UNDP’s Ocean Innovation Challenge to accelerate SDG 14
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) launched Ocean Innovation Challenge (OIC) within the framework of its painstaking ...
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UAE’s Fatma Al Moosawi turns tea waste into organic fertilizers
Fatma Ahmad Al Moosawi, a UAE environmentalist and Founder of Ygnd Elras tea leaves trading, decided ...
EBRD extends €7 m loan to Novi Sad to upgrade public transport, cut CO2 by 70%
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extended a €7 million loan to Serbia’s ...
WFP appeals for $ 200 m to support hungry Zimbabweans
The World Food Program (WFP) needs about $ 200 million in the first half of ...
Zambia trains charcoal producers to improved methods to cut CO2 emissions
Zambia took a practical step to curb charcoal devastating impact on the environment through educating ...
Zayed Sustainability Prize announces 20by2020 initiative
The Zayed Sustainability Prize on Wednesday announced the launch of its 20by2020 initiative, which aims ...
India’s Ecoplore encourages more eco-friendly hotels as tourism accounts for 8% of CO2
Ecoplore – India’s first booking website dedicated to eco-friendly hotels, or ‘eco-stays’ – lists hotels that ...
France’s Limogas city introduces 3 in-motion-charging buses
The city of Limoges has introduced three 18-meter IVECO BUS Crealis In-Motion-Charging trolleybuses on its ...
Three top universities team up to promote SDGs with their £5.4 bn investments
The Universities of Cambridge, Edinburgh, and St Anne’s College of Oxford have launched the Responsible ...
Adidas moves ahead for phase 2 of producing 100% recycled products
Adidas is moving ahead for phase 2 of producing fully recycled products after launching the ...
Germany extends €20 m to help developing states boost agriculture
Germany announced extending €20 million for helping developing countries develop the agricultural sector within the ...
EIB earmarks € 33m for largest solar plants in Spain
The European Investment Bank (EIB) allocated € 66 million for establishing the largest solar energy ...
Brazilian inventor plans to extend Aqualuz water technology to Africa in 2020
The 2019 Young Champion of the Earth prize for Latin America and the Caribbean, Aqualuz ...
EBRD, its partners extend $ 54 m to support SMEs, climate adaptation in Georgia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and its partners will extend $ 54 ...
Dubai Airports readies for ban on single-use plastics
Change is coming to the world of air travel as the self-imposed deadline looms for ...
GEF, EU launch $ 33 m global program for deploying electric vehicles in 17 developing states
A 33-million dollar global program was launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) will ...
Egypt’s Center of Excellence for Energy opened at $30 m USAID investments
The Center of Excellence for Energy at Egypt’s Ain Shams University was opened on December ...
2% of national GDP of Mongolia to be spent for green economy in 2020
With the United Nations defining the main tool to reach sustainable development goals as the ...
Oxford University researchers spotlight impact of climate change on Penguins
Researchers from the University of Oxford, Louisiana State University, University of Rhode Island, University of California ...
FAO to open office in Kuwait to boost joint efforts to end hunger, poverty
The Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) will open a Partnership and Liaison Office in Kuwait ...
Youths from UAE, Bahrain, Lebanon spearhead environmental initiatives, innovative solutions
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) said that youths in Bahrain, Lebanon and the UAE ...