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2018 C.E. October 24
Uzbekistan adopts 17 national Sustainable Development Goals
In particular, Uzbekistan intends to reduce poverty. Also, one of the goals of Uzbekistan is to strengthen food security, improve diet.
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2018 C.E. October 24
Azerbaijan mobilizes all forces to fulfill tasks set in Sustainable Development Goals
Azerbaijan has mobilized all forces to fulfill the tasks set by the Sustainable Development Goals, the Deputy Prime Minister said.
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2018 C.E. October 23
HSBC U.K. Pension Scheme invests £250 million in renewable energy
The pension scheme will focus its renewable investment on solar plants and wind farms and will generate enough clean electricity for the entire population of Oxford.
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2018 C.E. October 23
Australia invests $7.5 million in hydrogen project for clean energy
The majority of the hydrogen produced will be injected into the local gas network for domestic use and demonstrate the potential for renewable hydrogen storage in Australia's gas network.
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2018 C.E. October 22
U.K. government announces plans to ban plastic straws, cotton-buds, and stirrers
The U.K. government has laid out plans to prohibit the distribution and sale of plastic straws, stirrers and cotton buds.
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2018 C.E. October 22
South Korea, North Korea and the United Nations have agreed to disarmament
North and South Korea and the United Nations Command agreed Monday to remove firearms and guard posts from a portion of the demilitarized zone (DMZ) between the two countries.
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2018 C.E. October 19
MIT pledges $1 billion to develop ethical artificial intelligence
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announced a billion-dollar initiative to confront the rise of artificial intelligence that will involve supporting deep interdisciplinary research into both AI's promise and its ethical perils.
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2018 C.E. October 19
India’s Sikkim becomes the first 100% organic state in the world
India's north-eastern state of Sikkim has won the award for the being the "100 per cent organic state" that promotes agroecological and sustainable food systems.
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2018 C.E. October 18
UN allows Palestinians to act more like full member in 2019
The 193-member U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday allowed the Palestinians to act more like a full U.N. member state during meetings in 2019, when they will chair the group of 77 developing nations.
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2018 C.E. October 18
Mayor of London announces £5 million funding for public water fountains
The Mayor or London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a £5 million fund to implement more public water fountains.
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2018 C.E. December 10
Mauritius now generates 14% of its energy from sugarcane
Electricity from sugar cane now accounts for 14 percent of the island's needs and, when combined with other renewable sources such as solar, wind and hydro, provides nearly a quarter of daily consumption.
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2018 C.E. December 7
Michigan becomes first state in Midwest to allow recreational cannabis
Michigan is now the first Midwestern state to legally allow recreational cannabis. It's the 10th state to legalize recreational pot.
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2018 C.E. December 7
Multilateral Development Banks commit to align activities with Paris Agreement
The MDBs' commitment goes beyond specific MDBs' 2020 and 2030 climate finance targets, and builds on their ongoing contribution to climate finance, which amounted to US$35 billion in developing and emerging economies in 2017.
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2018 C.E. December 6
Luxembourg to become the first country to offer free mass transit for all
Free mass transit will be available across Luxembourg from the beginning of 2020 - making it the first country in the world to do so.
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2018 C.E. December 6
Volkswagen will launch its last gas-powered cars in 2026
Volkswagen's strategy chief, Michael Jost, told attendees at the Handelsblatt automotive summit conference on Tuesday that the company will launch its last generation of gas-powered cars in 2026.
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2018 C.E. December 5
Shell becomes first energy company to link executive pay to carbon emissions
Royal Dutch Shell caved in to growing investor pressure over climate change, setting out plans to introduce industry-leading carbon emissions targets linked to executive pay.
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2018 C.E. December 5
Spain to produce all electricity from renewables by 2050 and cut emissions by 90%
Spain's proposals, set to be adopted by the cabinet in coming weeks, spell out an ambitious target to draw 100 per cent of the country's electricity from renewables by 2050.
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2018 C.E. December 4
Cost of carbon capture plummets thanks to two new techniques
A new study says the latest technology is 67% less expensive that it was just a few years ago and can remove 97% of carbon dioxide emissions at one third the cost of similar technology in 2014.
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2018 C.E. December 4
Dark web dealers voluntarily ban deadly drug
According to reports from law enforcement agencies, drug traffickers on the dark web have voluntarily stopped trading a deadly opioid that can be up to 100 times stronger than heroin.
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2018 C.E. December 3
Coal power plants lose their cost advantage over clean energy
In 2018, 42% of the world's coal-fired power stations are running at a loss and by 2030, in virtually every case (96%) it will be cheaper to build new renewable energy capacity than to keep coal plants running, according to a new study.