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Resilience got on the humanitarian agenda
This year could be a turning point for the humanitarian aid sector which hardly changed for the last 75 years. With the first World Humanitarian Summit in ...
Kigali Climate Accord to ban classic air conditioning
Representatives from 170 nations gathered in Kigali, Rwanda, to make an agreement on banning cheap air conditioners that work with hydrofluorocarbons (HFC ...
Why classical cost-benefit analysis is obsolete
In terms of global warming we do not have time anymore, things have to change right now. In this context classical cost-benefit analyses do not work ...
More methan emitted than estimated
A new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found the methan amount emitted by fossil fuel productions is between 20 and 60 ...
The Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team
Initially founded in 2010 as a respond to the earthquake in Haiti, the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team has developed and spread globally. The project ...
Top 5 ‘greenest’ European cities
There are a lot of factors that determine whether a city is green or not. Eco-friendly practices or transforming urban landscapes as well as proactive city ...
Money does grow on trees
As the example of New York City shows trees in cities can not only be ecological but also economically valuable. Trees can cool down the temperature in ...
The five most severe threats for the environment
Air pollution and climate change, deforestation, species extinction, soil degradation and overpopulation are the most dangerous problems for the earth and ...
HSBC highly invests in green projects
HSBC provides 493m EUR of investment to renewable energy, energy efficiency and waste management projects in 10 countries across Europe and South Africa. ...
