AFED at UNEP’s Environment Outlook Network in Amman 14/5/2015

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) organized a regional consultation in Amman on the Arab content of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO). ...more

New climate deal seen aiding GDP, lacking sanctions: U.N. chief 14/5/2015

A U.N. deal to combat global warming due in December will seek to lift world economic growth and be based more on encouragement than threats of punishment for non-compliance, the U.N.'s climate chief said on Wednesday. ...more

Argentine judge to decide Sandra the orangutan's fate 14/5/2015

An Argentine judge began hearing expert testimony this week to decide what to do with an orangutan named Sandra after another court ruled she was entitled to certain human rights, including the right to be freed from the Buenos Aires Zoo. ...more

$19bn e-waste black market 'threatening the planet' 14/5/2015

Up to 90% of the global electronic waste produced each year - worth nearly $19bn - is illegally traded or dumped, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ...more

Bolivia's low-cost silent solar car (VIDEO) 14/5/2015

A new-look set of wheels is on the streets of one of Bolivia's highest cities, El Alto. Powered by the sun's rays, what it lacks in speed, it makes up for in efficiency. ...more

Environmental technology supplier entrusted with first project worldwide for NORM waste incineration 13/5/2015

Environmental technology supplier Tecam Group (Spain) has been awarded the first project worldwide for NORM (Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) waste incineration. ...more

Separating rare earth metals with UV light 13/5/2015

Researchers from the KU Leuven Department of Chemical Engineering have discovered a method to separate two rare earth elements – europium and yttrium – with UV light instead of with traditional solvents. ...more

G7 energy ministers upbeat on Paris climate deal 13/5/2015

Energy ministers from the Group of Seven industrial nations said on Tuesday there was unprecedented consensus among them on the urgency of limiting climate change, markedly improving prospects for a U.N. climate deal in Paris later this year. ...more

The environmental impacts of common consumer products 13/5/2015

A new study estimates for the first time how much land and water well-known brands such as Apple, Kraft and Gap use in a year, and what’s needed to manufacture some of the products they sell. ...more

Breakup fears for massive Antarctic ice shelf: study 13/5/2015

The largest ice shelf in the Antarctic peninsula is being thinned by warmer seas and air and could catastrophically break up, scientists said on Wednesday. ...more