CO2 emissions: Transport
Road travel produces ~15% of global CO2 emissions, while aviation’s part is about ~2.5%. We may lower the first with new technologies, the latter is more complicated …
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Category: Current
Digital skills online autumn camps for girls
Empowerment Lab’s online autumn courses offer girls the opportunity to discover the skills behind 3D animation, virtual design or mobile app creation. Explore technology by producing great designs, animations, games and visual data sets.
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Viruses’ impacts on us
A tenth of the human genome is viral in origin, but viruses “kill more living things than any other type of predator”.
A virus is a curious thing – are viruses living or not ? Are they benefactors or protagonists ?
Climate Change – a video to help us all understand it
In the year 2019 we pumped out about 37 billion tonnes of carbonb dioxide, 50% more than the year 2000 and almost three times as much as 50 years ago.
Who’s responsible and who needs To fix It?
Nosy Crow’s book for children on the Coronavirus
A book from Nosey Crow. with understandable & clear explanations for kids 5-10 years about the coronavirus and its effects.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from food
Reducing emissions from food production will be one of our greatest challenges in the coming decades. Knowing the sources of emission, we can think about solutions, which exist …
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Tracking the SDGs
How are we doing in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ? See the SDG Tracker which shows data for all indicators from the Our World in Data database
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Is the world is going in the right direction ?
Oxford economist Max Roser, shares three facts that everyone should know.
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Plastic attacks hit Swiss supermarkets (Le News)
Swiss shoppers dump plastic wrapping at supermarkets to protest excessive plastic packaging. Plastic Attacks, which began at Tesco in Keynsham near Bristol, UK, have occurred in Sion, Pully, Zurich, Bern and elsewhere…
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Jai Jagat 2020
🇨ðŸ‡ðŸ‡®ðŸ‡³ðŸ‡¬ðŸ‡§ The Jai Jagat 2020 Campaign will begin in New Delhi in October 2019 and ultimately arrive at UN Office in Geneva in September 2020 – lend your support !
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GEN Geneva this week
Check the list here to see the events taking place this week in and around Geneva – it’s non-exhaustive.
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EU bans pesticides which harms bees
EU agrees to total ban on neonicotinoids, bee-harming pesticides, by the end of 2018.
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