Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
There is a big potential to cut greenhouse gases (GHGs) from municipal solid waste management, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The report, ‘Waste opportunities – Past and future climate benefits from better municipal waste management in Europe’, covers the EU-27 (excluding Cyprus), Norway and Switzerland. It estimates that these
Tuesday, August 30th, 2011
Energy efficiency is good for the climate, and its a money-saver, too. Those are two major arguments in favor of companies switching over to energy-saving technologies – something that is being done in Serbia. Modernization in that country’s energy sector is urgently needed; energy usage is rising fast, but the sector is plagued by inefficiencies. Now,
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
Urbanization is one of the most powerful, irreversible forces in the world. It is estimated that 93 percent of the future urban population growth will occur in the cities of Asia and Africa. The persistent problems of poverty and slums are in large part due to weak urban economies. Cities act as engines of national economic
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
When this year’s batch of new students at Masdar Institute signed up for their courses, they expected they would be there to learn and conduct research. They might not, however, have suspected that they would be the subjects of a Big Brother-style social experiment. Other researchers will be watching them closely; not for their personal interactions and
Friday, August 26th, 2011
The upcoming round of European Union Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform talks will include the Agriculture Commission (KLU) at the Federal Environment Agency. The Commission is calling for a “greening” of EU agricultural policy. Subsidies for the sector an annual 57 billion euros in public funding – are to be made more conditional on environmental
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Lessons learned from a study of large transboundary watersheds indicates integrated water resources management is most effective when focused on addressing big- picture issues, according to a report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development produced in partnership with the UNEP-DHI Centre for Water and Environment. The report released at World Water Week in Stockholm reviews
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Wind farms in China and small-scale solar panels on rooftops in Europe were largely responsible for last year’s 32% rise in green energy investments worldwide, according to the latest annual report on renewable energy investment trends issued by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
More than 100 people walked under indoor artificial trees and on wooden boards mimicking forest trails with green plants alongside them and sounds of insects in the air, as they learned about Taiwan’s forests and nature conservation in a public exhibition at Huashan Creative Park in Taipei yesterday afternoon. In celebration of the Republic of China’s
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
Chinese scientists have pinpointed the sources of four major rivers that flow through China and south Asia, and measured their lengths and size of drainage basins, information that will prove to be invaluable for future environmental research. The information about the Brahmaputra, Indus, Salween and Irrawaddy rivers was a result of expeditions and satellite photograph analysis
Saturday, August 20th, 2011
International biodiversity law, while exhibiting a high degree of institutional development, is both fragmented and ineffective at preventing mass extinction. Recognizing that fragmentation can undermine regulatory efforts, a number of scholars have advocated greater institutional linkage leading to a more unified legal structure as a path to improving effectiveness, in the context of biodiversity law
