FIRST ANNUAL MULTI-STAKEHOLDER FORUM ON SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: 6-7 JUNE 2016 The inaugural meeting of the Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)—STI Forum—took place at UN Headquarters in New York on 6-7 June 2016. The STI Forum …
Helping Herptiles with Citizen Science
Photo: USFWS Citizen Science for Herptiles Amphibians and reptiles, also known as herptiles or herps, are the focus of many citizen science projects. Are you interested in frogs, turtles, and snakes? If you are, join one of the projects below to study the distribution and population status of these wonderful …
CCO Weekly Brief
Climate Change Adaptation Costs Set to Soar on the Railway Britain’s railway is facing a dramatic increase in the cost of dealing with extreme weather over coming decades unless it starts taking pre-emptive action now, according to new research released by RSSB today. Climate change is forecast to have a …
Monitoring pipelines from space
Monitoring pipelines from space 06-06-2016 10:35 AM CEST Dutch company Orbital Eye has developed a service that uses satellites to monitor gas and oil pipelines. A major African pipeline operator has already signed up for the service. You are subscribed to Observing the Earth for European Space Agency. Having trouble …
NASA satellite finds unreported sources of toxic air pollution — ScienceDaily
Your source for the latest research news Mobile Follow Subscribe Breaking News: Pluto’s Polygons Formed by Convection? Choosy Male Orb-Weaving Spiders Cannibalized Hydrogen Seen in Distant Galaxy How Comets Break Up, Make Up What Sustains Earth’s Magnetic Field Anyway? ‘Jumping Gene’ Took Moths to the Dark Side Genetic Switch for …
Renewables 2016 Global Status Report launched today
A Record Breaking Year for Renewable Energy: New Installations, Policy Targets, Investment and Jobs Read the Renewables 2016 Global Status Report Join us for a webinar on the 2016 report: Wednesday 1 June, 16:00 CEST / 10:00 EDT / 22:00 CST Register here Today REN21 published the …
IISD/ENB+ Video Coverage of UNEA-2 – Wrap-Up
IISD/ENB+ Video Coverage of UNEA-2 – Wrap-Up The Ministerial High level segment continues on Friday, 28 May. Delegates reflect on the meeting. The closing plenary is overshadowed by procedural wrangling and heated exchanges over voting on a draft resolution calling for UNEP to carry out environmental assessments in the Gaza …
ENB Vol. 12 No. 676 – Bonn Climate Change Conference – May 2016 – Summary & Analysis
Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB)Volume 12 Number 676 | Sunday, 29 May 2016 Summary of the Bonn Climate Change Conference 16-26 May 2016 | Bonn, Germany Languages: EN (HTML/PDF) FR (HTML/PDF) JA (HTML/PDF) Visit our IISD/ENB Meeting Coverage from Bonn, Germany at:http://www.iisd.ca/climate/sb44/ The Bonn Climate Change Conference of the UN Framework Convention on Climate …
Sentinel-1 helping Cyclone Roanu relief
Sentinel-1 helping Cyclone Roanu relief 26-05-2016 03:00 PM CEST Cyclone Roanu has claimed over 100 lives in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and has left tens of thousands in need of aid. Officials are looking to the sky for information on flooded areas to analyse the cyclone’s aftermath and support emergency …
Scientists team up with investors to assess climate risk
Scientists team up with investors to assess climate risk Scientists team up with investors to assess climate risk Norwegian scientists have teamed up with some of the world’s leading investment firms to assess the financial risks associated with global warming. Launched this week, the Centre for International Climate and Environmental …