touko 29, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The EU approved Thursday the conclusion of a World Trade Organization protocol establishing a fisheries subsidies agreement, the first WTO agreement that focuses on environmental sustainability. The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies is in line with the UN...
touko 26, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
PODCAST: Humanitarian Leadership Stories – Principles For veteran UN Humanitarian Coordinator Imran Riza, holding the line on impartiality is key in emergencies. And he should know, having served as the Organization’s top relief official in Damascus, Syria. Hear...
touko 25, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some of the CO2 uptake, according to international researchers led by Australia’s...
touko 25, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The new Global Greenhouse Gas Watch will combine observations from Earth and from space with modelling, to fill critical information gaps. It will build on WMO’s experience in coordinating international collaboration on weather prediction. The agency said that the...
touko 25, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The tendency of cities to trap heat — a phenomenon called the “urban heat island,” often referred to as the UHI effect — can lead to dangerous temperatures in the summer months, but new Penn State research suggests that certain urban factors can reduce this effect....