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Water Crisis in Bangladesh
With a population of over 15 million people, Dhaka – the capital of Bangladesh – is considered a mega-city and shares many of the water management problems common to other major cities. While efforts are made to sustain water quantity…

The key challenge for Serbia is to move toward low carbon economy
The author of the text: Miroslav Tadić, UNDP Based on the state of environmental infrastructure in the Republic of Serbia and the extrapolation of the situation in the countries that have recently become the members of the EU, it is…

Renewable Fashion: Putting An End To Needless Waste In The Apparel Industry
Every year, millions of items of clothing with only tiny flaws such as fabric tears or broken zippers get thrown away. As a result,14 million tons of textiles are dumped into landfills. This unnecessary waste horrified serial entrepreneur and environmentalist…

JinkoSolar Announces Withdrawal from EU PV Price Undertaking
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China) on September 8th, 2016 announced its withdrawal from the European Union photovoltaic (PV) price undertaking (UT) agreement. Under the terms of the UT agreement that JinkoSolar was party too, Chinese companies selling solar cells…

France passes ‘pioneering’ food waste bill to ban supermarkets from binning unused food
France passes new food waste bill obliging supermarkets to hand over unused food to charity and not destroy leftover products, claiming the law will be “unique in Europe”. France is to enact a law to reduce the estimated 7 million…

New Global Survey Shows E-government Emerging as a Powerful Tool for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
The United Kingdom, followed by Australia and the Republic of Korea, lead the world in providing government services and information through the Internet, according to a new survey released on 1st August by the United Nations showing the progress of…

ABB Wins 1st Commercial Order for Breakthrough 15-Second Flash Charging Technology to Enable CO2-Free Public Transport in Geneva
ABB has been awarded orders totaling more than $16 million by Transports Publics Genevois (TPG), Geneva’s public transport operator, and Swiss bus manufacturer HESS, to provide flash charging and on-board electric vehicle technology for 12 TOSA (Trolleybus Optimisation Système Alimentation)…


