Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon was officially welcomed at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology campus by Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO and Managing Director of Masdar, the Abu Dhabi-based company focusing on the development and deployment of sustainable energy solutions. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber accompanied His Excellency Ban Ki-Moon on a guided tour of Masdar City. Read More
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon outlines the United Nations Organization’s eight top priorities for the new year, ranging from empowering women to fighting nuclear terrorism. Ban Ki-Moon predicts that 2011 will be even more challenging that 2010 and calls on the “unrelenting determination” of the international community. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Brilliant Minds is a Tomorrow Today series introducing up-and-coming young scientists from all over the world who are living and carrying out research in Germany. This week we look at 30-year-old Alexandru Codilean, a junior professor at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam, who is researching long-term landscape evolution. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
The Manchester Parish Council has praised the use of a technological system that has promoted sustainable development in the parish for nearly nine years. Geographic information systems (GIS) manages geographical information and helps individuals working in agriculture, environmental sustainability, retail and the Govern-ment, to make informed decisions as they relate to development. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
The aim is to utilise phosphorous and nitrogen in waste in ways that keep them from entering the waterways. A promise was made to restore the Archipelago Sea, which us heavily polluted by agricultural runoff, to its former state by 2020. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
The European Union on Thursday signed a major gas deal with Azerbaijan, part of the bloc’s efforts to wean itself from dependency on energy from Russia. Many hope the deal will save the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline project — but Azerbaijan holds the trump card. Read More
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Solomon Islands has turned to Fiji for assistance in the construction of a hydropower in Honiara. A group of landowners led by former speaker and Government minister, Paul Tovua met with Fiji officials last week and visited the Monasavu Dam on Saturday. Mr Tovua said the visit was part of the Tina River Hydro Project
Monday, January 17th, 2011
Mighty River Power wants to build a wind farm with up to 50 turbines along Marlborough’s east coast near Cape Campbell. The 100 to 150 megawatt farm of between 33 to 50 80-metre turbines could power up to 70,000 homes. The company has asked eight landowners to sign agreements giving Mighty River rights to research
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
Lake Kivu in East Africa is one of a handful of lakes on Earth with the power to unleash a peculiar and deadly phenomenon. Rwandans are in a race against time to defuse it, and are putting its energy to use. Read More
Sunday, January 16th, 2011
The future of express commuting is on tap next Wednesday and city politicians will debate whether to put more infrastructure cash in the southwest. Bureaucrats are poised to present a plan for Bus Rapid Transit routes (BRT) across the city, but they’ll also brief members of the Land Use, Planning and Transportation committee on a separate
