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“Meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” This is the definition of sustainability…
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Poisoned city: the story of Brazil’s forgotten environmental disaster
Is hydrogen the new oil?
Eliminating Carbon Emissions by 2050 Would Save 74 Million Lives This Century
Particulate matters
City climate leadership a model for sustainability
Obsession with GDP, disregard of nature leading towards ecosystem collapse: report
Children’s views should be taken into account when designing urban space
China’s new carbon neutrality pledge: what next?
Big Green Apple: forbidden fruit, no more
The science behind climate change is self-evident: the burning of fossil fuels is the largest contributor to human-caused climate change. Climate change is a worldwide…
In a Fight Over a Colombian Coal Mine, Covid-19 Raises the Stakes
The Indigenous Wayuu people have long battled the Cerrejón coal mine. Amid Covid-19, they’re now appealing to the U.N. Luz Ángela Uriana’s voice trembled as she…
Is 2020 the Opening for a Just Transition?
As the U.S. considers how to reopen, stimulate, and recover its economy post-pandemic, how radically could it be reimagined? As an archipelago, Hawai‘i was necessarily self-reliant…
Without sustainable cities, global development goals will fail
Cities have been the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic, with little discrimination between more and less developed urban environments. More than 95 per cent of…
Putting science back into the nuclear debate
As someone that has spent her entire career defending evidence-based science, I am dismayed that too often the scientific facts around the health effects of…
Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads
Luna Lu, Purdue University and Vishal Saravade, Purdue University Every day, Americans travel on roads, bridges and highways without considering the safety or reliability of…
Scientists honing new ways to measure a city’s carbon footprint
Boston may be emerging as a model for how scientists and the public can better quantify and understand their city’s carbon dioxide emissions. Millions of…