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One Trillion Trees
Africa is creating its own Great Wall - and it’s green
A visionary project to restore degraded land in Africa’s Sahel belt to boost jobs, food security and battle climate change has received new funding.
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Africa
One stillbirth occurs every 16 seconds, according to the UN - and most are preventable
Nearly 2 million babies die in the late stages of pregnancy and during birth every year, according to a new report from a UN inter-agency group.
Digital Communications
These places have the fastest (and slowest) internet speeds
Some of Europe’s smallest territories have the fastest internet access, with Liechtenstein coming out top - but there is a growing digital divide when it comes to high-speed broadband.
SDI2020
4 défis que nous devons relever pour protéger notre océan
L'océan absorbe environ 30 % des émissions de CO2 générées par l'Homme.
UpLink
4 challenges we need to solve to protect our ocean
The integrity of ocean ecosystems is threatened by climate change, pollution and overfishing. A new sprint is looking for innovative solutions to address some of the key challenges.
Decarbonizing Energy
Estos gráficos muestran lo poco que ha cambiado el suministro de energía mundial desde la década de 1970
Las nuevas estadísticas de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía destacan que, a pesar de los esfuerzos mundiales de descarbonización, el suministro de energía del mundo es notablemente ...
Cities and Urbanization
The UN says climate-smart cities are the future – these 3 projects show their potential
Cities around the world need investment in smart infrastructure to hedge against climate risk and manage their contribution to it. Here are three projects that show what can be achieved.
Decarbonizing Energy
These charts show how little the global energy supply has changed since the 1970s
New statistics from the International Energy Agency highlight that despite global decarbonization efforts the world’s energy supply looks remarkably similar to how it did four decades ago.
Future of Energy
What to know about critical minerals – the key to our clean energy future
Mining the minerals that go into wind turbines and solar panels has never been easy. Now COVID-19 has made it even harder.
United Kingdom
This is how carbon emissions from the UK’s electricity network could become negative by 2033
A new report suggests that reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 is feasible for the UK if it takes immediate action in key areas of decarbonisation.
Decarbonizing Energy
The winds of change: 5 charts on the future of offshore power
Industry body GWEC predicts strong growth in 2020, and substantial job creation over the next decade.
COVID-19
New poll shows what people think coronavirus will do to their economies
A new YouGov survey reveals both fear and optimism as people look ahead to a looming global recession.
Forests
Más de la mitad de los bosques del mundo están en estos 5 países
La ONU dice que el mundo ha perdido un área del tamaño de Libia en bosques desde 1990, pero la buena noticia es que las pérdidas netas en los bosques han disminuido.
Environment and Natural Resource Security
These 5 countries are home to more than half the world’s forests
The UN says the world has lost an area the size of Libya in woodlands since 1990, but the good news is that net losses in forests have slowed.
COVID-19
This is how coronavirus lockdowns have changed energy demand
With countries locked down, energy use has declined by 3.8% over the first quarter of 2020, with a substantial impact on CO2 emissions.