Energy

Commitment to promote green energy

BRICS delegates agree to pursue joint research and technology transfer in the endeavour

Publication Date: 
06/07/2016
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa, LEDs, Power Industry, Energy
Wildlife

Border security fencing and wildlife: The end of the transboundary paradigm in Eurasia?

The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe has seen many countries rush to construct border security fencing to divert or control the flow of people. This follows a trend of border fence construction across Eurasia during the post-9/11 era. This development has gone largely unnoticed by conservation biologists during an era in which, ironically, transboundary cooperation has emerged as a conservation paradigm. These fences represent a major threat to wildlife because they can cause mortality, obstruct access to seasonally important resources, and reduce effective population size.

Publication Date: 
22/06/2016
John D. C. Linnell, Arie Trouwborst, Luigi Boitani & et al
PLoS Biology
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Tags:
Wildlife, Conflicts, Refugees, Biodiversity, Croatia, Slovenia, China, Mongolia, Migration, Asia, Mammals, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia, Europe
Forests

Russia significantly under-reporting wildfires, figures show

Forest wildfires rampaging across Russia are being significantly under-reported by authorities, according to analysis of satellite data.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2016
Guardian (UK)
Tags:
Forests, Forest Fires, Russia, Forest Management
Energy

Maximising the yield of biomass from residues of agricultural crops and biomass from forestry: final report

There is a huge potential for yield increase of agricultural crop residues and biomass from forestry in the European Union, Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.

Publication Date: 
13/06/2016
Yasir Iqbal, Iris Lewandowski, Axel Weinreich, & et al
Ecofys
Tags:
Biomass, Crop Residues, Agriculture, Forests, European Union (EU), Ukraine, Belarus, Russia
Health

Global economic downturn linked with at least 260,000 excess cancer deaths

The economic crisis of 2008-10, and the rise in unemployment that accompanied it, was associated with more than 260,000 excess cancer-related deaths--including many considered treatable--within the

Publication Date: 
26/05/2016
Eurek Alert
Tags:
Health, Cancer, Economy, OECD, Barbados, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Mexico, Poland, Russia
Climate Change

Russia at odds with Chinese, US push for fast approval of climate pact

Russia set itself at odds with a drive by China and the United States for rapid ratification of a global agreement to slow climate change when a senior official said on Wednesday that Moscow first

Publication Date: 
26/05/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Agreements, Russia, China, United States Of America (US), Fossil Fuels, Green House Gases, Kyoto Protocol
Climate Change

2016 set to be hottest year since 1880 after 12 consecutive record-breaking months

Graph from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association shows 2016 shows this year significantly hotter than ever the last few hot years.Graphic courtesy of NOAA

Publication Date: 
26/05/2016
International Business Times
Tags:
Climate Change, Atmosphere And Ozone Layer, Fossil Fuels, Global Warming, Glacial Melt, Antarctica, Russia, Alaska
Agriculture

Russia becomes world's leading wheat exporter

MOSCOW, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Russia has become the world's leader in the export of wheat, surpassing the United States and Canada, Russian Minister of Agriculture Alexander Tkachev said Thursday.

Publication Date: 
29/04/2016
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Agriculture, Wheat, Food Crops, Exports, Russia
Energy

Radical action needed to decarbonize world energy supply: report

More radical action is needed to decarbonize the world's energy supply and improve energy efficiency to keep the global temperature rise to below 2 degrees Celsius, the Energy Transitions Commissio

Publication Date: 
28/04/2016
Planet Ark (Australia)
Tags:
Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Energy Efficiency, Power Industry, India, China, United States Of America (US), Russia, Japan, Iran, European Union (EU), Nigeria, Ethiopia, Global Warming, Climate Change
Science And Technology

Russia launches rocket from newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome

Russia launched a Soyuz-2.1a space rocket from the newly-built Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Far Eastern Amur region in the early hours of Thursday, TASS news agency reported.

Publication Date: 
28/04/2016
Shanghai Daily (China)
Tags:
Science And Technology, Space Technology, Russia

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