India’s outgoing climate minister, Pradesh Javadekar, sees his country as a world leader in the fight against climate change. According to his ...
Turning Olympic food waste into meals for the needy
The amount of food that is wasted or lost is steadily growing – fortunately, so is the number of initiatives trying to stop this trend. “Reffetto- ...
Smart gadgets to reduce food waste in everyday life
Small and easy-to-use technologies can already help to reduce food waste in a household. Intelligent food labelling, mobile phone-controlled apps and smart ...
How will we know if the New Urban Agenda was successful?
The New Urban Agenda, a document aimed at guiding sustainable urbanization for the next decades, is increasingly taking shape and will be finalized at the ...
How can cities be ‘smart’ if they can’t think?
Aurecon New Zealand and Australia advisory Matt Coetzee compares our cities with a living organism to demonstrate with how many ‘organs’ a city ...
It’s hard to agree on how to fight climate change
The movement to fight climate change has gained steam in recent times, with 195 nations agreeing to reduce greenhouse gases in Paris last year. But ...
Saving energy is not about money
A psychological study, recently published in Energy Policy, has revealed that people do not use less energy at home to save money – instead, as the ...
Video: Meet the glow-in-the-dark cycle path
In Nuenen, Eindhoven, cyclists can bike on a very special path, one that is glowing in the dark. The path is inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s famous ...
Report: UK poorly prepared for climate change effects
A comprehensive report by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) warns that the United Kingdom is poorly prepared for the impacts of global warming in the ...
Blaue Plakette: Aus für den Diesel in Städten?
Mehrere deutsche Großstädte planen offenbar die Einführung einer blauen Plakette, um damit Fahrverbote für Diesel-Autos durchzusetzen. Nach ...
