Environment

Investing ~3.5% GDP in science, technology, innovation: benchmark for sustainable development

UNSG’s Scientific Advisory Board Paris 9 July 2015 UN Secretary-General’s Scientific Advisory Board calls for advisor, not observer seat for science at leaders’ policy-making table; recommends

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Renewable energy’s record year helps uncouple growth of global economy and CO2 emissions

REN21 (Renewable Energy for the 21st Century), Paris Record installations for wind and solar PV in 2014; renewable energy targets created in 20 more countries,

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Discarded kitchen, laundry, bathroom equipment comprises over half of E-waste: UNU

United Nations University, Bonn 19 April 2015 End-of-life electronic, electrical equipment totals 41.8 million metric tonnes in 2014  E-waste last year contained $52 billion in resources, large

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Renewables re-energized: Green energy investments worldwide surge 17% to $270 billion in 2014

UN Environment Programme, Paris, Nairobi 31-Mar-2015 Driven by Solar and Wind, World Investments Reverse 2-year Dip, Brush Aside Challenge from Sharply Lower Oil Price; 103gw

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Achieve international water goals to preempt looming conflicts born of desperation: UN

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton CANADA 22-FEB-2015 Corruption, siphoning 30 percent of water sector funding, must end for world development

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Beyond infrastructure – New attitudes also needed to end open defecation: UN (World Toilet Day)

UN Water (Geneva / New York) One billion people don’t use toilets: 1 in 6 people in developing regions; New UN-Water GLAAS findings underscore critical gaps in

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Pipeline to replenish vanishing Dead Sea a bridge to Mid-East security, peace

United Nations University, Hamilton Canada, and InterAction Council, Toronto 9-Oct-2014 Experts’ address universal concerns identified by former world leaders: World water crisis, sectarianism, energy, denuclearization

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Human health, wealth require expanded marine science, experts say

European Marine Board, Oostende, Belgium 9-Oct-2014 North Sea Trawler Some 340 European scientists, policy-makers and other experts representing 143 organizations from 31 countries spoke with one

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Zone tropical coastal oceans; manage them more like land resources: Scientists

United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health 2-Jul-2014 Business-as-usual management policies risks well-being of 2 billion+ people Satellite Images Depict the Growth

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Developing world policies help power global renewable energy generation to record

REN21, Paris (Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century) 03-Jun-2014 Now 95 emerging economies nurture renewable energy growth through supportive policies, up six-fold from

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Renewable energy market share climbs despite 2013 dip in investments

U.N. Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 7-Apr-2014 Renewables account for 44 percent of 2013’s newly-installed electricity generating capacity despite global investment dropping for second year

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Emergency management in Arctic: Experts offer 7 key recommendations

Munk-Gordon Arctic Security Program 31-Mar-2014 Response capacity in Arctic, already stretched, faces fast-growing challenges as North develops: Report Inadequate risk assessment, planning and training are

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Keeping whales safe in sound: Marine species and seismic surveys

International Union for the Conservation of Nature, Geneva 20 January, 2014 Unique collaboration between oil/ gas industry, scientists, conservationists proves way to minimize seismic survey

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World’s first e-waste map reveals national volumes, international flows

United Nations University, Solving the Ewaste Problem, Bonn 15 December, 2013 Annual world volume of end-of-life electronics expected to jump one-third to 65.4 million tonnes

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Indigenous knowledge: preserving biodiversity, ecosystem services

UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services (IPBES), Bonn 8 December 2013 IPBES experts cite importance of ‘co-production’ of information with indigenous people With

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Deep Carbon Observatory scientists discover quick recipe for producing hydrogen

Deep Carbon Observatory, Washington DC 8 December 2013 New formula for fast, abundant H2 production may help power fuel cells, helps explain expansive chemical-eating microbial

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Most nations lack means to assess biodiversity, key ecosystem services and their value: Experts

UN Intergov’l Platform on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services, Bonn 5-Nov-2013 Most of the world’s nations — unanimously committed to protecting biodiversity — nevertheless cannot measure

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Economic rewards of better land management: Estimated 2.3 billion tons of crops worth $1.4 trillion

United Nations University, Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 24-Sep-2013 UN-backed report, ‘Economics of Land Degradation,’ debuts at world desertification conference, Namibia Adopting

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$100M green energy megafund launched by science, investment experts in Malaysia, Japan

Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology, Kuala Lumpur 23 September 2013 Venture capital fund to seed building of green energy products, businesses in SE Asia;

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Rising use of wastewater in forecast but world lacks data on ‘massive potential resource’

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada 5 Sept. 2013 UN-backed study says annual treated wastewater in North America roughly equals

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Scientists sequence genome of high-value grape, seek secrets of wine’s aroma

United Nations University – BIOLAC (Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean) 2 Sept. 2013 Marking 25th year, UNU-BIOLAC also announces brokered breakthrough to diagnose

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Managing shared waters: Treasury of papers helps capture 20 years of lessons

United Nations University Institute for Water Environment and Health, Canada Global Environmental Facility IW:LEARN, Slovakia 25 July 2013 Sharing Nile’s vital flow through 11 nations, water

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