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March 14, 2012

New Portal for Energy & Environmental Solutions

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March 14, 2012

The Green Disc – a great resource about innovative technologies for developing countries and small island states – is now available online. The site is meant to be a one-stop online location for researchers to post data and information about potential solutions to energy and environmental issues. Topics include space-based solar power, tidal energy, using algae as biomass and much more.

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March 14, 2012

UN Climate Chief Calls for 'Energy Revolution'

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March 14, 2012

The public and private sectors need to collaborate more, according to the head of the UNFCC Christiana Figueres, to bring down the cost of clean energy technologies like solar and wind.

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March 6, 2012

Asia-Pacific's Biggest (Per Capita) Carbon Emitter

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March 6, 2012

Which country has the largest carbon footprint in Asia-Pacific? The World Wildlife Fund has just released the answer . . . .

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February 18, 2012

Stop Using GDP to Measure Wealth

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February 18, 2012

Top scientists are urging governments to replace GDP as a measure of wealth, end damaging subsidies and transform systems of governance to set humanity on a new path to a better future. Otherwise, we risk climate, biodiversity and poverty crises that will spawn greater problems worldwide.

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February 14, 2012

Blue Planet Prize Winners Call for Transformational Change to Achieve Sustainable Development

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February 14, 2012

Leading scientists and experts in sustainable development call for urgent changes to tackle environmental crises and improve human well-being. The group – all past winners of the Blue Planet Prize – are challenging governments ahead of the Rio+20 Summit later this year to limit human-induced climate change, stop the loss of biodiversity and halt ecosystem degradation.

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