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Medellín will have 65 electric buses in service by the end of the year, making it the second-largest electric bus fleet in Latin America.

An Increasingly Urbanized Latin America Turns to Electric Buses

From Colombia to Argentina, major cities in Latin America are starting to adopt electric bus fleets. In a region with the highest use of buses per person globally, officials believe...
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7 Amazon Rainforest Countries Sign Pact to Come Together in Response to Wildfires

Seven Amazon countries signed a pact Friday to protect the world’s largest tropical rainforest in response to the record-breaking number of wildfires that have blazed through the Amazon rainforest this summer, Reuters reported. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru...
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How an impact investment firm co-founder sees the future of capitalism

A full five years ago, the CAPROCK Group surpassed $1 billion in impact-oriented assets under management. In the process, the firm committed its own resources to field building. It seeded and anchored...
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New method for detecting microplastics beneath our feet

Researchers from CRC CARE have developed a new method to detect microplastics in the ground using infrared light and powerful visualisation software. Dr. Megharaj Mallavarapu says that this research fills...
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Amazon countries seal pact against destruction of rainforest

Countries of South America’s Amazon region on Friday announced measures for its preservation following devastating wildfires and growing concern over the destruction of the world’s biggest rainforest. The seven countries...
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Experts say adapting to climate change can pay off manifold

Experts say adapting to climate change can pay off manifold

A group of leaders from business, politics and science have called for a massive investment in adapting to climate change over the next decade, arguing it would reap significant returns...
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Green Bonds from Telecom Sector Total Nearly $3B in First Half, with More to Come

The telecom sector is increasingly active in the green bond market, with three companies – Telefonica, Verizon, and Vodafone – having issued green bonds in the first half of 2019....
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Deep transformations needed to achieve sustainable development goals

The Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change call for deep transformations that require complementary actions by governments, civil society, science, and business. IIASA contributed to a...
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Sustainable Natural Rubber: Pathways, Policies and Partnerships

On September 24-26, stakeholders from around the world and across the rubber value chain will come together in Hat Yai, Thailand, to discuss the challenges and opportunities that we face...
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From Ikea to Gap, firms aim to use scarce water more wisely

With population growth and climate change making water a scarcer resource, companies say using water wisely is key to remaining profitable. People line up to collect drinking water from a public...
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Paris is opening the world’s largest urban rooftop farm

Just outside of the French capital, an urban farm is being built that will supply a tonne of food a day. Image: REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes Europe’s most densely populated city is...
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$87M wildlife bridge in California will be a haven for mountain lions

Mountain lions in Southern California will have a safer place to roam by 2023 thanks to an $87 million bridge being designed northwest of Los Angeles and spread out above the busy...
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