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Deep Carbon: Quest underway to discover its quantity, movements, origins and forms in Earth
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsDeep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington DC 4-Mar-2013 Probing the secrets of volcanoes and diamonds, sources of gas and oil, and the origins of life itself, Deep Carbon Observatory scientists... -
Global investment in renewable energy powers to record $257B
Posted on June 11, 2012 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi and REN21, Paris Installations up but manufacturer overcapacity drives down margins; Renewable energy sector maturation recalls early days of auto industry Solar generation surged past wind... -
State of the Planet: Scientists describe humanity’s global impact as ‘The Great Acceleration’ and offer ominous outlook: An uncertain future on a much hotter world
Posted on March 26, 2012 | No CommentsEarth System Science Partnership, Paris 26-Mar-2012 Time is running out to minimize the risk of setting in motion irreversible and long-term climate change and other dramatic changes to Earth’s life... -
Eyeing resources, India, China, Brazil, Japan, other countries want a voice on Arctic Council
Posted on January 15, 2012 | No CommentsWalter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, Toronto 15-Jan-2012 International experts to recommend key issues as Canada prepares to assume Arctic Council chair With an eye on rapid changes in the resource-rich... -
Global investments in green energy up nearly a third to $211 billion
Posted on July 7, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi / Paris 07 Jul 11 China, developing countries are now biggest investors in large-scale renewables while Germany surges ahead on rooftop solar Wind farms in China and... -
How to supply sustainable electricity to world’s billions of ‘energy poor’ people
Posted on June 2, 2011 | No CommentsGlobal Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal 02 Jun 11 UN Summit to launch 2012 as ‘International Year of Sustainable Energy for All’ New York – How can the world’s 2.5 billion people with... -
Humanity can and must do more with less: UNEP
Posted on May 22, 2011 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi / Paris 12 May 2011 By 2050, humanity could consume an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year –... -
Set world standards for electronics recycling, reuse to curb e-waste exports to developing countries
Posted on September 15, 2009 | No CommentsUnited Nations University 15 September 2009 Sold in 2006: 230 million computers, 1 billion cell phones, 45.5 million TVs; many destined for uncontrolled disposal without change in policies, consumer practices... -
Tuvalu hopes solar project inspires climate talks; nation sets goal of 100 percent clean energy by 2020
Posted on July 20, 2009 | No Commentse8, Montreal 19 July 2009 Pacific nation of 9 islands seeks to expand first solar system, donated by e8, a consortium of G8 country electricity firms Amid worsening climate change-related... -
UNEP report details surprising green energy investment trends worldwide
Posted on June 9, 2009 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme Nairobi / Paris 3-Jun-2009 Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large hydro, a new report launched... -
Clean energy investment not on track to avoid climate change
Posted on March 5, 2009 | No CommentsNew Energy Finance London 4-Mar-2009 Impact of recession and low energy prices may postpone peak of world CO2 emissions by more than a decade The world economic crisis has hit... -
‘Arid aquaculture’ among livelihoods promoted to relieve worsening pressure on world’s drylands
Posted on November 11, 2008 | No CommentsUnited Nations University 11-Nov-2008 “Arid aquaculture” using ponds filled with salty, undrinkable water for fish production is one of several options experts have proven to be an effective potential alternative... -
UNEP: Clean energy investments charge forward despite financial market turmoil
Posted on July 3, 2008 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme Nairobi, Kenya 01 Jul 08 With end of cheap oil, renewables and energy efficiency attracts fast-growing interest; new investment surpasses $148 billion in 2007, a 60... -
$1 trillion US carbon trading market by 2020: study
Posted on February 20, 2008 | No CommentsNew Energy Finance London, Washington 14-Feb-2008 The United States will be home to a $1 trillion carbon emission market by 2020 if federal and state policymakers continue on their current... -
Global corporate giants ask suppliers to volunteer CO2 emissions information
Posted on January 31, 2008 | No CommentsCarbon Disclosure Project London, UK 20-Jan-2008 The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional investors (including Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Allianz and HSBC, with assets under management... -
Global corporate climate change report released
Posted on September 27, 2007 | No CommentsCarbon Disclosure Project London 24-Sep-2007 ‘Climate Disclosure Leadership Index’ launched, President Clinton to speak New York / London — The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), a collaboration of over 315 institutional... -
Investors flock to renewable energy and efficiency technologies: UN study
Posted on June 20, 2007 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme, Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, Paris 20 Jun 07 Renewables shed fringe image — Transactions leap to record $100 billion in 2006, says UNEP study... -
UN engages banks to light up rural India; Solar loans, energy access transform life for poor
Posted on June 6, 2007 | No CommentsUnited Nations Environment Programme Risoe Centre on Energy, Climate and Sustainable Development, Denmark 29-Apr-2007 UNEP-led project expands to other developing countries Life for an estimated 100,000 people in poverty-stricken rural... -
How to cut energy waste in China, India, Brazil said crucial to forestalling climate change
Posted on May 29, 2006 | No Comments29 May 06 United Nations Environment Programme / World Bank Without significant gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil within a single human generation (by 2030) will more...