UNESCO calls for COVID-19 vaccines to be considered a global public good
UNESCO’s International Bioethics Committee (IBC) and the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) have called for a change…
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Highest-ever funding to UN rural development agency IFAD to tackle hunger and poverty for the world’s poorest
US$3.8 billion, that’s how much the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) will now be able to invest in the world’s rural…
Election ambiguity may be beneficial in the short term, but in the long term it’s corrosive
As the results of the US election began to arrive, political junkies tried their best to make sense of what was happening. But…
Why Tesla Builds Factories Three Times Faster and What Sets Elon Musk Apart From Other Corporate Leaders
The price of Tesla shares has risen by 869% within a year, while the competition has reported losses. A new infographic from Block-Builders.de…
A new community orchard and garden is being installed in Buckie
The project is being financed by £20,000 from developer contributions secured by Moray Council from Tesco to mitigate the environmental impact of their…
Sweden and Spain the cheapest european markets for wind and solar corporate PPAs, BNEF Survey Finds
Sweden and Spain respectively have the cheapest average corporate PPA prices in Europe for wind and solar electricity, according to BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) 1H 2020…