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Sustainability
15
Aug

UN General Assembly Adopts Landmark Resolution Recognizing Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Environment as Human Right

August 15, 2022
GA/124372 8 JULY 2022 With 161 Votes in Favour, 8 Abstentions, General Assembly Adopts Landmark Resolution Recognizing Clean, Healthy, Sustainable Environment as Human Right With 161 votes in favour and 8 abstentions, the General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution today recognizing the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right and...
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16
Apr

CLIMATE CHANGE BILL, REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

April 16, 2022
(As introduced in the National Assembly (proposed section 76); explanatory summary ofBill and prior notice of its introduction published in Government Gazette No. 45299 of11 October 2021) https://cer.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/B9-2022_Climate_Change.pdf
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16
Feb

The energy use implications of 5G: Reviewing whole network operational energy, embodied energy, and indirect effects

February 16, 2022
Laurence Williams, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Timothy J. Foxon, The energy use implications of 5G: Reviewing whole network operational energy, embodied energy, and indirect effects, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 157, 2022, 112033, ISSN 1364-0321, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.112033.(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1364032121012958) Highlights • We find that the literature on green 5G and future mobile networks is dominated by small-scale, single...
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21
Oct

Issue Of Sustainability On Light Pollution From The Perspective Of Maqasid Shariah

October 21, 2021
Muhamad Syazwan Faid, Mohd Nawawi, M. S. A. ., & Mohd Paidi Norman. (2021). Issue Of Sustainability On Light Pollution From The Perspective Of Maqasid Shariah. Journal of Fatwa Management and Research, 26(2), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.33102/jfatwa.vol26no2.390 ABSTRACT In the growing tension of discussing human development, sustainability is endorsed as the answer to providing a just and balanced resolution....
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16
Jul

Looking Earthward for inspiration to clean up space

July 16, 2021
https://twitter.com/spacegovuk/status/1415970780161187840?s=20 Harriet Brettle, Posted on:16 July 2021 – Categories: Space surveillance and tracking As space becomes busier and critical orbits become increasingly crowded, there is a pressing need to ensure the safe and sustainable use of the outer space environment. At the recent G7 summit in Cornwall, G7 nations published a joint statement committing to the safe and sustainable use...
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05
Jul

Great British Lift Off Podcast – Space Junk and how we’ll clean it up

July 5, 2021
JULY 01, 2021  SEASON 1 EPISODE 6 Listen to the podcast at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1775212/8794454 Show notes The human race is making another mess – this time it’s in orbit. Broadcaster Kim McAllister and space expert Dr Murray Collins discuss the issue of space junk with experts whose work is suffering and with the entrepreneurs who are trying to solve the problem. Andy...
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09
Jan

A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor.

January 9, 2021
Murgatroyd, M, Bouten, W, Amar, A. A predictive model for improving placement of wind turbines to minimise collision risk potential for a large soaring raptor. J Appl Ecol. 2020; 00: 1– 12.  https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13799 Win-win for wind energy and eagles 06 January 2021 By BES Press Office Researchers create new tool that allows wind turbine developers to minimise risk of collisions with eagles. The...
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13
Oct

ESOF online session on the future development of European cities

October 13, 2020
Translated from German, original article at: https://www.dhbw-stuttgart.de/artikel/esof-online-session-zur-zukunftsentwicklung-europaeischer-staedte/ 22.09.2020 The “European Science Open Forum (ESOF)”, one of the largest European conferences on science and politics, took place in Trieste/Italy in early September. The DHBW Stuttgart was represented with an online panel discussion on the topic of “Smart EcoDigital Cities and Regions – Challenges and solutions for...
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26
Dec

5G will increase energy demands of data centers, study claims

December 26, 2019
New telecom demands in Germany will burn as much electricity as Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund combined, says Aachen report. December 12, 2019  By Peter Judge Newly introduced 5G mobile communications will drastically increase the energy demands of data centers, according to a German study sponsored by utility provider E.ON. The report (PDF, German) from RWTH Aachen University,...
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13
Dec

AI Now 2019 report

December 13, 2019
Crawford, Kate, Roel Dobbe, Theodora Dryer, Genevieve Fried, Ben Green, Elizabeth Kaziunas, Amba Kak, Varoon Mathur, Erin McElroy, Andrea Nill Sánchez, Deborah Raji, Joy Lisi Rankin, Rashida Richardson, Jason Schultz, Sarah Myers West, and Meredith Whittaker. AI Now 2019 Report . New York: AI Now Institute, 2019, https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2019_Report.html . Extract: 2.4 AI and the Climate...
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