Environment
London pioneers first ‘virtual power station’
A revolutionary trial to use household batteries to help support the electricity grid in London is being rolled out further to help deal with peaks in winter demand and reduce carbon emissions in the capital.
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Indonesia's Mount Merapi Volcano Erupts
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted Tuesday, sending a massive cloud of ash high into the air over Java island and shut down a nearby airport.
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‘Ticking time bomb’ in Antarctic as fishing vessels fail safety checks
Fishing cargo vessels operating in pristine Antarctic waters are failing a majority of their safety inspections, Greenpeace International analysis of Port State Control inspection records has found.
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The EIB and UNEP strengthen their cooperation to enhance climate and environmental actions
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Pesticide giants make billions from bee-harming and other hazardous chemicals
The world’s five largest agrochemical companies are making billions by selling toxic pesticides posing serious threats to human health or wildlife, a joint investigation by Unearthed and the Swiss NGO Public Eye has revealed.
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A New World Bank Project to Benefit Over 400,000 Farming Households in Himachal Pradesh, India
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors on Feb. 18, 2020 approved an $80 million loan to improve water management practices and increase agricultural productivity in selected Gram Panchayats (Village Councils) in Himachal Pradesh, a mountain state richly endowed with natural resources.
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Geneva Palais briefing note on the situation of children in Madagascar
A mother and her baby waiting for consultation at Majunga Health Centre, 8 October 2019
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Air pollution from fossil fuels costs the world US$8 billion every day – Greenpeace
Air pollution from burning fossil fuels – primarily coal, oil, and gas – is attributed to an estimated 4.5 million deaths each year worldwide and estimated economic losses of US$2.9 trillion, or approximately 3.3% of global GDP, new research from Greenpeace Southeast Asia and the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) shows. The report is the first of its kind to assess the global cost of air pollution from fossil fuels.
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Antarctic penguin colonies decline by as much as 77% in last 50 years
Scientists surveying chinstrap penguin colonies in the Antarctic have found drastic reductions in many colonies, with some declining by as much as 77% since they were last surveyed almost 50 years ago.
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Greenpeace protest at BlackRock: Stop financing Siemens and Adani coal mine
Greenpeace Germany supporters protested at global investment firm BlackRock’s German headquarters on Febuary 3, to tell them to stop investing in coal and financing climate change as a major shareholder of Siemens – a telecommunications provider for the Adani coal mine in Australia.
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