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Agricultural Policy Needs To Secure Stronger Environmental Improvements for Water in Europe
Agricultural management practices should be based on agroecological principles, organic farming and nature-based solutions, the EEA report ‘Water and agriculture; towards sustainable solutions,’ says.
To achieve this, more ambitious measures to promote sustainable...
A Ten Step Plan to Save Our Seas
The year 2050 has been predicted by some to be a bleak year for the ocean. Experts say that by 2050 there may be more plastic than fish in the sea, or perhaps only...
Helping Small Go Big: Mainstreaming What Happens in the Margins
With only a decade of action left for the sustainable development agenda, UNDP is looking beyond business as usual, to find new ways to learn from the margins, and to look into radically new approaches that fit the complexity...
British Hills Could Soon Be Generating Electricity. Here’s How
Hillsides are hidden sources of power just waiting to be unlocked, according to a British renewable energy company.RheEnergise has developed a way to use hills as ‘batteries’ that create and store electricity for...
Glacier Collapse in India a Worrying Sign of What’s to Come
A deadly flood in northern India, sparked by a cratering glacier, was not an isolated incident but the result of a rapidly warming planet, say experts. They warn the disaster, which has...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Schools across Europe share results of their air quality projects
More than 100 schools from eight European countries participated in the citizen science CleanAir@School inititative, organised by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Network of the Heads of Environmental Protection...
These Are the ‘Positive’ Tipping Points That Could Slow Global Warming
There may be light at the end of the tunnel in the battle to reduce carbon emissions.
Governments and institutions could help halt carbon emissions with just a few carefully selected policy measures,...
Plastics, a growing environmental and climate concern: how can Europe revert that trend?
The challenges posed by plastics are to a large extent due to the fact that our production and consumption systems are not sustainable. The COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have amplified public...
ABB Sensor Onboard SpaceX Rocket to Detect Greenhouse Gas Emissions
An optical sensor manufactured by ABB was deployed with the successful launch of satellite Hugo from GHGSat, the emerging leader in greenhouse gas sensing services in space.
The ABB supplied optical sensor can...