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U.S., China ratify, amplify Paris Climate Pact

U.S., China ratify, amplify Paris Climate Pact

Last week in China, on the eve of the G20 Summit, the world's two biggest economies and top polluters took concrete steps to reduce carbon emissions. Their action all but ensures the Paris Agreement will take effect next year.

AECOM greenlights 2020 carbon cuts

AECOM greenlights 2020 carbon cuts

Green Giant: An $18-billion, multidisciplinary player has pledged to shrink its carbon footprint 20% by 2020. Home to many familiar industry names, the LA-based multinational with 100,000 employees now seems bent on leading a sustainable revolution. 

Water Scarcity: Engineering a Global Challenge

Water Scarcity: Engineering a Global Challenge

As the American Water Works Association meets for its annual spring conference, BW offers a coast-to-coast sampling of current U.S. projects, studies, initiatives intended to generate vastly greater amounts of potable water in a more cost-efficient manner.

Global Forum To Harness Metropolitan Might

Global Forum To Harness Metropolitan Might

With global cities continuing to grow, the world has never seemed smaller. London, New York, Shanghai, Dubai, Tokyo, all are digital neighbors with extraordinary influence. Global thought leaders this week are in Chicago strategizing for the coming whirlwind.

UN: 2015 Set Renewable Energy Investment Record

UN: 2015 Set Renewable Energy Investment Record

Spring certainly is the time for renewal, but new data from the UN suggests that the rest of the year is not lacking for energy, either. In all, $286 billion was spent on renewables in 2015, and for the first time, more in the developing world than not.

Frances Perkins, Love, and a Green Mission to Serve

Frances Perkins, Love, and a Green Mission to Serve

Last week in Wisconsin, BuiltWorlds was honored to meet Marge Anderson, 2015 National Board Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council, and EVP of nonprofit Seventhwave. Here, she writes about the spirit and ethic that drives their work. 

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