Sustainable Living
Sustainable LivingThe United Nations marked the 40th World Habitat Day in Muscat on 5 October 2026 under the theme "Adequate Housing for All", warning that up to 3.4 billion people worldwide lack safe and adequate housing.
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Sustainable LivingThe Canadian government is putting $66.3 million into making homes greener, cheaper to run and more comfortable — backing 162 energy-efficiency projects across the country to deliver more energy-efficient homes, through the Federation of Canadian Municipalities' Green Municipal Fund. The announcement was made on October 2, 2026, in Toronto, Ontario, by Julie Dabrusin, Minister of
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Sustainable LivingDenmark's government proposes an extra DKK 200 million for district heating expansion in 2027, longer 45-year municipal loan terms, and doubled per-household grants — aiming for up to 19,000 oil and gas boiler conversions.
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Sustainable LivingStudents are neither clearly positive nor negative about more climate-friendly school meals — and whether they back greener menus depends far more on taste, fullness and familiarity than on what they know about the climate. That is the central finding of a new Swedish study published in the journal Appetite (2026), based on a survey
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Sustainable LivingIreland has launched a €2,000 grant to scrap fossil-fuel boilers, with enhanced SEAI home energy supports — batteries, solar and insulation — opening from 6 October 2026.
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Sustainable LivingCanada has announced $66.3 million for 162 projects to help homeowners finance energy-saving retrofits and build more efficient, affordable homes.
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Sustainable LivingBain's 2026 survey of around 7,500 consumers finds 85% are concerned about sustainability — up from 79% last year — and 83% have adopted three or more sustainable lifestyle habits.
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Sustainable LivingA UNEP and CCAC assessment finds every US$1 invested in climate and clean-air action together can return about US$15 — and that the barriers are institutional, not technical.
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Sustainable LivingResidential heat pump sales rose 11 per cent across 12 European countries in the first half of 2026 to 1.16 million units, as households reacted to soaring oil and gas prices and governments cut electricity taxes.
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Sustainable LivingNew Schneider Electric research presented at Climate Week NYC 2026 models up to 22% energy savings for AI-enabled buildings — but the headline figure is the company's own modelled estimate, not an independent audit.
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Bangladesh will press developed countries at COP31 in Antalya to provide climate finance as grants rather than loans, State Minister Shama Obaed Islam said at a Dhaka briefing on 2 November.
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Green JournalismUN-OHRLLS has opened a fully funded journalism fellowship for reporters from 44 least developed countries to cover the Doha Programme of Action Midterm Review in Doha on 25-27 March 2027. Applications close 30 November 2026; ten fellows will be selected.
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Green JournalismCanada and United Nations University experts brief journalists on 2 November 2026, a week before COP31 opens in Antalya, Türkiye.
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Green JournalismStephanie Wallcraft has won the 2026 AJAC Environmental Journalism Award for her article on Natural Resources Canada's Fuel Consumption Guide, with Nadine Filion as runner-up.
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Green JournalismGrist has launched Distorted, a months-long reporting series on how misinformation spreads before, during and after extreme weather, and how trusted journalism can help communities find the truth.
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Green JournalismThe UN's first comprehensive restoration assessment, published on 29 October 2026, gives climate journalists a verifiable global scorecard: 252 million hectares under restoration across 149 countries, but finance must more than quadruple to meet 2030 targets.
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Green JournalismToxic Ground, a cross-border investigation into hidden landfill sites across Europe, has been shortlisted in the Environment and Energy category of the British Journalism Awards 2026.
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Green JournalismTürkiye's communications chief Burhanettin Duran urges solutions-focused climate reporting ahead of COP31 in Antalya, warning against 'green fatigue', as 1,400 of about 3,000 press accreditations are completed.
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Green JournalismThe Society of Environmental Journalists has opened book entries for its 25th annual awards for reporting on the environment. Books published in 2025 or 2026 are eligible, with the standard deadline on 21 December 2026.
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