Companies from several countries agreed, at the UN meeting, to implement actions that take into consideration the commercial success and development.
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The US$ 1 billion tender was won by a consortium which includes a group from Saudi Arabia and minority shareholders from Spain. The Solar power plant should generate 160 megawatts in Ouarzazate.
Company Descarte Correto is a finalist in the Young Innovator competition. The proposal presented aims to provide incentives for the population to provide a sustainable end for electronic material.
The sum will be invested up until 2020 in order to increase industry competitiveness. The only cheaper energy in Brazil today is the type generated at major hydroelectric plants.
The Brazilian O Casulo Feliz produces fabric made out of PET bottles, silk and cotton. The product should be sold in Brazil and abroad.
The hotel group returned animals which underwent rehabilitation to the Gulf Sea. A contest was also launched to see which of seven chosen turtles will go the farthest.
Mining company has promised to reduce emissions by 5% until 2020, based on average figures from 2008, 2010, and 2011. In 2020, emissions should amount to 33 million tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Aesthetics professional Claudio Inove will give classes on semi-permanent makeup to correct aesthetical flaws at the World Trade Centre’s Ibis Hotel in August. The lessons will be targeted at Brazilia
The summit held in Rio de Janeiro resulted in a text deemed not ambitious enough and criticized by organizations and governments. Rousseff announced a donation for sustainable projects.
The country’s environment minister said Oman has projects in solar and wind energy, but recognises that renewable energy projects are expensive and that nations tend to make use of their resources.
The country plans to reach this target by 2020. For such, it has projects for wind farms and solar power plants. Mauritania hopes to use oil revenues to make alternative sources viable.
The minister of Regional Development and Planning claims that the country will build a park covering 40,000 hectares and sell the entire production to European countries.
The minister of Regional Development and Planning claims that the country will build a park covering 40,000 hectares and sell the entire production to European countries.
The aim is research to fight desertification in Africa and in arid and semi-arid regions. The project is a partnership between Brazil, France and the Pan-African Agency of the Great Green Wall.
