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The Rockefeller University Unknown direction and pace of change in microbial — including viral — biodiversity may have deep consequences for all life on Earth
The Rockefeller University, NY Amid COVID pause in marine activities, growing network aims to monitor soundscapes, assess changes in behavior of marine life; More than
World Economic Forum, Geneva Geneva, Thursday 18 March 2021 – Today, top electronics companies, together with a group of pioneering global organizations, set a vision
United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi, Paris Wasted in 2019: 931 million tonnes of food sold to households, retailers, restaurants and other food services; Study finds
UN Environment Programme, Nairobi Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainabilityShifting world views and
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Increasingly expensive to maintain, experts foresee a trend to decommissioning dams By 2050, most
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United Nations Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi Including construction, building sector now accounts for 38% of CO2 emissions; Direct building CO2 emissions need to halve
The Rockefeller University, NY / Monmouth University, NJ New tool will help census oceans, monitor fish, track shifting marine life; “eDNA makes the ocean a
UN Environment Programme, Energy & Climate Branch In a move that will help tackle one of the biggest and most solvable contributors to the climate
IPBES, Bonn (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) Highlights: Intergovernmental council on pandemic prevention; risk drivers include deforestation, wildlife trade; tax high pandemic-risk
UN Convention on Biodiversity, Montreal 11-month-old Sumatran orangutans. (c) Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark, natgeophotoark.org Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed
UN Environment Programme / IEA, Paris As need for cooling rises in step with world temperatures, energy-efficient, climate-friendly appliances are critical to reaching Paris Agreement
UN University, Bonn / International Telecommunications Union, Geneva A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350
Leonardo da Vinci DNA Project, New York DNA science may help restore, preserve historic works, unmask counterfeits; The trait elite baseball hitters share with Leonardo
UNEP / Frankfurt School / BNEF As COVID-19 hits the fossil fuel industry, a new report shows that renewable energy is more cost-effective than ever,
The Rockefeller University Programme for the Human Environment, New York DNA scientists sampling the New Jersey shore bottle the changing ranges of marine life predicted a decade ago;
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Grand Challenges Canada innovators offer resources, ideas, affordable solutions for low-resource countries in need of pandemic essentials: medical oxygen, ventilators, masks,
Future Earth: “Research. Innovation. Sustainability” Scientists, innovators turn to digital sector for transformative ‘systems change’ on climate; ‘Digital Disruptions for Sustainability (D^2S): A Research, Innovation,
Future Earth, Stockholm, Sweden Survey reveals common concern of global scientists: interlinkages between crises; Part of Our Future on Earth, 2020, a 50-page synthesis of
UN University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton Canada Enough energy to power all households in the USA and Mexico; enough nutrients to