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England at serious risk of water shortage by 2040, MPs warn
England is at “serious risk” of running out of water within 20 years because of policymakers’, regulators’ and the water sector’s failure to tackle leakage…
WRAP unveils second plastic research grant
WRAP has opened the second round of funding from its £20 million Plastic Research and Innovation Fund (PRIF), with grants of up to £150,000 available…
Germany’s Merkel says EU must prepare for no-deal Brexit
Germany will continue to push to seal a new partnership agreement with Britain by the end of the year, but the European Union should also…
Pandemic could push 45 million in Latin America into poverty: UN
The COVID-19 pandemic could push 45 million people from the middle classes into poverty in already economically troubled Latin America and the Caribbean, the United…
UN Secretary-General: Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has today issued a stark warning that too many governments and businesses “have still not got the message” and risk engineering…
Australian Green Distillation Technologies seeks to expand into Europe
According to the company’s news release, Australian tire recycler Green Distillation Technologies, which has developed technology that turns end-of-life tires (ELTs) into refinery-ready oil, carbon…
EU has failed to halt decline of bees and butterflies, auditors say
European measures taken to protect bees and butterflies and prevent their decline across the bloc have been largely ineffective, auditors said on Thursday. The European…
Why is coronavirus causing rising hunger in middle-income countries?
More people will die of hunger caused by the pandemic than of coronavirus this year, according to “The Hunger Virus”, a report from Oxfam. Poor…
Nokia launches data centre networking tools, developed with Apple
Finland’s Nokia launched a set of tools on Thursday for data centre networking, developed in cooperation with Apple Inc, to help companies to manage the…
OECD-wide jobless rate projected to reach 12.6% if pandemic resurges
The average unemployment rate among the world’s wealthy nations could reach 12.6 percent by the end of this year if a second coronavirus pandemic wave…
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