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COP29: Key Climate Negotiations Begin in Baku
The United Nations Climate Change Conference, known as COP29, begins today in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, and will run until November 22. Undoubtedly the most significant event shaping the future of the global fight against climate change, this year’s conference brings…
Renewables Increasingly Beat Even Cheapest Coal Competitors on Cost
Renewable power is increasingly cheaper than any new electricity capacity based on fossil fuels, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published yesterday finds. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019 shows that more than half of the…
3 Ways the Ancient World Embraced the Circular Economy
Scientists show the circular economy has roots in ancient history. Broken ceramics, Roman recycling and melting down glass all happened thousands of years ago. Going circular could generate as much as $4.5 trillion in economic benefits, according to the World…
Dubai Is Busy Embracing Solar Energy
If there’s one resource that Dubai has in abundance, it’s sunshine. Not surprisingly, the city, set in a sun-drenched desert, has set out to exploit that inexhaustible resource for clean energy generation. The United Arab Emirates, to which Dubai belongs,…
Cities Around the World Lay the Groundwork for a Zero-Waste Future
Cities around the world are pledging to reduce waste over the next 12 years in an effort to curb global warming and eventually become zero-waste cities. During the Global Climate Action Summit, the C40 announced a new initiative that encourages…
ABB Technologies to Enable Expansion of Solar Park in Dubai
ABB has won an order worth more than $90 million from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), the leading power utility in United Arab Emirates (UAE), to build the Shams 400 kV substation that will integrate solar power from upcoming…
Shanghai Flying Car Tower to Clean the Air with a 50,000-Plant Vertical Forest
Flying cars seem to be moving from the realm of science fiction to reality – and Richard’s Architecture + Design (RA+D) helmed by architect Richard Moreta Castillo has already designed a net-zero tower pioneering drone car infrastructure. The Smart Power…