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Native Hawaiian Community will have their Lands Restored
As part of the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to honor relationships with Indigenous communities and uphold trust responsibilities, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Deputy Secretary of Commerce Don Graves today announced the transfer of an 80-acre parcel of surplus…
Business Alliance for Scaling Climate Solutions: a New Key Piece to UNEP’s Forest Mitigation Arsenal
Forests soak up 30 percent of emissions from industry and fossil fuels and are our best natural ally in the fight against the climate emergency. However, the ongoing deforestation and degradation, especially of tropical forests, are responsible for 11 percent…
White Paper on the Future of Weather and Climate Forecasting
The advancement of our ability to predict the weather and climate has been the core aspiration of a global community of scientists and practitioners, in the almost 150 years of international cooperation in meteorology and related Earth system sciences. The…
KEPA Initiative “75UN – 75 Trees UNAI SDG7”
Responding to the invitation of KEPA for participation in the initiative “75UN – 75 Trees UNAI SDG7”, the Chania Forest Directorate of the Decentralized Administration of Crete (DAC), will undertake the planting and treatment of 75 plants on the islet…
Solar Power Plant for Pollution Removal
There is talk in the last few years about more intensive use of solar energy in our country’s energy mix. With the desire that such projects come to life and become part of our everyday lives, various companies appear in…
ABB Completes Divestment of Power Grids to Hitachi
ABB today reached a significant milestone in the company’s transformation towards a decentralized global technology company, with the completion of the divestment of 80.1 percent of its Power Grids business to Hitachi, as planned. The divestment allows ABB to focus…
From Farm to Street – Animal Health and Welfare at the Heart of the European Union Policies
We are still getting used to the absence of the purple cow from the packaging of popular chocolates and the faces of Gerda, Muccha and Marisa, wondering if their predecessor went on vacation to Hawaii, hiked the Himalayas, or is…