Issues & Trends

2016-03-13	The more we learn about Antarctica’s past, the scarier the present looks For the second time in a month, leading scientists have closely tied the ancient history of the vast Antarctic ice sheet to a key planetary parameter that humans are now controlling — the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
2016-03-07	Drought In Eastern Mediterranean Worst In Past 900 Years A new NASA study finds that the recent drought that began in 1998 in the eastern Mediterranean Levant region, which comprises Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey, is likely the worst drought of the past nine centuries.
2016-02-21	PV Cycle achieves record 96% recycle rate for silicon-based PV modules. PV Cycle, a not-for-profit compliance and waste management programme solar PV technology in Europe, has achieved a record recycling rate of 96% for silicon-based PV modules. Previous records stood at around 90%, a PV Cycle spokeswoman told PV Tech.
2016-02-14	UN: Weather and climate dominate 2015 disaster trends Hottest year on record linked to soaring levels of drought, heatwaves and rising seas, but better warning systems mean fewer deaths
2016-02-10	China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)'s First Loan China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) first investment should be — without a doubt — the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAEG) and Trans-ASEAN Electricity Grid (TAEG). No other Asian infrastructure project achieves as many positive outcomes for China, Asia and the world.
2016-02-10	Tapping into the Maritime-Tracking Space Race The quest to turn big data on cargo shipping into winning trading strategies would not be possible if not for recent advances in satellites, microprocessing and analytics.
2016-02-01	Japan Building World's Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Kyocera Corp. has come up with a smart way to build and deploy solar power plants without gobbling up precious agricultural land in space-challenged Japan: build the plants on freshwater dams and lakes.
2016-02-01	SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: WILL THE WORLD STICK TO ITS NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS? As those of us who struggle to keep our resolutions know, following through on a New Year’s commitment isn’t easy. This year, however, the world has big plans.
2016-02-01	Climate change means more fear, less fun for global middle class - UBS BARCELONA, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The erosion of wealth among the world's middle class due to climate change is a threat to economic and social stability which could spur its 1 billion members to push for action on global warming, Swiss bank UBS Group AG said.
2016-02-01	Migrant crisis: EU needs 'massive' resettlement programme The head of the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has urged European leaders to set up a "massive" refugee resettlement programme.