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Sustainable Homes Start with Smart Design
Homes play a major role in shaping both environmental outcomes and everyday living. From how a home is designed to how it uses energy, water, and materials, eac ...
April 29, 2026 | No Comments
Call for Sustainable Building
Around 39% of global CO₂ emissions come from buildings, with urbanization, economic growth and the need for cooling due to rising temperatures increasing the en ...
March 16, 2026 | No Comments
Global Press Freedom Under Attack
Press freedom is under attack worldwide. Today, the most serious risks include killings, imprisonment, surveillance, abusive laws, internet shutdowns, and the ...
March 15, 2026 | No Comments
SDG Economic Development
It is well known that recessions have economic and social impacts, while little attention is paid to their impact on the environment and ongoing climate action. ...
March 14, 2026 | No Comments
Challenging IPCC Science
Uncertainties characterizing climate science, the economy and their interrelationships are a compelling argument for considering ambiguity and misspecification ...
March 13, 2026 | No Comments
Monitoring SDG Progress
The SDG Tracker presents data across all available indicators from the Our World in Data database using official statistics from the UN and other international ...
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On the Role of Construction in Achieving the SDGs
Construction and real estate have been central to the debates on sustainable development. Where the dominant definition of sustainability in the built environment focuses on the environmental dimension, the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offer opportunities for the building sector to expand its focus. Green ...
Posted on 05/02/25
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- 04/04/25 (Energy Live News) — Forget Trump’s Tariffs – Climate Change could Wipe 40% off World Economy — The financial cost of climate change has been significantly underestimated, according to new research saying it could cut the world’s GDP by almost half. A recent study from UNSW Sydney factors in the full global reach of extreme weather, suggests the damage to the world’s economy could be far worse than previously th ...
- 03/10/25 (Foreign Policy) — Comrade Trump — Why is he acting exactly like a Russian asset would? A few years ago, it would have looked like mission impossible for even the most capable Russian spy. Divide the United States from its allies? Undermining international mutualistic relationships, encouraging cooperative partnerships between nations? Withdrawal fr ...
- 27/03/25 (IISD) — UN Report Calls for Making Development Cooperation “Fit for Purpose” — The report, "Trends and Progress in International Development Cooperation", calls for a turn around in official development assistance (ODA) flows and for “development cooperation on quality, impact and effectiveness to be refocused and for the development cooperation architecture at both the global and country level t ...
- 21/03/25 (The New Republic) — Trump Hints U.S. Could Go to War with Allies Someday in Wild Presser — Donald Trump announced a new investment in military aircraft production Friday, revealing that he had contracted Boeing to develop “the world’s first sixth-generation” fighter jet, named the F-47 – and managed to threaten America’s allies in the process. “It’s something the likes of which nobody has seen before, in te ...
- 27/03/25 (Al Jazeera) — Trump Announces 25 Percent Tariffs on Cars, Ramping Up Trade War — United States President Donald Trump has announced a 25% tariff on imported cars and car parts, his latest salvo in a widening trade war that has stoked tensions with partners and allies. Speaking at the White House on 26 March, Trump said the tariffs would “take back” money from foreign countries that have been “taki ...
- 20/03/25 (Foreign Policy) — U.S. Allies Adjust Travel Advisories Amid Trump Immigration Crackdowns — The Trump administration’s hard-line approach to immigration is raising concerns among key allies and leading them to keep a closer eye on how their citizens are treated when they travel to the United States in the wake of recent detentions and deportations. Germany updated its advice for travelers heading to the Unit ...
- 22/03/25 (The Economic Times) — Donald Trump’s Major Makeover of US Diplomacy Leaves Many Allies at a Loss — Before President Donald Trump took office for a second time, European officials thought they had him figured out. He was transactional, they said, a man motivated by a good deal, some bragging they knew how to do business with him based on their interactions with him in his first term. But, Trump in 2025 is not the s ...
- 19/02/25 (POLITICO) — Trump’s America is Putin’s Ally Now — A war forces people to pick a side. And Donald Trump as seen by many in Europe is siding with Vladimir Putin. Europe’s politicians are beginning to grasp how profoundly their world has changed. They must now deal with an America that is at best skeptical and at worst hostile to the old world they represent. If ther ...
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