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UN-backed climate fund appoints French official as new chief
A UN-backed climate fund has appointed France’s Yannick Glemarec as its new Executive Director. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established to support low emissions and climate resilient development in developing countries, in line with the Paris Agreement and is part of the financial mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr […]
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UN-backed climate fund appoints French official as new chief
A UN-backed climate fund has appointed France’s Yannick Glemarec as its new Executive Director. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established to support low emissions and climate resilient development in developing countries, in line with the Paris Agreement and is part of the financial mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr […]
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UN-backed climate fund appoints French official as new chief
A UN-backed climate fund has appointed France’s Yannick Glemarec as its new Executive Director. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) was established to support low emissions and climate resilient development in developing countries, in line with the Paris Agreement and is part of the financial mechanism of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Mr […]
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Guinea granted $50m to boost electricity access
The World Bank has approved $50 million (£38m) of financing to increase access to electricity in Guinea. The project will finance the rehabilitation and expansion of distribution networks in the areas of the Greater Conakry and the cities of Kindia and Forécariah, enabling 90,000 new or improved electricity connections and benefiting more than 600,000 people. […]
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Guinea granted $50m to boost electricity access
The World Bank has approved $50 million (£38m) of financing to increase access to electricity in Guinea. The project will finance the rehabilitation and expansion of distribution networks in the areas of the Greater Conakry and the cities of Kindia and Forécariah, enabling 90,000 new or improved electricity connections and benefiting more than 600,000 people. […]
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Guinea granted $50m to boost electricity access
The World Bank has approved $50 million (£38m) of financing to increase access to electricity in Guinea. The project will finance the rehabilitation and expansion of distribution networks in the areas of the Greater Conakry and the cities of Kindia and Forécariah, enabling 90,000 new or improved electricity connections and benefiting more than 600,000 people. […]
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Water Plus
At Water Plus we manage the water accounts for over 360,000 business sites throughout England and Scotland, across all industry sectors, for businesses of all sizes and those with multiple sites across the country. And with a 30% market share we are the largest water retailer in the UK. Water Plus was formed out of […]
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US Government opens new battery recycling centre
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the opening of a new battery recycling centre at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The ReCell Centre aims to reclaim and recycle critical materials such as cobalt and lithium from battery technology, with a focus on cost-effective recycling processes to “recover as much economic value as […]
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Carbon dioxide emissions ‘could hit 56 million-year highs’
Carbon dioxide emissions could soon hit 56 million-year highs. That’s the troubling conclusion reached in a new study published in the AGU journal of Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology, which suggests by 2159, total human carbon dioxide emissions could match the minimum estimated emissions present during the planet’s last major greenhouse warming event. It calculates the volume of […]
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Scientists have an inkling squids could help cut plastic pollution
A recently-discovered squid protein could be used to stop microplastic fibres leaking into the environment. A review published in Frontiers in Chemistry, conducted by scientists at Penn State University in US, suggests material found in the ringed teeth of a squid’s arms can be processed into an abrasion-resistant coating that reduces microfibre erosion in washing […]
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