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Global e-waste has risen 21% in five years, says UN

Envirotec Magazine

According to the report, Asia generated the greatest volume of e-waste in 2019, some 24.9 Mt) and Europe (12 Mt), while Africa and Oceania generated 2.9 Other key findings from the Global E-waste Monitor 2020: Proper e-waste management can help mitigate global warming. per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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IRENA: Global renewables capacity grows a record 9.6 per cent

Business Green

The performance was driven by significant growth in Asia where 141GW of new capacity was added in China alone, helping to take Asia's total renewables capacity to 1.63TW of capacity. Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added. "The

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Keeping 1.5C alive: Is COP26 on track to deliver on its goals?

Business Green

The COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next month is likely to fall short of putting the world on track to avert dangerous levels of global warming, but diplomats and analysts are cautiously optimistic it could deliver several breakthroughs and broadly deliver on the UK hosts' stated goal of 'keeping 1.5C Known unknowns.