Melting ice caps, catastrophic hurricanes, floods and drought plunging entire regions into a water crisis. These are the drastic images often associated with climate change. But what's actually being done on the ground to halt global warming? What kind of projects are helping to reduce emissions, inform people and spurring them to change their lifestyles?
Watch the videos on ideasforaCOOLERworld.org to see the latest on the coolest projects to save the planet.
A new start for old mills in Nepal | short version
Is there a way to update traditional and now obsolete machines to make them ...
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A new start for old mills in Nepal
Is there a way to update traditional and now obsolete machines to make them ...
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Solar stadiums in Brazil
Brazil is a solar energy pioneer in Latin America. The country’s biggest p...
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Solar stadiums in Brazil
Brazil is a solar energy pioneer in Latin America. The country’s biggest p...
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Cooking without firewood in Madagascar | short version
Madagascar, once a lush, green island in the Indian Ocean, has seen vast swa...
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Cooking without firewood in Madagascar
Madagascar, once a lush, green island in the Indian Ocean, has seen vast swa...
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How to Tighten Up Your Home | Infofilm
Global Ideas seeks answers to pressing, complex questions on climate change....
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Eco-friendly palm oil in Colombia | short version
Palm oil is a valuable commodity. It’s cheaper than other plant-based oils...
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Eco-friendly palm oil in Colombia
Palm oil is a valuable commodity. It’s cheaper than other plant-based oils...
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Electricity from mustard plant harvests
Harvest residue from mustard plants were earlier simply burned in India. Now...
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Electricity from mustard plant harvests
Harvest residue from mustard plants were earlier simply burned in India. Now...
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Electricity from mustard plant harvests
Harvest residue from mustard plants were earlier simply burned in India. Now...
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Cleaning up Lake Managua
For decades, household sewage and industrial effluents generated by resident...
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Cleaning up Lake Managua | Short Version
For decades, household sewage and industrial effluents generated by resident...
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Women in Bangladesh fight climate change | Short Version
Soils with high salt levels are incapable of producing good harvests. Drough...
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Women in Bangladesh fight climate change
Soils with high salt levels are incapable of producing good harvests. Drough...
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Thai firms on low-carbon path | Short Version
The demand for energy in developing countries is skyrocketing, especially in...
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Coconut briquettes in Cambodia | Short Version
The humble coconut has the power to save Cambodia’s forests. Because wood ...
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Coconut briquettes in Cambodia
The humble coconut has the power to save Cambodia’s forests. Because wood ...
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What is your personal CO2 balance? | Global Ideas
Global Ideas seeks to break down pressing, complex issues about climate chan...
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Water Strategy for Bolivia | short version
Precipitation in Bolivia has become unpredictable - rainfall is heavier but ...
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Water Strategy for Bolivia
Precipitation in Bolivia has become unpredictable - rainfall is heavier but ...
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Thai industries on low-carbon path
Energy use is rising rapidly in emerging economies, especially those with st...
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Pedal power to recharge light | Short Version
Rural Rwandan households usually rely on dangerous and unhealthy kerosene la...
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Pedal power to recharge light
Rural Rwandan households usually rely on dangerous and unhealthy kerosene la...
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Chile - children's project in the Andes | Short Version
Millions of Facebook users plant crops and tend to their own farm in the pop...
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Chile - children's project in the Andes
Millions of Facebook users plant crops and tend to their own farm in the pop...
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Composting for a cause in Capetown | Short Version
For years, green waste such as shrubs, cuttings and plant remains from parks...
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Composting for a cause in Capetown
For years, green waste such as shrubs, cuttings and plant remains from parks...
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Cashing in on camel milk in Kenya | Short Version
The cow is the most important farm animal in parts of Africa. But climate ch...
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Hydropower in Sri Lanka
In Sri Lanka, hydropower could be the key to ensuring a clean and stable ene...
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Hydropower in Sri Lanka | short version
In Sri Lanka, hydropower could be the key to ensuring a clean and stable ene...
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Kenya's dairy industry switches from cows to camels
The cow is the most important farm animal in parts of Africa. But climate ch...
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Volcanic power in El Salvador | Short Version
El Salvador is well-known for its majestic, powerful volcanoes. The hot, ste...
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Volcanic power in El Salvador
El Salvador is well-known for its majestic, powerful volcanoes. The hot, ste...
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Solar power shops in the Philippines | Short Version
On the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, many villages go dark at night....
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Solar power shops in the Philippines
On the island of Mindoro in the Philippines, many villages go dark at night....
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Solar-powered irrigation in Nicaragua | short version
Climate change has made rainfall in Nicaragua increasingly erratic and the l...
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Solar-powered irrigation in Nicaragua
Rainfall is increasingly erratic in Nicaragua, and the long periods of droug...
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What economic value do forests have? | a Global Ideas informa...
GLOBAL Ideas seeks to break down complex issues regarding climate change. Th...
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Combating climate change in Laos
The Nam Phui national protected area in Laos near the border with Thailand p...
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Combating climate change in Laos
The Nam Phui national protected area in Laos near the border with Thailand p...
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Does global warming really exist? | GLOBAL IDEAS
Global Ideas is on to find the basic answers to climate issues. In our serie...
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Gorilla habitat in Rwanda
Rwanda's verdant Virunga forests are home to rare mountain gorillas. Their h...
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Lima's looming water crisis
It hardly ever rains in the Peruvian capital of Lima, which is surrounded by...
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Taking the climate train in South Africa
Environmental protection is a largely neglected issue in South Africa and th...
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Greening Russia's 2014 Winter Olympics
In the city of Sochi in Russia, preparations are well underway for the Winte...
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Saving Kenya's forests
The Kasigau Corridor located between Kenya’s Tsavo East and Tsavo West Na...
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Saving Kenya's forests
The Kasigau Corridor located between Kenya’s Tsavo East and Tsavo West Na...
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Protecting Guatemala's forests
Guatemala's third-largest national park "Sierra del Lacandon," located in th...
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Wind energy in Turkey
Turkey’s economy is growing fast. The need for energy is also on the rise,...
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Hydropower in Bosnia
Energy generated from hydropower has been Bosnia’s biggest export for deca...
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Smart energy ideas in Germany
It may be a small, sleepy farming community in southern Germany, but Wildpol...
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Eco-friendly transport in China
China is becoming ever wealthier – especially the country’s middle class...
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Energy from used cooking oil in Austria
Have you ever wondered what happens to all that used cooking fat in restaura...
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GLOBAL IDEAS: Jeremy Rifkin, Foundation on Economic Trends
Jeremy Rifkin is the president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, he has ...
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Denmark's carbon-neutral island
The Danish island of Samsö has been carbon-neutral for years, generating mo...
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London's Green Olympics
The countdown is on – in less than a year, London is to host the Olympic G...
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Electric rickshaws in the Netherlands
Three wheels, an axis and a two-stroke engine – that’s the classic motor...
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Tidal power in Northern Ireland
Waves and tides contain enough energy to meet the electricity needs of all o...
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Food security in Ethiopia
Extreme drought and famine in East Africa have affected over 12 million peop...
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Web Special: Helicopter approach to Monte Rosa Hut
For his shoot on location at Monte Rosa Hut in the Swiss Alps our reporter S...
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Eco tourism in Switzerland
Global warming has already made an impact on tourism in the Swiss Alps. Seve...
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Partying with a green conscience
Europe’s largest indie and electronic music festival emits as much carbon ...
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Wind energy in Vietnam
Vietnam's thirst for energy is growing, and being quenched with power statio...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements: Izabella Teixeira, Brazilian environ...
New data show that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest is on th...
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Water security in northern India
In the Indian state of Sikkim, some 80 percent of farmers get their water fr...
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GLOBAL IDEAS interview with C. B. Bhattacharya at the SBRT, B...
Today we had the opportunity to talk to C. B. Bhattacharya, E.ON Chair Profe...
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GLOBAL IDEAS: Robin Chase, ITF
Robin Chase is the founder & CEO of Buzzcar, an peer to peer carsharing comp...
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GLOBAL IDEAS: Jack Short, ITF
Jack Short is the Secretary General of the International Transport Forum. He...
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Eco loans in Serbia
Serbia's energy infrastructure is in desperate need of an overhaul. Though d...
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Stemming the flood in Bangladesh
Life in Bangladesh is determined by the two largest rivers in South Asia, th...
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Gita Wirjawan, Head of Indonesia's Investment Board
Gita Wirjawan heads up the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board. He talke...
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Gita Wirjawan, Head of Indonesia's Investment Board
Gita Wirjawan heads up the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board. He talke...
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Russia's melting permafrost
For generations, Russia’s nomadic Nenets have been hunting and herding rei...
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Renewables on the Cape Verde Islands
The Cape Verde Islands get plenty of sunshine and strong winds all year long...
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Dry forest protection in Zambia
The region of West Lunga in western Zambia is home to the vast Miombo dry wo...
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Eco-industrial parks in India
Many industrial firms in the Indian subcontinent are housed in large industr...
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A thousand solar roofs for Brazil
Solar power is still rarely used in Brazil, despite ideal weather conditions...
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Energy-efficient vineyards in Chile
In the past, Chile?s winegrowers wasted vast amounts of energy. But now six ...
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Volunteers aim to protect threatened sea turtles
Sea turtles around the world are at risk from commercial fishing and the gro...
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Costa Rica's rich natural wealth
Costa Rica has a wealth of stunning landscapes – from dry woods, rainfores...
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Herbert Samuel, founder of "welectricity.com"
Welectricity is one of the top 10 ideas that hat been put forward in the Gen...
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Saving Russia's boreal forests
The Komi Republic in Russia is home to a wealth of biological diversity incl...
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Insuring harvests in Ghana
Recent years have seen West Africa plagued by extended dry seasons that spel...
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Renewable energy in the Caribbean
The Caribbean islands are still almost entirely dependent on oil for their e...
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Climate champions in Uganda
Uganda is one of the most fertile countries in Africa. So why are harvests g...
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Winds of change in Egypt
Not only is Egypt witnessing political change - it's also improving its envi...
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Turkey turns waste into electricity
In Turkey, household rubbish is usually deposited in large trash dumps and l...
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Water power in Taiwan
Taiwan is known as a hi-tech country. But the country still relies largely o...
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Green energy in Namibia
Africa boasts an abundance of natural resources that can be used to produce ...
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GLOBAL IDEAS: Best Practice models to fight climate change
Melting ice caps, catastrophic hurricanes, floods and drought plunging entir...
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Sisters doing it for themselves in Malawi
Over 90 percent of Malawi's rural population cook over an open fire. But tra...
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What makes rice a climate killer
For more than 3 billion people around the world - 50 percent of the global p...
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Micro-hydropower plants in Peru
Peru is among the countries hardest hit by climate change. The population is...
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Building efficiently in Ukraine
Most houses in Ukraine tend to waste huge amounts of energy, with windows th...
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Recycling in Bali
The scenic Indonesian island of Bali has a serious trash problem: It lacks a...
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Andrea Arzaba and Leela Raina
Meet Leela Raina from India and Andrea Arzaba from Mexico. The two young cli...
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Eco-friendly transport in Colombia
Medellin, the second-largest city in Colombia, poses a unique challenge to u...
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Spending a day with the UN Volunteers in Cambodia
GLOBAL IDEAS met the United Nations Volunteers of Cambodia celebrating the 1...
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Wind energy in Vietnam
Vietnam's thirst for energy is growing, and being quenched with power statio...
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Irrigation projects in Ethiopia
Small farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa are witnessing both drought and flooding...
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Renewable energy in Cambodia
Four out of five Cambodians lack access to the national electricity grid whi...
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Sushma Joshi, Nepal
Sushma Joshi is a Nepali writer and filmmaker based in Kathmandu, Nepal.
He...
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Dr. Anil Khurana, Director PRTM Management Consultants
Dr. Anil Khurana is a director of the PRTM Management Consultants, situated ...
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Doug Smith, Managing Director of Village Green Global
Doug Smith is the founder and Managing Director of Village Green Global, a c...
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Eva Oberender, reeep
Eva Oberender is the regional director for southeast asia & pacific @ reeep,...
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Samuel Tumiwa, Asian Development Bank
Samuel Tumiwa is a Principal Planning and Coordination Specialist at the Asi...
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Brazil switches to cleaner refrigerators
In the favelas of Brazil, old fridges are being traded in for new ones. At a...
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The Humboldt scholar from Mexico
International cooperations play a key role in the spread of climate protecti...
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Eco-Tourism in Thailand
The island of Kho Khao in Thailand was devastated by the 2004 tsunami. Recen...
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Ethan Zindler, Bloomberg New Energy Finance
Ethan Zindler is Head of Policy Analysis at Bloomberg New Energy Finance and...
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Dr. Bartosz Wojszczyk, GE Energy
Dr. Bartosz Wojszczyk is the Global Smart Grid Technical Solutions Leader at...
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Preserving the wetlands of Turkey
Wetlands play a key role in helping preserve biodiversity, and are also valu...
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Climate protection comes to Croatia
Renewable energy is a topic that has yet to top the political agenda in Croa...
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Fighting desertification in Morocco
Increasingly, arable land in Morocco is disappearing under the desert. Year ...
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Species protection in Suriname
Healthy rainforests are key to the planet's survival. But how exactly do the...
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Water Management in Madagascar
The Mahafaly Plateau in the southwestern region of Madagascar is one of the ...
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Biochar in India
Bio coal is helping transform agriculture in India. In the south of the coun...
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Stemming mountain-forest loss in Rwanda
Rwanda is one of the most densely populated countries in Africa, and also ho...
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Biogas in Nepal
A climate protection project under the aegis of the World Wildlife Fund is t...
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Eco-city Hamburg
Hamburg has scooped up the title "European green capital" for 2011. The nort...
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Protecting Papua New Guinea's natural wealth
Almost a third of the world’s coral reefs are considered destroyed. Marine...
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Solar-powered pumps in Gambia
Gambia has been hard hit by climate change, and one of the effects of global...
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Guyana's green economy
Many countries home to lush rainforests sell off timber to make way for indu...
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Bringing electricity to the Andes
Many villages in the remote northern highlands of Peru are not connected to ...
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Bringing energy to the Andes
Supplying energy to Peru’s remote north is costly and complicated. Even so...
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Bamboo houses in Colombia
Bamboo is a renewable building material. Capable of growing as much as 35 me...
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Eco supermarkets in South Africa
The refrigerators that supermarkets use to keep products fresh pose a major ...
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Peter Agre, USA
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Johann Deisenhofer, Germany
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Peter Grünberg, Germany
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Sir Harold W. Kroto, Great Britain
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Robert B. Laughlin, USA
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Yuan Lee, Taiwan
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Ryoji Noyori, Japan
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Energy efficiency in Kyrgyzstan
Awareness and understanding of energy efficiency needs to be improved in Kyr...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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GLOBAL IDEAS Statements: How will our world look in the futur...
What are the telltale signs of climate change, who's responsible for it and ...
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Climate Protection in Papua New Guinea
The forest on the Huon Peninsula is Papua New Guinea?s first national conser...
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New bogs in Belarus
The draining of marshlands and bogs releases harmful carbon dioxide that has...
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Island conservation in the Maldives
Island nations have been disproportionately hit by climate change. Rising se...
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Electricity for Mongolia
Mongolia's energy needs are mounting and the Central Asian country faces a m...
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Solar-powered villages in Argentina
The residents of the high mountains in northwestern Argentina lead a tough a...
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Biomass briquettes in India
India produces millions of tons of waste each year in agriculture and forest...
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Rainforest Conservation in Brazil
The Amazonian rainforest, known as the "world's lung," is hurtling towards d...
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Climate aides in South Africa
More than a million people live in Khayelitsha, a township near Cape Town in...
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Green energy in Chile
With 13 major rivers, plenty of sun in the north of the country and more tha...
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Cooling with the sun – green refrigerators in Swaziland
Swaziland, a small kingdom in southern Africa, is one of the poorest regions...
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Water Pumps in Jordan
Water supply is one of the biggest development challenges in Jordan. A large...
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A New Forest for Georgia
The Caucasus is home to all kinds of landscapes - glaciers, forests, deserts...
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Energy Efficiency in Bangladesh
Bangladesh suffers from frequent power cuts, plunging the country into darkn...
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Clean air on Mexico's roads
Almost every day, Mexico City is shrouded in smog. To combat that problem th...
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Protecting Micronesia's Islands
It's the small island-nations in the Pacific Ocean that suffer most from cli...
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Coastal Conservation in Vietnam
Vietnam's coastal mangrove forests are suffering from climate change. What's...
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Reforestation in Tanzania
Tanzania's forests need protection. Each year wooded areas in the eastern Af...
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Renewable energy on the Canary Islands
Within Europe, Spain is one of the leading nations when it comes to the use ...
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Efficient Stoves in Peru
Traditionally, people in the rural regions of Peru cook over an open fire at...
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed talks to GLOBAL IDEAS
Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed sat down with GLOBAL IDEAS to talk about...
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Ghana's Eco-University
Valley View University in the Ghanian capital Accra has committed itself to ...
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Geothermal in Kenia
Until now, hydro power has been Kenya's largest energy source, but climate c...
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Forest Conservation in Russia
The Bikin Valley is the last real wilderness left in far eastern Russia, and...
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Sugar Cane in Brazil
The Brazilian sugar cane industry is booming. This is mostly due to the dema...
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Hydropower in Honduras
In the Honduran city of La Esperanza, an old dam has been refitted to produc...
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Solar Cookers in India
Hundreds of children attend the schools of the Muni Seva Ashram in the Weste...
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Forest Conservation in Indonesia
Indonesia's rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate. In southern Su...
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Shore Defense in the Philippines
The people on the Philippine island of Negros are taking action against clim...
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Photovoltaic in Senegal
For the people in southern Senegal, batteries and diesel generators are a pr...
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Palm Oil in Thailand
The stinking lagoons behind the small palm oil mill near Krabi pose a major ...
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Solar Roofs in Mexico
The inhabitants of Heroes der Tecamac in Mexico City are taking action to pr...
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