The report presents a mixed picture. Over the past 25 years, there have been notable improvements in child well-being in the group of countries examined in this report: steady decline in child mortality, overall reduction in adolescent suicide and increase in school completion rates. But the last five years have …
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 …
Two European tax havens receive more than a quarter of all global foreign direct investment, ActionAid said on Tuesday, calling for an international deal to tackle tax avoidance and reduce poverty. Luxembourg and the Netherlands receive almost 26 percent of the world's foreign investment, although they earn less than 1 …
The aim of the study was to evaluate the associations between long-term exposure to air pollution and non accidental and cause-specific mortality in the Netherlands based on existing national databases.
Order of the Hague District Court in the matter of Urgenda Foundation Vs The State of the Netherlands (Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) dated 24/06/2015 regarding action to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands. The Hague District Court has ruled today that the State must take more …
Call it a Roomba for the ocean. A young Dutch innovator has come up with a boom invention to help the Pacific Ocean rid itself of some of the 8 million tons of plastics. Boyan Slat's plan is to set up enormous floating barriers in rotating tidal locations around the …
In adults with acute stroke, infections occur commonly and are associated with an unfavourable functional outcome. In the Preventive Antibiotics in Stroke Study (PASS) we aimed to establish whether or not preventive antimicrobial therapy with a third-generation cephalosporin, ceftriaxone, improves functional outcome in patients with acute stroke.
Average carbon dioxide emissions of new cars sold in the European Union fell 2.6 percent last year, beating goals set for 2015 as part of efforts to slow climate change, the European Environment Agency (EEA) said on Wednesday. Average emissions slipped to 123.4 grammes of carbon dioxide per kilometre, below …
The Dutch government apologized on Monday for ignoring risks posed by earthquakes caused by production of natural gas in the northern province of Groningen. The apology follows a Feb. 18 report by the country's independent Safety Board that found that the government, together with Royal Shell and Exxon, had put …
The Netherlands has begun distributing this year's quota of free carbon permits to industry, the Dutch Emissions Authority (NEA) said on Thursday. The allocation of EU Allowances (EUAs), will add supply to a market already awash with permits and could put more pressure on carbon prices, which are now below …
Reforms to strengthen the EU’s flagship policy for cutting carbon, the emissions trading scheme (ETS), will start at the end of 2018 following a vote by MEPs on Tuesday. The carbon market is supposed to drive Europe’s transition to cleaner sources of energy, but a cocktail of recession, free allocations …
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has announced the launch of the Offshore Wind Policy and Market Assessment Outlook. This report is a crucial link to facilitating the development of a roadmap for offshore wind power in India. The report was developed as a part of the FOWIND (Facilitating Offshore …
This index report ranks countries based on their economic output per unit of energy consumed. Commissioned by Philips, the energy productivity index was authored by The Lisbon Council, Ecofys and Quintel Intelligence. Next to ranking the current performance of countries, the report also presents scenarios for the European Union and …
Britain's ethnic minorities are breathing the most polluted air. A first of its kind scientific analysis has found a big difference in air pollution across communities in England, with deprived and ethnic minority areas the worst affected. Air pollution levels are linked to many forms of ill health, including higher …
THE CHEAPEST AND cleanest energy choice of all is not to waste it. Progress on this has been striking yet the potential is still vast. Improvements in energy efficiency since the 1970s in 11 IEA member countries that keep the right kind of statistics (America, Australia, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, …
Shell Petroleum and Development Company has denied that it lied to a Dutch court in The Hague about oil pollution in the Niger Delta. The multinational company, half owned by Nigerian government and with significant Dutch shareholding, said sabotage, not company negligence, caused the spills in 2004 along the Trans-Niger …
The Abbott government has confirmed it will snub the United Nations Green Climate Fund to assist developing nations cope with global warming, absenting Australia from the fund's first pledging conference. The fund hopes to reach its initial goal of raising $US10 billion ($11.4 billion) at a conference at Berlin on …
(Reuters) - Bird flu was found on a duck farm in England on Monday days after it was discovered in Dutch chickens, forcing authorities to destroy poultry and restrict exports, although it was not a strain known to be deadly to humans. Health officials said the outbreak may have been …
BAGLUNG, OCT 31 - Unlike in the past, Narmaya Pun of Bobang VDC in the district is relieved of her compulsion to walk three hours to fetch water from nearby source of water, thanks to a drinking water project implemented in her village. One thousand and five hundred people of …
A deadly new disease has emerged that is wiping out amphibians, scientists report. A number of viruses have been found in northern Spain that are killing frog, toad and newt species. Infected animals can suffer from ulcers on their skin and die from internal bleeding. Researchers fear the strains, which …
The UK has the highest rate in the world of one of the two main cancers of the food pipe or gullet, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Men are around four times as likely as women to develop adenocarcinoma (AC), a type of oesophageal cancer, it says. Obesity could …
