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City Hall Paris decorated for the upcoming Olympics

17. April 2024

2024 Olympics: a Green Model for the Future of Sports?

For the upcoming Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the organizers are looking to cut down by more than half the greenhouse gas emissions generated in recent Olympics, thus offering a template for future sporting events.

Environment

Environment China

30. March 2024

More Wind and Solar, Less Carbon Emissions in the World’s Third Largest Country

China's carbon emissions are set to decline years earlier than expected thanks to the country's rapid expansion in renewable energy.

Environment

Environment Canada

10. February 2024

Beef Farmers Set Impressive Standards to Cut Emissions

In Canada, beef farmers have found a way to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while keeping the same production and animal count as before.

Society

Society South Korea

15. July 2023

Leftover Food Doesn’t Have to Go to Waste Anymore

South Korea has found a way to turn discarded food into fuel, animal feed, and fertilizer.

Environment

Environment India

30. June 2023

Global Leader in Green Energy Transition

India is positioning itself as a frontrunner in the global renewable energy market and is soon expected to reach 174 GW of total energy capacity, accounting for 37 percent of the country's energy supply.

Environment

Environment Germany

10. May 2023

Why Wait? Let’s Go Straight to Greener Heating

In its effort to reach carbon neutrality by 2045, Germany passed a bill accelerating the shift in heating buildings, essentially requiring heating systems to be 65% based on renewable energy as soon as January 1, 2024.

Technology

Technology Serbia

19. April 2023

Can’t Plant Trees to Purify the City Air? Try Installing “Liquid Trees” Instead!

Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, has installed a “liquid tree,” an innovative tool to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality in the city, when planting trees is not an option.

Society

Society Vietnam

3. March 2023

Fewer Emissions, More Clean Water (… for Two Million Kids!)

The World Bank has dedicated a $50 million fund to create 300,000 water purifiers to be distributed to roughly 8,000 schools in Vietnam over the next five years.

Environment

Environment Europe

20. February 2023

Clean Energy Boost: a Heat Pump Revolution

With European countries facing an energy crisis, heat pumps could very well be the solution to break their dependence on Russian gas, while turning to cleaner energy sources and slashing their greenhouse gas emissions.

Environment

Environment European Union

29. June 2022

A Greener Future is Calling: Countries Speed up Plans to Lower Emissions

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, gas crisis, and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 19 European countries have decided to accelerate their decarbonization plans, as well as scale down the use of fossil fuels.