The strategy proposed in the report would result in $1.27tn in savings and create approximately 700,000 jobs by 2040. A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report has claimed that about 80% of plastic pollution across the globe can be minimised by 2040. The report is officially called: ‘Turning off the Tap: How the world can end plastic …
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With weather events becoming more extreme, we continue looking for solutions. A new report is highlighting the power of trees planted in urban areas to help alleviate some of the impacts in our changing climate. Urban communities are generally warmer than surrounding areas because of the urban heat island effect. This happens because pavement and …
or China’s 1.4 billion people, the simple act of breathing has long been something of a risk. Living in the ninth-dirtiest country in the world in terms of air quality, China’s residents lose an average of 2.6 years of life per capita due to atmospheric pollution alone. The greatest risk, of course, is pulmonary, with air pollution leading …
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Copenhagen (AFP) – Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18’s across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday. Despite recent improvements, “the level of key air pollutants in many European countries remain stubbornly above World Health Organization” (WHO) guidelines, …
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The carbon captured through the mass plantation is equivalent to emissions needed to electrify 4,500 Indian households Cairn Oil & Gas, India’s largest private oil and gas exploration and production company and a unit of Vedanta Group, has signed three separate MoUs with the state governments of Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Andhra Pradesh along with their …
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