Global electricity review 2024
Renewables generated a record 30 percent of global electricity in 2023, driven by growth in solar and wind especially from China, according to the Global Electricity Review 2024 released by the global
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International body set up against golf
Representatives of environmental movements in Asia have formed a body to protest the spread of golf
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The idea of a clean city
could well become a myth by 2007. More than half of the world' s population by then would be urban dwelling. The urban ecological footprint would fall over larger proportions of common resources says the 'Global Environment Outlook Three' report of the Un
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A question of heredity
The environment in which an embryo develops influences gene expression and some acquired traits can be inherited
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Fewer honeybees could mean less food
albert einstein is said to have said: "If the honeybee becomes extinct, mankind will follow within four years.' The physicist wasn't entirely off the mark
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Global health threat
Reemergence of infectious diseases like tuberculosis (TB) is among the major health hazards resulting from increasing globalisation, says a report published by the Institute of Medicine, the medical
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Book notice: Global green guide
Yearbook of International Co operation on Environment and Development 2002/2003 The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway Earthscan Publications Ltd London
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Fish in the net
a global network of marine reserves should be established to halt the alarming decrease in fish stocks, say leading marine scientists. In a
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UNITED NATIONS
Development Programme (UNDP) will provide assistance worth US $2.55 million to India for large-scale adoption of high-yielding hybrid rice technology. The initiative is part of the Food Security
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Forced migration
A disaster the world prefers to forget