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Coronavirus: Germany commits €100 million amid UN vaccine access drive
The United Nations needs another $35 billion to fully fund its global vaccine access program. Germany has so far pledged almost €800 million. German Chancellor…
Food loss and waste ‘an ethical outrage’, UN chief says on International Day
Last year, the UN General Assembly designated 29 September as the International Day, recognizing the fundamental role that sustainable food production plays in promoting food…
Dual-flush toilets ’wasting more water than they save’
Toilets specially designed to save water are wasting more than they conserve, the UK’s largest water firm has warned. Campaigners have warned for years that…
Denmark: We can slash CO2 by 70% in a decade and still have welfare
Denmark said on Tuesday that it could reach its 2030 climate target of reducing emissions by 70%, one of the world’s most ambitious, without compromising…
France: Thousands of protesters wrongly punished under draconian laws in pre and post COVID-19 crackdown
Arrested for protest: Weaponizing the law to crackdown on peaceful protesters in France documents how a blanket ban on protests following the COVID-19 -lockdown, was…
Poorer countries to get 120 million $5 coronavirus tests, WHO says
Some 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for coronavirus will be made available to low- and middle-income countries at a maximum of $5 each, the World…
Pandemic boosting demand for plant-based foods, Nestle says
Demand for plant-based foods has picked up during the coronavirus crisis as consumers try to eat more healthily and problems at some factories have hit…
New report demands Brexit boost for repair industry
The UK VAT system drives ‘perverse environmental and social outcomes’ and is ‘hampering’ the UK’s ability to cut carbon fast enough to tackle the climate…
The World’s Largest Wind Turbines to Be Used for North Sea Project
The world’s largest offshore wind project — the 3.6-gigawatt Dogger Bank farm in the North Sea — announced it will be using the world’s largest…
Swiss voters reject curbs on EU immigration: TV projection
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly rejected a right-wing party’s attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the European Union, according to…
Leuven is Europe’s Capital of Innovation 2020
The city of Leuven in Belgium is the European Capital of Innovation 2020, in recognition of its excellent innovation concepts as well as its processes…
Women must be kept safe online to meet global gender goals, activist says
Governments must do more to keep women safe online in order to meet global goals on gender inequality, a British Nigerian activist has warned, as…
Big Four accounting firms reveal ESG reporting standards
PwC, KPMG, EY and Deloitte all back environmental social governance reporting framework headed up by the International Business School. Leaders of the Big Four accounting…
Bayer resolves more Roundup cases, judge keeps pause on litigation
Attorneys for Bayer AG and consumers suing the company over allegations its Roundup weedkiller caused cancer told a judge on Thursday they are continuing to…
’Enough is enough’: China attacks US at Security Council
China on Thursday lashed out at the United States at a high-level UN meeting over its criticism on the coronavirus, with its envoy declaring, ”Enough…
Frequently Consuming Fish with High Levels of Selenium Poses Risks to Human Health
A new report by the International Joint Commission (IJC) Health Professionals Advisory Board reviews the health risks that humans are exposed to when they frequently…
Borealis receives European Investment Bank loan for development of circular economy solutions
Austria-based material supplier Borealis has received financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support its research, development, and innovation program in the circular economy…
The Body Shop will buy 600 tons of waste plastic next year, and wants competitors to follow
Plastic pollution is a massive problem: more than a billion tons of plastic waste will end up in oceans or in landfill by 2040. The…
’Close to 100% accuracy’: Helsinki airport uses sniffer dogs to detect Covid
Researchers running Helsinki pilot scheme say dogs can identify virus in seconds. Four Covid-19 sniffer dogs have begun work at Helsinki airport in a state-funded…
Brussels to improve workers’ protection against cancer-causing chemicals
The EU Commission proposed a new revision of the Carcinogens and Mutagens Directive Tuesday, with new or revised limit values limiting workers’ exposure to three…
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