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Up to 340 Million Tons of CO2-equivalent per year Avoided Thanks to UNIDO Activities
Between 1990 and 2015, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helped avoid the use and potential emission of 340 million tons of CO2-equivalent per year. This is equivalent of 71 million passenger vehicles driven for a year. These figures…
Europe’s Largest Gas Field Could Face Larger Production Cap
The Dutch Parliament adopted a motion to review production at the Groningen gas field annually, Reuters reported on Thursday. In June, the legislature passed a 5-year output bill that sought to limit the risk of earthquakes linked to production activity…
Winners of 2016 UNESCO Prize for Sustainability Education Come from Cameroon, Japan and the United Kingdom
The Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova, has named the three laureates of the 2016 UNESCO-Japan Prize on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD): the Centre for Community Regeneration and Development (CCREAD-Cameroon) from Cameroon; the Okayama ESD Promotion Commission from Japan; and…
Boosting Global Renewables, One Island at a Time
Islands from the Caribbean to the South China Sea are perhaps best known for their beautiful beaches, azure waters and rich sea life, but they are rich in something else as well: renewable energy. In most small island developing states…
OSCE Promotes Green Technologies Transfer in Kazakhstan
ASTANA, 14 September 2016 – Promoting the Green Bridge Partnership Initiative (GBPI) with a focus on exchange of green technologies and improved co-operation is the topic of a two-day OSCE-supported international conference that started today in Astana. The conference brought…
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…
China’s Oil Production Tanks, Foreign Oil Dependency Nightmare Intensifies
It might seem disingenuous to call any country’s foreign oil dependency a nightmare, but that’s exactly what it is. A myriad of problems stem from foreign oil dependency, ranging from a massive transfer of wealth, to securing vital supply lines…