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Providing deeper dives into the crucial issues defining sustainability

The Climate Value of Forestry

Climate change is here, and sooner or later it will have an impact on our…

The Untapped Potential of Biomass in the Western Balkans

The Western Balkans are endowed with great biomass resources that could massively improve energy efficiency…

Restoring the Connection Between Forests and Human Health

Forests are among the most biologically rich areas on Earth, home to 80% of global…

Tree Huggers Were Right All Along

As you read these words, we should be celebrating a fantastic achievement: tonight, 137,000 fewer…

Biomimicry & Sustainable Architecture/Design/Building

Biomimicry is a rapidly developing discipline in design that draws inspiration from the startling structures…

Sitting on Illegal Wood

Illegal logging is a real problem threatening some of Europe’s oldest forests, as well as…

Water Governance in Cities

What are the challenges for the future? At a time when most of the world’s…

Lebanon’s Garbage Crisis

Waste piling to the sky, bins overflowing into the street, feeding the fires that choke…

Governance of Europe’s Waters

The European Water Framework Directive is a successful – although imperfect – model for international…

Singapore’s Water Story

A streamflow towards self-sufficiency and sustainable development From water scarcity and rationing, Singapore has come…

From Conflict to Context-based Metrics

The stories of the Cauvery and California’s Central Valley Few things convey conflict like an…

An Introduction to Climate Finance

Defining climate finance “Climate finance” is an elusive term. At its narrowest, climate finance is…

The Other Side of the Road: Electric Vehicles in the Developing World

Electric vehicles (EVs) are one of the innovations shaping the future of mobility and could…

HYDROGEN: A Credible Answer to Global Energy Challenges

The Paris COP21 climate summit placed climate change at the top of the international political…

Repurposing Helping Light Up the World’s Poorest Communities

Since being launched in the Philippines in 2011, Liter of Light has been installed in…

Reinventing Urban Mobility: Making the Best of Two Worlds

The transport industry has undergone structural changes throughout its history. Besides resulting in major changes…

The Rhone and the Power of Its Waters

Managing and protecting a great European river. The Rhone, like all great rivers, brings risks…

Regions in the Energy Transition

Regions have been at the forefront of developing sustainable policies in Europe for any years…

Recover Energy, Don’t Waste it!

What do a Norwegian fjord, a Belgian brewery, a Danish dairy plant, a Finnish data…
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