UNEP chief urges “better, faster” philanthropy in three key sustainability areas
United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Anderson called for “harder, better, faster” philanthropy ...
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UNDP, ISO partner to promote int’l standards to advance SDGs action, document progress
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) have signed ...
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office
People who work remotely all the time produce less than half the greenhouse gas emissions ...
Report: About 12,000 reported disasters from climate, water extremes between 1970-2021
There were 11,778 reported disasters from weather, climate and water extremes between 1970 and 2021, ...
New research: About $ 3 bn needed annually for protecting all remaining African lions
A new research co-led by Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) has revealed alarming data ...
Saudi Arabia to host World Environment Day, UNCCD’s COP16 in 2024
Saudi Arabia will host the 2024 World Environment Day – marked annually on June 5 ...
Bezos Fund grants $ 22.8m for restoring 600,000 hectares in Africa
The Bezos Earth Fund announced a grant of $22.8 million to accelerate the restoration of ...
WEF sees LDES as solution to limitations of renewable energy
The World Economic Forum (WEF) highlighted the Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) could be the ...
Study: LAC local banks facing major challenges in coping with climate risks
Local banks of Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) are facing major challenges in coping with ...
Guterres urges creating true African Renewable Energy Alliance
United Nations Secretary General António Guterres urged bringing together African countries with developed countries, financial ...
UNICEF urges financial support for African children most at risk of climate change
A recent UNICEF report highlighted that children in Africa are among the most at risk ...
African leaders expected to urge financial support over climate crisis at ACW
African leaders are expected to step up calls for financial support to help the continent ...
Honeywell survey: 48% of respondents expect AI, machine learning to significantly affect retail sector
Nearly 48% of respondents to a survey conducted by Honeywell identified artificial intelligence (AI), machine ...
Schneider Electric’s new AI tool to help businessmen stand on their enterprise energy, sustainability data
Schneider Electric’s conversational AI tool – EcoStruxure Resource Advisor Copilot – is designed to help business ...
New Google Maps sustainability tools to help access up-to-date environmental information
Google has introduced new sustainability tools on the Google Maps Platform that will apply AI ...
Gates Foundation offers $ 5 m grants for 50 AI-driven research projects
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has allocated $ 5 million in grants for 50 ...
UNEP-GWWI report: Wastewater can become climate solution..Egypt among successful examples
A recent report – published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal with ...
UNEP: Policymakers can create proper climate for pro-planet investments
A report – issued by the United Nations Environment Development Program (UNEP) – showed that ...
UAE sole Arab winner of 2023 UN-Habitat award for serving SDG11
The UAE was the sole Arab winner of the 2023 UN-Habitat Scroll of Honor Award ...
UNIDO’s first GHIC guidelines to help accelerate industrial decarbonization
The first edition of Green Hydrogen Industrial Clusters Guidelines – published by the United Nations Industrial ...
$42 m project to help Colombia, Jamaica, Panama combat plastic pollution
A 42-million-dollar project will help Colombia, Jamaica and Panama to jointly combat plastic pollution by ...