Today’s Solutions: November 22, 2024

Schiphol, The Netherlands May 27 2018 - Passengers entering and leaving the main building at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam

Amsterdam airport bans private jets to reduce noise and climate pollution

On November 5, 2022, scores of climate activists gathered in front of luxury planes and private jets at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, preventing them from taking off for several hours.  Now, nearly five months later, the airport has declared that private jets would be prohibited, as well as Read More...

Brick building with rectangular dark wooden shuttered windows

This discarded 1990s window design could help fight climate change

According to the United States Department of Energy, buildings use about 76 percent of electricity in the US and are responsible for about 40 percent of all direct and associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the country. This means that reducing energy consumption from buildings is an Read More...

Small green plant in front of a city skyline

Could you build a net-zero city? This game lets you find out

More and more cities and countries are pledging to achieve net-zero emissions, but this task isn’t as easy as it seems. Some strategies, like installing renewable energy sources and electrifying public transport, are intuitive, but what about private households and emissions from landfills? To Read More...

This zero-emissions school set

This zero-emissions school sets the bar for sustainable design

What better way to teach future generations about the importance of sustainability than by integrating it within the very own institutions responsible for their education? That's exactly what a team of architects aimed to achieve by putting sustainability front and center when designing a school Read More...

A net zero America would boost

A net zero America would boost GDP by $1 trillion

Reaching net-zero emissions is critical for mitigating further damage from climate change on our planet, and while the planetary survival motivation alone should push us to achieve this goal, a new report has detailed the immense economic benefits that would also accompany this transition.  A Read More...

This new coalition aims to dec

This new coalition aims to decarbonize the heavy industry

As an increasing number of industries are making ambitious climate commitments in line with the Paris Agreement, some companies have it easier than others to achieve those goals. While tech companies like Google can simply switch to renewables to significantly cut their carbon footprint, this is Read More...