Global insurance company FM Global has released its 2016 FM Global Resilience Index, which ranks 130 countries worldwide by their quality to resist ...
South Africa builts desalination plants to boost water supply
While suffering from one of its worst droughts, South Africa has agreed to collaborate with Iran to build desalination plants along the nation’s ...
Dyson wants to build electric car
The British engineering firm Dyson is apparently planning to build an electric car. Accordig to reports, the car may use a solid-state batteries that ...
New milestone for renewables in Germany
Germany has reached a new high in clean energy generation: On Sunday, May 8, almost all of the electricity consumption was being met by renewables. ...
American e-waste ends up overseas
According to a report, nearly one third of toxic electronic waste generated in the United States is being exported to developing countries where it is ...
Projects in NYC and South Korea aim to reduce waste
Different approaches in different countries: While South Korea is using technology to reduce waste, 31 businesses across New York City have committed to ...
Erfolgreicher Test: DHL liefert erstmals per Drohne
Von Januar bis März konnten Kunden des Paketdienstes DHL erstmals Sendungen per Drohne über eine Packstation verschicken und empfangen. Nach Beendigung ...
How a city on the Philippines prepares for water scarcity
Despite being surrounded with water, Zamboanga City is struggling with water scarcity. In order to prepare for future droughts, the city recently set up ...
UN releases first draft of New Urban Agenda
The United Nations has released the first draft of the New Urban Agenda which aims to guide sustainable urbanization around the world for the next 20 ...
Animation shows spiralling global temperature change
Ed Hawkins of the University of Reading created a convincing animation out of combined global temperature data sets from January 1850 to March 2016 – ...
