Wind and solar benchmarks for a 1.5°C world
This report presents a detailed methodology for determining the amount of wind and solar capacity that is required for a country to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. While the focus
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Piggy back and ride
Two brothers from Hamburg, Germany, have invented a new type of pedal scooter. This new innovation on two wheels is not a replacement for the normal scooter, but a complement (Design
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Not so easy
Electronic immobilisers have been highly successful in cutting down car thefts. But security experts fear that skilled thieves could 'crack' an immobiliser if the code sent to
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Those were the days!
EARUER this year, the German multinational, Hoechst, found itself the target of a fierce confrontation, the battle lines being drawn between the greens and the scientific community. All that the
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Smart reflectors
'Smart' solar panels have fina been developed by researchers of Albert Ludwigs University, Freibi and Fraunhofer Institute for So Energy Systems, Lauenforde, bw in Germany. The
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Atomic intransigency
GERMANY will build its nuclear research reactor at Munich's technical university even if it has to risk brickbats from the rest Of the world community. The us is particularly perturbed about
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Sustainable technology
EVEN while the Berlin Summit on climate Change was in progress, 20 European companies, under the aegis of the European Business Council for a sustainable Energy Future, have
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DROP BY DROP
GERMAN researchers have developed a tiny reversible pump which allows through just 50 nanolitres of liquid, equivalent to 1/1,000th of a drop of water. The micropump was designed by
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Bumpy ride
At the recent Berlin Climate Summit, amid North South wrangles, an agreement was reached to detail how to and who has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
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Greening German politics
The Green party, until recently the dark horse of German politics, is finally sitting pretty in the Bundestag, after years in the radical fringe
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GERMANY
Tourism is dealing a body blow to the Maldivian government's waste management, as it leads to piling up of garbage every year. LTU, a Germah airline, has offered help in an innovative way. As