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Landmark UN Climate Report Urges ‘Rapid and Unprecedented’ Action to Limit Global Warming
It warns human activities have already caused around 1°C of warming above pre-industrial levels and is likely to reach 1.5°C by as early as 2030 Governments across the world must take “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of…
Milena Zindovic: Woman in Architecture
On the academic and business trajectory of the Serbian architect Milena Zindovic, in addition to our capital, where she graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in 2007, there are also New York, Ljubljana, and Sabac. At the Cornell University in…
Valuable Wetlands Are Disappearing 3 Times Faster Than Forests, New Study Warns
Wetlands around the world are disappearing at an alarming rate. New research shows that these valuable ecosystems are vanishing at a rate three times that of forests. Unless significant changes are made, the disappearance of wetlands could cause severe damage…
Iraqi Officials Trained to Assess Oil-Contaminated Sites from Isil Conflicts
UN Environment conducted a five-day training workshop and provided portable oil contamination analysers, sampling tools and personnel protective equipment Iraq has seen extensive destruction of infrastructure, including oil resources The officials will carry out field surveys of oil contaminated sites…
Sustainability of Western Balkans Rising Public Debt Becomes Questionable
Yesterday, the regional study Public Debt on western Balkans was released in the framework of “Balkan Monitoring Public Finance” project. At the same time that was an occasion to discuss with the representatives of World Bank, Parliament of Montenegro, Western…
The Health Center in Kladovo Is About to Become More Efficient
Why is September 22 important to the Britons and dentists? Back in 1955, that was the date when British commercial television started broadcasting. The first paid advertisement it transmitted was a toothpaste commercial (ironically enough, the British are not famous…
Green White City
Did you know that the highest tree in the Serbian capital is growing on Zeleni venac? It is not Sequoia sempervirens, Eucalyptus regnans or Picea sitchensis but Stattwerk Biotop – an artificial light installation of a German design company. Inspired…