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The jury is still out on solar thermal, which is certainly efficient but has its critics because of its costs, both financial and ecological. The International Energy Associat...
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UN secretary-general says no plans to reduce sustainable development goals
In his report, Ban Ki-moon backs the 17 goals and 169 targets proposed by the UN working group, despite the difficulty member states may have in communicating them The UN secr...
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It’s important that agriculture and nutrition work better together. Across the entire agricultural chain there are opportunities to make food more nutritious: from seed ...
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Sustainable development economics
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Oil's fading clout will aid climate change fight in Lima: Don Pittis
It is amazing what a difference a year makes. Or in the case of oil, a few months. And in this case it may be that the decline in the status of oil — from something akin...
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Edward Snowden wins Swedish human rights award for NSA revelations
Whistleblower Edward Snowden received several standing ovations in the Swedish parliament after being given the Right Livelihood award for his revelations of the scale of stat...
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Nearly one thousand people march for LGBTQ rights in New Delhi
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