Building the Climate Resilience of the Urban PoorBuilding the Climate Resilience of the Urban Poor, a new initiative coordinated by UN-Habitat, will be presented at the Climate Action Summit on 23 September 2019, in New York. The summit will be a moment to show what strong leadership and action look like, putting into action the Paris Agreement. Climate change is already causing huge damage. Without urgent action and much greater ambition, it will get much worse. The Secretary General has convened the Climate Action Summit to spark the transformations that are needed and that can deliver huge benefits to all.Read more
Forest emits CO2 during heat waveForests absorb a lot of CO2 from the air in the summer, but during the heat wave at the end of July, forests in the Netherlands emitted CO2. This is shown by measurements taken by the University of Twente.Read more
Building the Climate Resilience of the Urban Poor
Forest emits CO2 during heat wave
H2020 INGENIOUS project aims at making first responders safer and more effective
A minute to midnight
"Satellite images of forest fires are reliable"
Early detection of European spruce bark beetles with remote sensing
VENI grant for Monika Kuffer
ITC contributes to drone test lab project UIVER
"World needs a global system to detect and halt spread of crop disease"
Elephants walk more direct paths under risk of poaching, says new study
Extreme heat to hit one third of the african urban population
Drones: the next generation of farming
