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Geoengineering Could Solve Climate Change, Say Scientists

Matthew Fiala — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 13:26:48 +0000

Solar geoengineering sounds like the stuff of science fiction, using balloons or jets to introduce an atmospheric sunshade to stop global warming. A group of scientists from developing countries interested in solar geoengineering demanded to have a greater say in the direction of research into climate change, arguing that their countries have the most at […]

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World Bank Invests in Climate Change Mitigation Technologies

Mila Luleva — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 19:39:58 +0000

Climate Change is now a top priority for the World Bank. Last week, one of the major global investors, the World Bank, announced that they will be making a “fundamental shift” in their investment strategy. Their new plan is to put money towards developing new technologies and encouraging practices for tackling climate change in the […]

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Climate Change Slows Economic Growth of Developing Nations

Mila Luleva — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:16:05 +0000

As the economies of nations such as Brazil, China and India are catching up with these of their wealthy competitors, the impact of climate change might present a huge set back in these nations’ development. A UN report states that thanks to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), we now observe how growing economies in […]

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Water Purification Sachets to Aid Developing Countries

Janina Lazo-Cruz — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 12:41:29 +0000

With the aim to provide developing countries a cheap and easy way to purify water, Procter and Gamble (P&G), a giant multinational consumers good company, has developed a small water purification system packed in small sachets called ‘Pur’. Each sachet can purify 10 liters of brown, murky water into clear and drinkable water, enough for […]

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Report Suggests 2009 Financial Crisis Didn't Lower Pollution

Ovidiu Sandru — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:36:17 +0000

A paper published recently in Nature Climate Change reveals that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) has not yielded a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, as did the other crises, like the oil-related ones in 1973 and 1979. Instead, the emissions kept growing because of developing countries like China and India, on whom the crisis did […]

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Solar Powered Inflatable Heater

Ovidiu Sandru — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:08:31 +0000

Meet the new invention of the 21st century. It is a solar heater. The basic principle is pretty simple: water is stored in a bed-sized floating bag, which looks like this: The Sun’s light passes through the transparent plastic, heats up the water inside the black tubes, and then it’s passed on to the heating […]

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