14 May 2021
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The 20th anniversary of World Nuclear Association provides us with a golden opportunity to reflect on the years that have passed, and to look ahead to the future. On 15 May 2001, the then Uranium Institute - a trade association dedicated to the nuclear fuel cycle - was transformed into World Nuclear Association.
With this transformation, the Association embraced all sectors of the nuclear industry, ranging from uranium mining and utilities to decommissioning, reactor vendors and the diverse supply chain. The Association had found a new, broader mission: building a positive disposition towards nuclear energy around the world. The new mission and the rebranding that took place in 2015 further reinforced the shift towards advocacy, whilst holding true to its commitments of creating forums for the industry to share leading practice and of providing world-class information on all things nuclear. Today, World Nuclear Association is
The state and federal governments have granted $67 million for a project at City Water, Light and Power aimed at capturing carbon dioxide from coal before emissions reach the air. Construction is expected to begin next year, with operations commencing in 2023. We re committed to run this, roughly, through 2024, said Kevin O Brien, director of the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center at the University of Illinois in Urbana, which is overseeing the project. We ll know pretty well early on how well this is working. Fingers crossed, it will work very, very well. O Brien s team did a smaller carbon-capture experiment at a University of Illinois power plant in Urbana in 2016. The technology used in that project was different than the one planned for CWLP, where a solvent made by BASF, a German company, will treat five percent of flue gas from Dallman 4, the utility s largest power generator, O Brien said. How long the solvent will work is key: If the solvent loses effectivene
Affordable healthy diets can trigger positive development in nutrition, sustainability
12 May 2021, Budapest, Hungary - Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of moderate food insecurity - understood as irregular access to nutritious and sufficient food -, while also dealing with the widespread rapid growth of obesity, challenging its ability to achieve food security and improved nutrition, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.
Lowering the costs of healthy diets can be crucial to achieving better nutrition and sustainability.
The annual report, produced jointly by FAO, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF), World Food Programme (WFP), World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), provides a comprehensive analysis of the topic, including all forms of malnutrition, current
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New FAO-led food security and nutrition report for Europe and Central Asia elaborates on costs of a healthy diet
12 May 2021, Budapest, Hungary – Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of moderate food insecurity – understood as irregular access to nutritious and sufficient food -, while also dealing with the widespread rapid growth of obesity, challenging its ability to achieve food security and improved nutrition, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.
Lowering the costs of healthy diets can be crucial to achieving better nutrition and sustainability.
Europe and Central Asia: Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020 - Affordable Healthy Diets to Promote Health and Address all Forms of Malnutrition
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New FAO-led food security and nutrition report for Europe and Central Asia elaborates on the costs of a healthy diet
12 May 2021, Budapest, Hungary - Although severe hunger has not been a major issue in Europe and Central Asia in the past 20 years, the region is in part facing an increase of moderate food insecurity - understood as irregular access to nutritious and sufficient food -, while also dealing with the widespread rapid growth of obesity, challenging its ability to achieve food security and improved nutrition, as outlined in the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2.