Ecology
Closure of One of the World’s Biggest Dumpsites
ISWA (The International Solid Waste Association), and ABRELPE (The Brazilian Association of Public Cleansing and Waste Management Companies) have taken their “closedumpsites” campaign to Brazil, home to some of the world’s largest and most dangerous dumpsites. ISWA is campaigning to…
Competition Launched to Find Innovative Solutions for Greener Cities
IoT for Greener Cities is a new challenge launched as an initiative of the Young Global Leaders of the World Economic Forum. It targets finding and developing cutting-edge technologies, based on the Internet of Things (IoT) and other IT innovations,…
Chicago Receives 130 Complaints about Buildings without Recycling Options
Chicago’s Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) has received 130 complaints so far about residential and commercial high-rise buildings not complying with a new city recycling requirement since it took effect on Jan. 1, as reported by the Chicago Sun…
CO2 Cuts: Finding the Right Balance between Protecting Trade and Fighting Climate Change
MEPs vote last week on plans to reform the EU’s emissions trading system (ETS), a scheme set up to help reduce greenhouse gases, which is not not working as expected. Although the EU is the world’s third largest CO2 emitter,…
The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the Economic Case for Action
The Cost of Air Pollution: Strengthening the economic case for action, a joint study of the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), seeks to estimate the costs of premature deaths related to air pollution, to…
Siemens Tops Clean 200 as Chinese Firms Dominate Rankings
German tech giant Siemens has topped the latest Clean 200 list of publicly traded corporations which make significant revenue from green energy, while Chinese companies continue to dominate the rankings. Revealed today, the Clean 200 list ranks firms according to…
World Bank Scores Sustainable Energy Policies in 111 Countries
An increasing number of developing countries – Mexico, China, Turkey, India, Vietnam, Brazil, and South Africa – are emerging as leaders in sustainable energy, with robust policies to support energy access, renewables and energy efficiency, according to a new World…