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World Meteorological Organization has released its latest report on the state of the global climate, highlighting accelerating changes across key environmental indicators. According to the report State of the Global Climate 2025, the period from 2015 to 2025 has been…

Global Reporting Initiative has released a new set of draft standards aimed at strengthening how companies report environmental pollution. The proposals cover three key areas: air pollution, soil contamination and major environmental incidents. Under the proposed air pollution standard, companies…

The World Smart City Awards, a prestigious and widely recognized program that honors urban projects and strategies that are transforming the way people live, work, and interact with their cities, has announced its call for applications. The awards recognize exemplary…

NVIDIA and Uber have announced a major expansion of their autonomous vehicle partnership, which includes a plan to bring their Level 4 (L4) robotaxi service to 28 cities by 2028. The deployment of this service is expected to begin in…

Italy has called for a temporary halt to the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) amid an increasingly divided debate about the future of the European Union’s climate policy and the ETS system. Italian Industry Minister Adolfo Urso stated that…

March 20 marks the International Day of Happiness, a reminder that wellbeing is not a “soft” topic but a core pillar of sustainable development. For cities, governments and businesses alike, the question is no longer just how to grow, but…

Five local governments in Serbia – Kragujevac, Pirot, Veliko Gradište, Raška and Vrnjačka Banja – have joined a new smart city development program aimed at improving urban services, resource management and quality of life. The initiative is financed under the…

Researchers in Austria are demonstrating how wood industry by-products can be transformed into high-value pharmaceutical ingredients, offering a promising alternative to fossil-based chemistry. At the center of this innovation is lignin, a largely underutilized component of wood, which can be…

A new international study has identified 28 climate policies that consistently lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions across different countries and sectors. Researchers analysed 1,737 individual climate measures implemented in 40 countries over a 32-year period, developing a new statistical…

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has recently published a report examining the global scale of illegal waste trafficking and its environmental and public health impacts. According to the study Waste Crimes and Trafficking, this criminal market generates up…