18 social entrepreneurs, innovators named winners of Schwab Foundation awards
Eighteen social entrepreneurs and innovators from 15 organizations spanning 13 countries were named winners of ...
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Honeywell survey: 35% of major retailers plan to significantly increase their AI investment
Thirty-five percent of major retailers plan to significantly increase their AI investment, according to a ...
What are emerging trends in climate litigation?
There are emerging and innovative trends in climate litigation as activists and citizens worldwide are ...
NOAA: 403 weather, climate disasters hit US in 2024 at total cost exceeding $2.915 trln
The US has sustained 403 separate weather and climate disasters in 2024 at total cost ...
World Bank issues EUR 3 bn 10-year sustainable development bond
The World Bank priced a 10-year euro-denominated benchmark bond maturing in January 2035, raising EUR ...
WB earmarks $5.1m for Chile to cut 1.03 m tons of CO2 emissions
The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) earmarked $5.1 million to Chile with an aim ...
Survey: 80% of asset managers, asset owners see sustainability as path for pursuing growth opportunities
A majority (80%) of asset managers and asset owners see sustainability as a path for ...
EU standardizes common chargers use to cut e-waste
The EU has standardized charging ports for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices, all new ...
GEF earmarks $204.3 m to help UNDP scale up efforts for climate resilient future
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has just approved $204.3 million for the United Nations Development ...
$28 m secured for implementing Montreal Protocol
Thirty-seven Member States of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) will benefit from the ...
Africa to benefit from Denmark’s DKK 30 m allocation bolstering UN’s CTCN for climate action
Africa is among the beneficiaries of Denmark’s DKK 30 million allocation to support the United ...
Tetra Pak,Yellow Dreams invest €3 m in new recycling plant in Netherlands
Tetra Pak and Yellow Dreams teamed up to invest around €3 million into, a new ...
UNCCD warns global economy could lose $23 trillion by 2050 over land degradation
The global economy could lose $23 trillion by 2050 over land degradation, while halting this ...
UNCTAD urges stronger action to help least developed nations tap into carbon markets
The United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD) urged during the 29th United Nations Climate Change ...
140 oil, gas firms committed to reducing methane emissions under OGMP 2.0
About 140 oil and gas companies have committed to credibly measuring and reducing methane emissions ...
Andersen: 2024 is on track to be warmest on record..Financing must up at least 3.5 times
2024 is on track to surpass 2023 as the warmest on record and climate change ...
Guterres: We need developed countries to double adaptation finance to at least $40 bn a year by 2025
“Climate catastrophe is hammering health, widening inequalities, harming sustainable development, and rocking the foundations of ...
UN-Habitat report: Over 2 bn people in cities could be exposed to 0.5ºC rise by 2040
More than 2 billion people currently living in cities could be exposed to an additional ...
Cutting emissions, boosting early warnings top priority after deadly floods in Spain
The deadly floods in Spain have underlined the international community’s need to cut greenhouse gas ...
UN Chief: “We are choking on plastic” ..Humanity produces over 460 million metric tons of plastic annually
United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres said “We are choking on plastic” as “Each year, ...
€380 m allocated to 133 new projects under EU’s LIFE Program for environment, climate action
The European Commission has granted today more than €380 million to 133 new projects across Europe ...