Podcast: Sofia needs a sustainable alternative to cars

Pavel Yanchev is an architect and urban planner who deals with urban planning and design, as well as with urban studies. He works in an architectural office in Brussels, and he devotes his free time to causes for the improvement of the urban environment in Sofia, being part of the collectives of "Sofia Team" and "Gradoscope". We talked with him...

"Cooling" paint can reduce heat in an urban environment by 1,5C

Covering areas with 'cooling' paint could help cities reduce temperatures by up to 1,5C, new research has found, cited by Euronews. Researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) painted the roofs, walls and road surfaces of an industrial estate in Singapore with a "cooling" paint containing additives that reflect the sun's heat. The first study of its kind to be published…

Botswana threatens to send elephants to Europe

Botswana has threatened to send thousands of elephants to Europe for the second time this year, Euronews reports. In March, the African nation warned it would fill one of London's parks with the large animals. Now President Mokgweitsi Masisi has threatened that his country will send 20 elephants to Germany. The warnings were prompted by a diplomatic row that arose after…

How did Brazil and Colombia reduce deforestation?

The loss of tropical forests in Brazil and Colombia slowed dramatically last year, but fires and increased logging elsewhere have seriously counteracted this progress, euronews.com writes. In 2023, the tropics lost 3,7 million hectares of primary forest – an area slightly smaller than Bhutan, or the equivalent of losing 10 football pitches to…

Do you want to contribute to Bulgaria being among the green leaders in Europe?

MOVE.BG and the Ministry of Energy are organizing the first national survey "Green Solutions from Bulgaria". ESGnews.bg is a media partner of the initiative. If you want to contribute to Bulgaria being among the green leaders in Europe, you can join the national survey by filling in, recommending and distributing the questionnaire. Fill out the "Green solutions from Bulgaria" questionnaire if you are: An innovative startup,...