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BLUETTI and UN-Habitat Forge Partnership to Promote Clean Energy & Sustainable Development Across Africa

November 21, 2024 admin africa, batteries, bluetti, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, Solar energy, UN, United Nations, united nations (un)

Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:09:37 +0000

BLUETTI, a global leader in clean energy storage solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) at the 12th World Urban Forum (WUF12) in Cairo, held from November 4–8. This strategic collaboration aims to accelerate clean energy adoption and sustainable development in Africa. … [continued]

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Our Obsession With Growth Is Killing The Planet — UN Report

July 7, 2024 admin climate change, global weirding, green economy, olivier de schutter, policy & politics, United Nations, united nations (un)

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2024 20:34:37 +0000

A special report to the United Nations claims unlimited growth is a prime contributor to degrading the Earth’s environment.

The post Our Obsession With Growth Is Killing The Planet — UN Report appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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22 Countries, Including U.S., Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power Capacity

December 3, 2023 admin capacity, China, climate change, cop28, France, International, Nuclear, nuclear power, power, u.s., United Nations, Vogtle

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 21:57:09 +0000

The U.S. and 21 other countries have said they want to triple the global generation capacity of nuclear power by mid-century. The pledge, announced Dec. 2 at the United Nations’ […]

The post 22 Countries, Including U.S., Pledge to Triple Nuclear Power Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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5 Things To Watch For At COP28 In Dubai

November 23, 2023 admin clean power, clean transport, climate change, cop28, intergovernmental panel on climate change (ipcc), ipcc, UN, United Nations

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:43:24 +0000

The annual UN climate conference, COP28, is slated to take place from November 30–December 12 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates … [continued]

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Global Temperatures To Reach New Records In Next 5 Years

May 22, 2023 admin climate change, global heating, global weirding, research, SCIENCE, United Nations, World Meteorological Organization

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 20 May 2023 01:52:19 +0000

Geneva, 17 May 2023 (WMO) — Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fueled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño event, according to a new update issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). There is a 66% likelihood that the annual average near-surface global […]

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International Solar Alliance & United Nations Launch Solar Agriculture Irrigation Program

May 22, 2023 admin Agriculture, agrivoltaics, Benin, clean power, democratic republic of congo, Mali, Niger, republic of sudan, senegal, Solar energy, South Sudan, togo, tuvalu, Uganda, United Nations, united nations development program

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 17:10:46 +0000

Solar plus agriculture has been one of my kicks lately. It’s a combo made in heaven, and we should see much more of it in the coming decade. I recently conducted a whole podcast on the topic that, if you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend: We’ve got more news on the solar […]

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World Bank Head On Climate Change: “I Am Not A Scientist”

September 25, 2022 admin climate change, policy & politics, United Nations, world bank

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2022 20:00:27 +0000

Climate change was on the agenda at the United Nations this week, but according to all reports, it took a back seat to other concerns.

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How Fiji Does Climate Adaptation: Actions Speak Louder In Virtual Reality

June 15, 2022 admin climate adaptation, climate change, cop23, ecosphere, fiji, meta quest, phoria, policy & politics, reality labs, United Nations, united nations department of political and peacebuilding affairs, united nations futuring peace

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 16:00:36 +0000

Over here in the US, much of the climate adaptation talk has to do with the familiar topic of infrastructure. Massive structures of concrete and steel are only part of the solution, though. CleanTechnica caught wind of a United Nations project that leverages virtual reality to communicate the nuances of climate adaptation, and they have […]

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The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution

March 3, 2022 admin climate change, environment, news, Paris Agreement, Plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, pollution, UN, United Nations, world climate, worldnews

Credit to Author: Jamie Leventhal| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:46:49 GMT

About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.

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IPCC climate report: 5 Things to Know

March 2, 2022 admin climate crisis, HEALTH, local news, news, science and technology, United Nations

Credit to Author: Tiffany Crawford| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 00:24:25 +0000

The landmark report has been called “an atlas of human suffering” by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres

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