Mo Ehsani, professor emeritus at the University of Arizona, founder of QuakeWrap, a construction company specializing in FRP commodities, has been testing ...
New EU project to green concrete city landscapes
€12m have been allocated for a research project that aims at reducing pollution and displacement of nature in urban areas. 37 organizations originating ...
Singapore partners with Saudi Arabia & Australia for water security
Singapore’s national water agency PUB has signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and ...
Indian farming model wins Equator Prize
The Swayam Shiksham Prayog (SSP), a Pune-based non-profit was selected for the 2017 Equator Prize by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The ...
Boston wants to bolster resistance with anti-racism strategy
Resilient Boston, an initiative to fight systematic racism, and make the city more resilient in the process is now further supported by Imagine Boston 2030 ...
Changes in zoning law boosts urban farming
In New York City urban farming and roof-top farming is no novelty. But since changes in zoning law have been considered and implemented by the city, urban ...
Alphabet’s Verily fights Zika with more mosquitoes
Verily, the life sciences unit of Alphabet, is launching Debug Fresno, the first field study in the U.S to test a mosquito control method that utilizes the ...
Toyama first Japanese city with a resilience strategy
The City of Toyama, in cooperation with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by the Rockefeller Foundation (100RC), is starting Resilient Toyama, a ...
Global banks partner for climate transparency in financial markets
A news release by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) revealed that ANZ, Barclays, Bradesco, Citi, Itaú, National Australia Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, ...
Report urges banks to disclose lending to companies with carbon-related risks
A new report by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, part of a G20 initiative led by governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney and ...
