In a world of higher electricity demand growth, clean electricity is stepping up to the challenge. Spearheaded by exponential solar expansion, clean power is set to grow faster than demand, marking the start of a permanent decline in fossil generation. 2024 both clarified and consolidated the shape of the global …
Brazil, South Arica, India and China seek to craft a common position for climate negotiations. Meeting for the first time since the UN-sponsored climate change negotiations in Warsaw last November, ministers of the four BASIC countries—Brazil, South Arica, India and China—sought to craft a common position for the next round …
The odds of an El Nino forming in the equatorial Pacific have fallen to about 65 percent through the end of the year, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said. Computer forecast models delay the onset of the El Nino, a warming of sea surface temperatures and corresponding atmospheric changes, said …
Energy companies are taking their controversial fracking operations from the land to the sea -- to deep waters off the U.S., South American and African coasts. Cracking rocks underground to allow oil and gas to flow more freely into wells has grown into one of the most lucrative industry practices …
This may confirm suspicions that many of us have already had. Besides leading the world in consumer debt and military spending, the U.S. can now add climate denial to that list. That is, according to a Global Trends survey by the U.K.-based market research firm Ipsos MORI. The study polled …
Gentically modified plants which contain health boosting Omega-3 have been created by British scientists and will be harvested with weeks Prof Jonathan Napier with very small crop of GM Camelina : First GM crops enriched with nutrients ready for harvest The first genetically modified crops, enriched with nutrients to improve …
WHO recommends prompt diagnosis and quinine plus clindamycin for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in the first trimester and artemisinin-based combination therapies in subsequent trimesters. We undertook a systematic review of women's access to and healthcare provider adherence to WHO case management policy for malaria in pregnant women.
Antibiotic drug consumption is a major driver of antibiotic resistance. Variations in antibiotic resistance across countries are attributable, in part, to different volumes and patterns for antibiotic consumption. The researchers aimed to assess variations in consumption to assist monitoring of the rise of resistance and development of rational-use policies and …
Brazil’s BNDES development bank will allow solar developers to import photovoltaic cells until 2020 as part of efforts to spur domestic solar manufacturing capacity. From 2020, local content rules will require developers to use components produced in Brazil to qualify for its low-cost financing, Antonio Carlos Tovar, head of renewable …
An Austrian boat was damaged by garbage as it practiced for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, where a member of the sailing team said he saw a dead dog floating in the water. “We saw a dead dog and destroyed our center board because of …
Aerial images taken by Rio-based biologist Mario Moscatelli show the water around Marina de Gloria, the location from which Olympic sailors will set off, discolored by sewage. Austrian Nico Dalle Karth, a sailor preparing for his fourth Olympics, did what he usually does before a race: He studied the water’s …
Genetically modified corn seeds are no longer protecting Brazilian farmers from voracious tropical bugs, increasing costs as producers turn to pesticides, a farm group said on Monday. Producers want four major manufacturers of so-called BT corn seeds to reimburse them for the cost of spraying up to three coats of …
In a reflection of the poor standard of living of Indians, the country’s ranking in the Human Development Index (HDI) remained unchanged at 135 in 2013, according to a United Nations Development Programme report. “India’s HDI value for 2013 is 0.586 which falls in the medium human development category positioning …
Vast new areas of the ocean floor have been opened up in an accelerating search for valuable minerals including manganese, copper and gold. In a move that brings closer a new era of deep sea mining, the UN's International Seabed Authority (ISA) has issued seven new exploration licences. State-owned and …
Brazil’s development bank BNDES received a $335 million loan from Germany’s KfW to finance wind farms that will be developed by local companies. The loan is the largest in Brazil to date from the German development bank, BNDES said today in e-mailed statement. “The loan will help to meet the …
India and Brazil Wednesday signed an agreement in Brasilia on cooperation in the field of environment, the external affairs ministry said. The two countries mutually agreed to extend cooperation on climate change, biodiversity, afforestation in arid areas, water conservation and protection of wetlands, waste management including agricultural waste and electronic …
Instead of football players, crossing the pitch is a small motorboat and passing through the goalmouth is the overflowing Rio Negro river. The goalposts stand half submerged, now meaningless markers on an invisible field. For more than a month, Careiro da Varzea in the Brazilian state of Amazonas has been …
Antibiotic use has surged by 36% worldwide in a decade, much of it unwarranted, according to a new study. The rise, particularly in countries with a burgeoning middle class, heightens concerns that overuse of antibiotics is leaving more of the world's population vulnerable to drug-resistant bacteria, according to the authors …
Donations of U.N.-backed carbon credits to help reduce the carbon footprint of the World Cup in Brazil have surpassed the half million mark, the local government said on Thursday. Brazilian companies or local branches of multinationals so far donated 545,500 certified emissions reductions (CERs) in response to a campaign that, …
The majority of the world’s major cities have disclosed that climate change presents a physical risk to the businesses operating in their cities. This real and current threat is driving local governments to take concrete action in response, so finds Protecting our Capital.
The association of five major emerging national economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) has a special responsibility towards helping the world achieve its goal of ending extreme poverty, reducing inequality and achieving sustainable development, as they collectively represent some of the world’s greatest challenges and achievements. Despite …
