Authored by Livia Miethke Morais The financial sector is waking up to the challenge of climate change and taking part in its solution. Since 2015, when the Paris Agreement was adopted, actions mobilising the financing sector have been unfolding. As recognised in the Paris Agreement itself, finance is a critical enabling factor for the low-carbon … Continued
Authored by Emma Wink and Alana Valero As part of this year’s Solutions Day at COP27, efforts to accelerate the development of green buildings are a central topic. The concept refers to a systems-approach to environmental responsibility and resource-efficiency; minimising life-cycle emissions, pollution, and waste. The construction and operation of buildings are responsible for approximately … Continued
Authored by Alana Valero and Emma Wink The uptake of electric vehicles (EVs) is driving the change towards emission-free and cost-efficient electric urban transportation solutions. Providing transport under a servitisation business model can support the transition to low-carbon mobility. How? The service or vehicle provider would be in charge of the upfront costs and all … Continued
Authored by Carla Della Maggiora and Alain Schilli There were five key issues discussed at COP27 this year, one of them being nature. The other four — food, water, industry decarbonisation and climate adaptation — are intrinsically linked to nature. Food production depends on biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES), such as the availability of pollinators … Continued
Authored by Hugo Manticello 2022 will be remembered as an inflexion point in climate change awareness, steered by people’s personal experiences of the calamities that unfolded in every corner of the world. While the year is not yet over, the continuous chain of once-in-a-century natural events that struck many parts of the globe provided a … Continued
Even without the weight of recent events bearing down on the global economy, the demand for food has never been higher. To meet this need, attention has been directed towards digital technology as an efficient tool in addressing the current and future global food security issues. Access to actionable data is a key component needed … Continued
Today’s children and young people are facing challenges unique in human history. Their generation will have to deal with unmatched climate extremes. According to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), children born in 2020 will face almost three times as many wildfires, droughts, crop failures, and almost seven times more heatwaves than people born in the … Continued
BASE and Empa are proud to release Coldtivate, an open access, data-science-based mobile application that provides access to postharvest expertise and allows farmers to maximise benefits from cooling in India and Nigeria. The image that the word farmer conjures up in today’s context has evolved from what we would have imagined a few decades ago. … Continued
Heatwaves in India send a chilling reminder Unprecedented deadly heatwaves swept the Indian subcontinent in March and April 2022, soaring past 45 degrees Celsius in many parts of the country. With global temperatures rising, such heatwaves are likely to become more intense, occur more frequently, and last for longer durations. Caught in the belly of … Continued
The Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy, the United Nations Environment Programme’s United for Efficiency (U4E) initiative and the Energy Commission of Ghana are excited to unveil a new video documenting the implementation of the ECOFRIDGES GO programme in Ghana. Through interactions with different stakeholders, the video explores the key benefits realised by the programme and … Continued