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Environment
Floods and storms, Asia is the continent most affected by climate disasters
A report by the World Meteorological Organization emphasizes that hydro-meteorological risk remains the main danger, but extreme heat presents increasing…
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Policy and Affairs
Alaska drills compromise: only new projects stop
The White House has announced that no more permits will be issued for new mining projects in the National Petroleum…
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Energy
China now dominates overproduction of lithium batteries
A new BNEF analysis shows that global manufacturing capacity for lithium batteries has doubled demand last year. A trend destined…
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Constructions
Green building, completed in the UK the first house built with “cobs”
The CobBauge House in Norfolk is the first green building with layered casing that combines earth, corn and hemp, to…
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Policy and Affairs
Interior heating, new standards on consumption and repairability of appliances
The European Commission has adopted a Regulation laying down ecodesign specifications for the placing on the market and commissioning of…
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Business
Meet business and sustainability without compromise? Is it possible, says Oliver Blum
How the multinational Schneider Electric tackles its ambitious sustainability path in digitalizing and electrifying civil, industrial and infrastructure systems. The…
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Environment
Plastic is the number one enemy on World Earth Day 2024
Launched by the NGO Earth Day, World Earth Day 2024 is focused on the ecological and health impact of plastic
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Energy
Producing electricity from CO2 by “copying” nature
New research tries to exploit the energy released by the process of chemical adsorption of CO2 through "ionic" processes based…
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Business
Europe is the biggest market for IoT applications for smart cities
It’s remote infrastructure management that drives the IoT application market for smart cities. Europe holds the current record, but areas…
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Mobility & Transport
Combustion engine: a new “record” hydrogen ICE
A team of engineers from the University of Bath reigned a world record by becoming the first university students to…
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