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Industrial energy efficiency: the invisible climate solution
The burning of fossil fuels for energy is the largest single source of global greenhouse gas emissions. So, any effort to mitigate climate change must involve energy efficient strategies. After all, the easiest and cheapest clean energy solution lies in the energy that we don’t use.
When it comes…
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![This year’s International Day for Biological Diversity focuses on biodiversity as the foundation for our food and health and as a key catalyst to transforming food systems and improving human well-being. Read the examples below that illustrate the roles certain species play in maintaining healthy ecosystems and biodiversity. Photo: Zoran Kompar Photography/Shutterstock. Honey bee on a flower. Photo: Zoran Kompar Photography/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/shutterstock_honey_bee_biodiversity_news.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=lZX9h94m)
Celebrating biodiversity in all corners of the world
The recent IPBES Global Assessment Report revealed that around one million animal and plant species are threatened with extinction, many within decades.
Turning this situation around will take time, money, and collective efforts at many levels. Since 1993, when the Convention on Biological…
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![Bikesharing has changed Chinese urban residents’ mobility habits – people take 55 percent fewer trips by cars, and illegal motorcycles that used to provide ‘last-mile’ transportation solutions have been reduced by 53 percent. Every shared bike is a valuable data source that can help us to better understand urban residents’ behavior and to plot a zero-carbon path for not only Chinese cities, but cities around the world as they begin to adopt this technology. Photo: tangxn/Shutterstock. Mobike dockless bikeshare bicycle near bike path in China. Photo: tangxn/Shutterstock.](/sites/default/files/styles/listing_image_290x218/public/Mobike_blog2_870_0.jpg?h=e85f6c07&itok=iya0fMem)
Bike-sharing data and cities: lessons from China's experience
Digital technologies have spread rapidly in much of the developing world. However, the development and environmental benefits from using digital technologies are yet to be fully captured. The GEF launched the Sustainable Cities Integrated Approach Pilot in 2015. A key characteristic of the…
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Three ways to include biodiversity protection in your life, besides cutting back on totoaba bladders
The theme of this year’s International Day of Biodiversity is “Mainstreaming biodiversity; Sustaining people and their livelihoods” and if you’re like 99% of people you will then ask – what is mainstreaming biodiversity?
Mainstreaming biodiversity is a broad term we use to describe a…