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The European Investment Bank confirmed at a meeting of the European Battery Alliance Tuesday that it expects to increase backing of battery-related projects to more…

With “unprecedented solidarity”, the World Health Assembly adopted a “landmark resolution” on Tuesday, which sets out a “clear roadmap” of the actions needed to sustain…

Women in Latin America are more at risk than men of losing their jobs and not returning to work due to the coronavirus crisis, experts…

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday raised the prospect of Kiwis enjoying extra public holidays and a shorter working week to help kickstart New Zealand’s…

The number of companies calling on their supplier to disclose environmental data to CDP has increased by 24% in a year, with more than 150…

The European Commission put out a call for expressions of interest for new funding of EUR 122 million Tuesday for urgently needed research into the…

People living in Denmark will soon be required to sort their waste into ten different types, according to the government. One of the biggest goals…

The boss of the UK’s national tourism agency has thrown her weight behind setting up so-called air bridges with countries with low coronavirus rates. Visit…

A new global waste standard has been released by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) to enable companies to track their waste generation and encourage a…

Scientists at the University of Göttingen analyse data on ecological, social and economic effects. Palm oil is often associated with tropical deforestation above all else….

India and Bangladesh are evacuating millions of people from coastal areas ahead of a super cyclone which is approaching from the Bay of Bengal. Cyclone…

The global economy will take much longer to recover fully from the shock caused by the new coronavirus than initially expected, the head of the…

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches well beyond the immediate threat to their health, the new…

Spain’s cabinet is set to approve a bill setting out a path to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050 on Tuesday, putting it…

Online sex abuse of children in the European Union has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of EU law enforcement agency Europol said on…

A Tampere University dissertation has found that some groups of migrant-background women have higher risks of health complications during pregnancy and delivery. Research by doctoral…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for people everywhere to support the right to live free and equal, in line with his message for the…

The Covid-19 global health crisis has hit hard on the cultural sector. Many museums and cultural institutions around the world, both large and small, public…

Ahead of presidential and local elections in Burundi on Wednesday, the African Union (AU) Commission and the United Nations (UN) urged the authorities to provide…

Portugal, which recycles around 28% of its urban refuse, below the European average of 46%, EU figures show, has long been a laggard. It had…