Ecology
KfW First Development Bank to Sign Master Agreement with Green Climate Fund (GCF)
On the occasion of the Green Climate Fund’s board meeting, KfW recently signed a master agreement with the GCF. The complex agreement governs the rights and obligations of the GCF, the accredited institutions and their implementation partners, and is a…
Toyota’s Hybrid Bet in Europe Finally Pays Off
For years, Toyota Motor Corp. focused on pushing its hybrid models in Europe, avoiding a diesel-for-diesel competition with market leaders including Volkswagen AG. The Japanese carmaker’s strategy is finally paying off. In the first full year since Volkswagen’s emissions scandal…
Strengthen Cooperation on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
UN Environment Deputy Executive Director, Ibrahim Thiaw and the Secretary-General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States, Patrick I. Gomes signed recently, in the margins of the joint ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, a Memorandum of…
Madrid Bans Half of Cars from Roads to Fight Air Pollution
Madrid has ordered half of most private cars off the roads on Thursday to tackle worsening air pollution, a first in Spain. The restrictions will operate between 6.30am and 9pm and will be re-evaluated daily depending on pollution levels. The…
First US Petcoke-To-Methanol Plant With Carbon Capture Tech Gets DOE Loan Guarantees
On the shortest day of 2016, the US Department of Energy announced that it has made the “first ever offer for a conditional commitment” of loan guarantees under its Advanced Fossil Energy project to Lake Charles Methanol, LLC, for a…
Major Flooding in the UK now Likely Every Year, Warns Lead Climate Adviser
Major flooding in the UK is now likely to happen every year but ministers still have no coherent long-term plan to deal with it, the government’s leading adviser on the impacts of climate change has warned. Boxing Day in 2015…
35MW Waste to Energy Project for B&W Vølund in Boden, Sweden
Babcock & Wilcox Vølund has been awarded a contract worth approximately $35 million to design, supply and construct a waste to energy boiler for a combined heat and power plant in Boden, Sweden. Danish waste to energy technology firm, Babcock…