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IEA: Coal Will Dominate The Next Decade
A new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that coal will be the leading energy source in the world by 2022 due to the demand from India and China. “Coal’s share of the global energy mix continues to grow each year,” says IEA executive director Maria Van der Hoeven to BBC News. “If no [...]
UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development
For more than five years, the UN has been behind efforts to broadensustainable education around the world. In December 2002, the UnitedNations General Assembly adopted resolution 57/254 to put in place aUnited Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD),spanning the years 2005 to 2014. UNESCO was designated as the leadagency for the Decade. The [...]
The Hottest Decade on Record
The past decade was the hottest ever recorded and global temperatures are now rising at a rate of about one-fifth of a degree Fahrenheit every decade, according to the annual “State of theClimate” report issued by the U.S. National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA). More than 300 climate scientists in 48 countriesused a wide variety of [...]
Last Decade Warmest on Record
The World Meteorological Organization’s latest reportdemonstrates that 2000-2009 is the warmest decade since modernmeasurements began recording temperatures around 1850. In its annualreport, “WMO Statement on the Status of the Global Climate,” the WMOalso found that 2009 is nominally ranked as the fifth warmest on record. “Data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organizationconfirms that 2009 [...]