop new engagement based on decarbonisation resident Biden has promised to put the US on a path to net-zero emissions by 2050. Meanwhile, President Xi announced back in Septe

Biodiversity , Business , Cities , Climate , Education , Environment , Featured , Food , Health , Labour , Resources , Science & Technology , Soil , Solutions , Sustainable Development / 02/13/2021

Argentine municipalities embrace agroecology

Jorgelina Hiba A network of municipalities in Argentina is reimagining an agricultural production model based on industrial inputs, encouraging a new relationship between farming, food and nature The global climate crisis has made the debate about the ways food is produced and consumed around the wo

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