Terry Collins & Associates, Toronto, Canada Dec. 31, 2020 In 2020, more than a dozen science news releases and scores of opinion articles were authored
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
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Materials trapped inside diamonds offer clues to life’s origin; suggest oceans’ worth of water hidden in Deep Earth
POLYCE, Bonn, Germany Consumers asked to favor electronic products containing recycled plastics; firms to build recycled plastic into design, ease plastic recovery for reuse A
Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution, Washington DC Scientists update estimates of Earth’s immense interior carbon reservoirs, and how much carbon Deep Earth naturally swallows and
Future Earth, Stockholm, Sweden First holistic attempt to identify scientific risks, guardrails — akin to a 2C rise for climate — to create targets for land,
UN Environment / Frankfurt School / Bloomberg New Energy Finance UN-backed report: Decade of investment (2010-2019) quadruples renewables capacity from 414 GW to about 1,650
Northwest Passage Project, University of Rhode Island, Inner Space Centre Plastics visible in 2-metre sea ice cores in the Northwest Passage Tiny pieces of plastic