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Make Charles Darwin Proud: Save the Galapagos From Your Living Room
The Galapagos Islands, off the west coast of Ecuador, are among the most important bastions of nature on our planet. The diversity of life here–hammerhead sharks, Galapagos penguins and blue-footed boobies among them–prompted Charles Darwin 150 years ago to craft…
Climate Change Adaptation Is Key to Avoid Disruption of EU Agricultural Commodities Imports
Stepping up European Union (EU) support for international adaptation, together with trade diversification are key actions the EU can take to lessen the impacts of climate change on agricultural trade, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today.…
Statkraft Chooses ABB Synchronous Condensers to Help the UK National Grid Meet Its Zero-Carbon Targets
The project in Liverpool combines ABB synchronous condensers with flywheels to help stabilize the power grid as renewable energy replaces large fossil-fueled rotating power plants. ABB has been awarded a major turnkey contract by Statkraft, Europe’s largest generator of renewable…
Many Obsolete Barriers Harm Europe’s Rivers
A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, looks at the issue of river barriers and their impact on ecosystems. The EU’s biodiversity strategy for 2030 aims to restore at least 25 000 km of free-flowing rivers by 2030, by removing barriers and restoring…
New Project to Boost Sustainable Wildlife Management and Food Security in Southern Africa
FAO and the French Development Agency (AFD) today launched a new 3.5 million Euro project to improve sustainable wildlife management and food security in the world’s largest terrestrial transfrontier conservation area. Southern Africa’s Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, which straddles Angola,…
Designing Safe and Sustainable Products Requires a New Approach for Chemicals
The recent European Union chemicals strategy for sustainability aims to ensure that chemicals make a positive contribution to society without harming the environment and people’s health. A European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing, published today, describes key approaches to make chemicals…
Nature is Our Most Precious Asset – we Must all Act Now to Save it
The global financial crisis of 2008 had catastrophic effects on all elements of society with very few economies left untouched. It resulted in a global recession that was the most severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s. This was…