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Denmark Commits Millions to Vulnerable Farmers Through IFAD’s Climate Adaptation Fund

In the wake of COP26, which featured a strong call for increased finance to help the world’s poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change, Denmark today announced a contribution of...

Seven Tips for an Earth-Friendly Holiday Season

Every day we make choices about the world we want to create. As we plan and provide this holiday season, we can choose to be more friendly to the planet, our shared...

Has the zombie apocalypse of forest fires begun?

We have all seen the dramatic, terrifying images of wildfires tearing at devastating speed through forested areas all over the world, from the Amazon to California and throughout Northern Africa and Europe. But...

New Secretariat of the World Network of Mountain Biosphere Reserves Announced

The Bureau of UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere Programme has unanimously approved the nomination of the Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (China) and the Biosphere Reserve...

SunSmart UV App Protects Public Health

At the onset of the southern hemisphere summer, WMO is promoting a new SunSmart Global Ultraviolet Radiation mobile telephone App, which has been developed by leading health, radiation and weather organizations.  It...

How Plastic is Infiltrating the World’s Soils

The images are sobering: dead sea birds and choking turtles caught in the plastic that is increasingly flooding into marine ecosystems. In many parts of the world, this type of plastic pollution has...

Study Paves way to Better Understand Causes of Energy Poverty and Proposes Policies for its Mitigation in the Energy Community

The Secretariat published a study on addressing energy poverty in the Energy Community Contracting Parties. The study estimates the number of energy poor households, analyses the legal frameworks for the protection of...

EBRD invests in Noval Property’s debut green bond in Greece

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has successfully participated in a debut green bond issuance by Noval Property  in Greece, with an investment of 12 million euros of the total 120 million euros...

COP26 Climate Pledges Could Help Limit Global Warming to 1.8 °C, but Implementing Them Will Be the Key

At the COP26 Climate Change Conference taking place in Glasgow, a key question is what do all the new pledges by different countries to reduce emissions mean for global warming? This was...

The True Cost of Black Friday

The end of the year is near: a change in seasons and celebrations of traditional holidays around the world. For many, that means an increase in consumption habits. Big brands sit back...

EU for Natura 2000 in Serbia

The EU for Natura 2000 project has reached the end of its implementation. After two and a half years, numerous results and products have been achieved. The “EU for Natura 2000 in Serbia”...

Renewable Electricity Growth is Accelerating Faster than Ever Worldwide, Supporting the Emergence of the New Global Energy Economy

The growth of the world’s capacity to generate electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable technologies is on course to accelerate over the coming years, with 2021 expected to set...

Investing in Digitalisation for Happier Customers and Employees

Buildings and homes are the largest energy consumers in Serbia but, at the same time, this also means that they have the highest energy-saving potential. Sunce Marinković, which specialises in producing and installing...

Ministerial Council decides in the Tuzla 7 case

At its meeting yesterday, the Ministerial Council decided that Bosnia and Herzegovina breached its obligations under Energy Community law with regard to the Tuzla 7 project. The public utility Elektroprivreda Bosne i Hercegovine...

Wind Auctions in Serbia – Final Chapter of the Regulatory Reform

In the second half of November, the authorities intensified their activities on finalization of the regulatory reform of the renewables sector in Serbia commenced in the beginning of the year with work...

A Solar – Powered Catamaran

Floating islands of waste are real ecological disasters since they endanger water streams, the function of the hydropower plants, and the safe water supply. Moreover, they have a devastating impact on all...
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