World Resources Institute (WRI) announced a new certification to help consumers identify climate-friendly menu items when they dine out. The new “Cool Food Meals” badge identifies dishes with a lower carbon footprint, in line with what WRI research finds is needed by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement on climate change. Now, just as consumers… Continue reading Certification to help customers identify climate friendly dishes in restaurants
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New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019
Morgan Erickson-Davis Data from 2001 to 2019 show an overall deforestation of primary forest constituting the third-highest year of primary forest loss since the turn of the century Last year the world lost around 119,000 square kilometers (45,946 square miles) of tree cover, according to satellite data collated by the University of Maryland (UMD) released… Continue reading New data show world lost a Switzerland-size area of primary rainforest in 2019
New Data Platform to support governments and entrepreneurs expand clean electricity in East Africa
Using data to link growing electricity demand with clean energy supply to expand electricity services the World Resources Institute and 20 partners launched Energy Access Explorer, an open-source platform for energy planners, donors and clean energy entrepreneurs Nearly 840 million people worldwide do not have access to electricity and most of them reside in sub-Saharan Africa.… Continue reading New Data Platform to support governments and entrepreneurs expand clean electricity in East Africa