"One frustration of many environmentalists is that seemingly simple solutions to serious environmental problems exist but are never implemented." ~ Thomas Sterner
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The relationship between every growing economy and its effects on various ecosystems is a complex one. Economic growth based only on the exploitation of natural resources and ecosystem services will reduce opportunities for increasing growth and prosperity in the long term. Natural resources that are taken care of and maintained in a sustainable manner provide the best basis for every economic growth. Read more...
The regulation of air pollution has reduced its toll on heart and lung diseases. For example, the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 helped avert an estimated 160,000 deaths and 86,000 hospitalizations in 2010 alone. However, a growing body of research suggests that polluted air also puts our brain in harm’s way.
Since its inception the IPCC has produced a series of comprehensive Assessment Reports on the state of understanding of causes of climate change, its potential impacts and options for response strategies. It prepared also Special Reports, Technical Papers, methodologies and guidelines.
Video games are no longer just kids’ stuff, and video games have already made real impact for the Sustainable Development Goals and the urgent global needs they represent. This assessment summarizes recent, relevant, global developments in the video games sector, perspectives from over 50 thought leaders...
The Great Lakes are a group of five large lakes (Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, and Ontario) in North America on or near the Canada-United States border. They are the largest group of fresh water lakes in the world. They also have an effect on weather in the region, known as lake effect. The combined surface area of the lakes is 94,250 square miles or 244,100 km²
CPS or Concentrated Solar Power technology is starting to take the world by storm. This massively distributed system for extracting solar energy with mirrors and lenses works by focusing the incoming sunlight into a highly concentrated area. The result is a highly scalable and efficient energy source that is allowing for gigawatt sized solar power plants.
World need responsible development which takes place within the framework laid down by nature, not at the expense of nature and the environment. Continued growth, combined with a rapid increase in population and unchanged production and consumption patterns, increases pressure on the biosphere.
