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The Beaver as an Uninvited Builder: Natural Solutions Beyond Human Reach
The realization of any project, regardless of its type – whether it’s residential buildings, road infrastructure, or something else – requires careful planning and a series of steps. From initial conceptual designs, through their refinement, to finding experts, obtaining necessary…
Italy’s Progress on Energy Efficiency Provides Foundation for Meeting Broader Energy and Climate Goals
Italy is on track to meet its national emissions reduction and energy efficiency targets for 2030, according to a new in-depth policy review by the IEA, which highlights that cutting red tape further to speed up deployment of renewables should…
The Magic of Old-Fashioned Bicycles
The battle for healthier air is fought in many fields. The traffic that causes more than 10 percent of the world’s emissions is indeed one of the crucial global arenas. Luckily, vehicles on batteries are becoming more popular, and the…
Each Program Makes a Small Contribution to the Decision to Stay in the Country
In less than two years since the foundation, the Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia has opened as many as five programs of support for scientific research papers. In 2021, additional programs are expected to be opened, offering new…
Floating Islands in the Fight for Clean Lakes
The project “Revitalization of the lake at the locality of Trešnja by the System of floating islands” has been recognized on several occasions as an example of good practice, both by the domestic and international scientific community. The project was…
Green Shoots: Are COVID-19 Recovery Funds Helping the Environment?
In the last year, governments have pledged trillions of dollars in COVID-19 relief, creating what some observers have called a once-in-a-generation chance to make planet-friendly investments—and save the Earth from a looming environmental catastrophe. But, that doesn’t mean the path…
Unless we Urgently Rethink Agriculture, More Diseases will Jump Species
As the world grapples with the current pandemic, other threats, not least our climate emergency, have not gone away. In 2020, the economic disruption from Covid-19 cost the world’s economy more than 7 trillion dollars in lost output, with the…