The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since …
EU agriculture ministers have announced a €500m (£365m) aid package after thousands of farmers protested on the streets of Brussels. The mainly Belgian, French and German farmers were protesting against plummeting prices for their produce. They blocked streets with tractors near the EU headquarters, where agriculture ministers were meeting. The …
Contributions to historical climate change have varied substantially among nations. These differences reflect underlying inequalities in wealth and development, and pose a fundamental challenge to the implementation of a globally equitable climate mitigation strategy. This Letter presents a new way to quantify historical inequalities among nations using carbon and climate …
German researchers have unveiled a prototype wireless system that allows a car to receive and discharge power to the grid from coils under a road or parking space. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology IWES in Kassel believe their system will be 93% efficient …
The German government has proposed changes to a law to prevent German utilities from evading the payment of billions of euros needed to fund the country's nuclear exit, according to a copy of the draft law seen by Reuters. The document says that utilities will be liable for the costs …
Britain looks set to overtake Germany as the European Union's most populous country by 2050, according to statistical agency Eurostat. If current migration and birth rate trends are maintained, the UK will number 77.2 million people at that point, compared to Germany's 74.7 million. Subsequently Britain's population will continue to …
Germany has reportedly begun taking steps towards banning the use of all genetically modified crops. New rules will allow individual member states to block farmers from using GM organisms, even if the variety has been approved on an EU-wide basis. Scotland became the first country to opt out of bloc-wide …
Germany has initiated a move to stop the growing of genetically modified crops under new European Union rules, documents seen by Reuters showed on Monday. German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt has informed German state governments of his intention to tell the EU that Germany will make use of new "opt-out" …
Germany and Brazil committed themselves on Thursday to a joint stance on climate change, putting the largest economies in Europe and Latin America on the same page ahead of global climate talks in Paris in December. Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff focused mainly on environmental cooperation during …
As India stares at the mammoth task of cleaning the Ganga and looks for inspiration outside the country , it is the Rhine river of western Europe which has caught the attention of policy-makers here due to its record of rejuvenation despite once being one of the most polluted river …
Some half a million ants were recruited by the conservation organisation World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to call for the protection of the Amazon rainforest, ahead of a visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Brazil. Working in collaboration with Cologne zoo in the west of Germany, messages of support such …
Britain and Germany will line up on opposite sides of a European Union green energy debate starting next month on how to meet agreed renewable energy targets for the next decade. The 28 member states agreed climate and energy goals last October, but to make it easier to get a …
The German research project “HELENE” — a project put together for the purpose of increasing the competitiveness of the country’s solar energy technology sector is aiming to achieve industrial production of monocrystalline p-Type PERC (Passivated Emitter and Rear Cell) solar cells with an efficiency of 22.5% by the end of …
Roof top solar panels to be encouraged on the lines of Germany The Union Government has drawn up plans to facilitate the setting up of 26 solar power plants at 26 locations in the country and increase the installed power generation capacity by 20,000 mw, said Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, …
This study systematically evaluates the environmental integrity of Joint Implementation (JI) in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. Analysis indicates that about three-quarters of JI offsets are unlikely to represent additional emissions reductions. This suggests that the use of JI offsets may have enabled global GHG emissions to …
Germany drives bumper year for European offshore wind in 2015, installing three times more capacity than current leader, the UK Europe’s offshore wind power industry has set a record for its biggest ever year just six months into 2015. The biggest factor was a huge jump in turbines in German …
People living in the world’s wealthiest nations generally understand what climate change is but in many countries just half perceive it to be a threat, new research has found. The analysis of perceptions in 119 countries found living standards and relative wealth are “poor predictors” of whether someone considers climate …
India ranks third among top 10 countries in the LEED Green Building rankings. These rankings highlight countries outside of the US that are making significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation.
Planning for adaptation to climate change is often regarded to be a local imperative and considered to be more effective if grounded on a solid evidence base and recognisant of relevant climate projections. Research has already documented some of the challenges of making climate information usable in decision-making but has …
Australians bury their heads in the sands of Bondi Beach to send a message to Prime Minister Tony Abbott about the dangers of climate change. Photo: Supplied Nearly one in five Australians do not believe in climate change, making the country the worst in the world for climate sceptics, a …
The slow global response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa suggests that important gaps exist in donor financing for key global functions, such as support for health research and development for diseases of poverty and strengthening of outbreak preparedness. In this Health Policy, we use the International Development Statistics …
