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Climate experts tell UK to set zero carbon target for 2050

Developing carbon capture and storage technology and low-carbon hydrogen is “a necessity not an option” for the UK to achieve a net zero carbon economy by 2050.




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Utility partners with climate experts on new carbon emission goals

Community stakeholders and climate experts from the University of Arizona are helping Tucson Electric Power to build an energy portfolio that supports reliable, affordable and increasingly sustainable service over the next 15 years.




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DTECH asks experts to share what they know about the future of energy delivery

Utilities and other energy experts convene each year at DISTRIBUTECH International (DTECH) to discuss the future of energy and this week Clarion Energy, organizer of the event, announced that the call for abstracts for the 2020 event is open.




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Clean energy engineering experts share blueprints for zero-emission buildings

Buildings account for nearly four-tenths of U.S. energy consumption through heating, cooling and other electricity use, according to the Energy Information Administration. And if that energy comes from fossil fuels, it releases more greenhouse gases that drive human-caused climate change.




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Climate experts tell UK to set zero carbon target for 2050

Developing carbon capture and storage technology and low-carbon hydrogen is “a necessity not an option” for the UK to achieve a net zero carbon economy by 2050.




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Clean energy engineering experts share blueprints for zero-emission buildings

Buildings account for nearly four-tenths of U.S. energy consumption through heating, cooling and other electricity use, according to the Energy Information Administration. And if that energy comes from fossil fuels, it releases more greenhouse gases that drive human-caused climate change.




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Climate experts tell UK to set zero carbon target for 2050

Developing carbon capture and storage technology and low-carbon hydrogen is “a necessity not an option” for the UK to achieve a net zero carbon economy by 2050.




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Offshore wind experts jockey for position as industry heats up in the US Northeast

A number of recent announcements highlight just how quickly and aggressively the U.S. offshore wind industry is growing in the Northeast. States are enacting offshore wind target capacity laws and initiatives and companies are setting up offices in the region and making strategic hires so they can participate in what will soon be a booming industry.




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Utility partners with climate experts on new carbon emission goals

Community stakeholders and climate experts from the University of Arizona are helping Tucson Electric Power to build an energy portfolio that supports reliable, affordable and increasingly sustainable service over the next 15 years.




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EWC's Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellows Discuss Digital Strategy with White House Social Media Experts

APLP fellows gather with the White House social media team.On the first day of their Washington, D.C. field study, EWC’s Asia Pacific Leadership Program (APLP) fellows met with the White House Office of Digital Strategy (a.k.a. the Twitter Team). They discussed how for the first time, a U.S. President is using social media platforms to amplify the Administration’s message and directly interact with the American public. “Being from Indonesia, this is very new for me,” remarked Ismail Sulaiman, APLP fellow and head lecturer of communications at the State Islamic College Cot Kala in Aceh.  “Of course we are online, but this is actively exchanging information with the U.S.




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International Development Experts to Discuss Microfinance For Community Development

International Development Experts to Discuss Microfinance For Community Development
HONOLULU (August 20, 2009) – Many developing nations are now using microfinance as a means to reduce poverty.  On Tuesday, September 1, the East-West Center (EWC) will host a public forum on “Microfinance as a Tool for Community Development” in the EWC Gallery featuring presentations by the following international development experts:




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Leading Experts To Address Implications of the Global Economic Crisis For The Asia Pacific Region

Leading Experts To Address Implications of the Global Economic Crisis For The Asia Pacific Region
HONOLULU (July 23, 2009) – The implications of the current global economic crisis for the Asia Pacific region will be the topic of a luncheon forum hosted by the East-West Center on Monday, Aug. 3.  The luncheon at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center (Jefferson Hall) is open to the public and will feature a panel discussion by leading experts from the Asia Pacific region, including:

  • Barbara Weisel, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Southeast Asia and the Pacific. Weisel is the lead negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership initiative and the U.S. Free Trade Agreement negotiations with Malaysia and Thailand. 




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Experts Focus on Coastal Inundation at Pacific Hazards Meeting

Experts Focus on Coastal Inundation at Pacific Hazards Meeting
Flooded houses. Inundated farmland. A collapsed seawall. Mud-filled roads. Contaminated taro patches. These were among the graphic images of devastating high-tide coastal inundation events in the Pacific that were presented at the annual Pacific Partners meeting of the Pacific Risk Management ‘Ohana (PRiMO), held in Tumon, Guam, on the 18th and 19th of March, 2009.




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Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok

Human-Rights Experts to Lead Advanced Training in Bangkok
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

May 9, 2008

Media contact:
Derek Ferrar
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org

A faculty of experts in the fields of human-rights advocacy and humanitarian law is slated to provide instruction starting May 11 at an advanced two-week training course in Bangkok, Thailand, on the key processes being used to address human-rights abuses in the Asia Pacific region.




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Experts in Asia Security Issues, Risk Perception Join East-West Center Research Program

Experts in Asia Security Issues, Risk Perception Join East-West Center Research Program

Dr. Denny Roy


Dr. Melissa Finucane

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contact:
Derek Ferrar
Media Relations Specialist
East-West Center
Phone: (808) 944-7204
Email: ferrard@EastWestCenter.org

 




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Vietnam Film Experts Speak At EWC Forum

Vietnam Film Experts Speak At EWC Forum
HONOLULU (October 10) – Leading authors, filmmakers, and scholars of Vietnamese Cinema will speak at an EWC evening forum on Wednesday, October 17. The program is from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., with a reception until 6:00 p.m. followed by the discussion. The venue is the East-West Center’s Art Gallery in Burns Hall (1601 East-West Rd., Honolulu). The forum is open to the public at a cost of $15 per person ($10 for co-sponsor members). RSVP deadline is Monday, October 15. Parking is available on the UH Manoa Campus for a cost of $3. For more information or to make reservations please call (808) 944-7111 or email: ewcinfo@EastWestCenter.org.




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Health Experts Meet at EWC on Environmental Risks in Vulnerable Communities

HONOLULU (Sept. 24, 2013) -- Distinguished health experts from around the world are gathered this week at the East-West Center in Hawai‘i for the 15th International Conference of the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health. Keynote speakers include Superfund Research Program Director William Suk of the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Her Royal Highness Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of Thailand, a professor of chemistry who will speak on potential health impacts of exposure to environmental pollutants in children.

Princess Chulabhorn Mahidol of Thailand speaks on the impacts of environmental pollutants on children's health.Major themes of the Sept. 24-27 conference include:




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Here’s what the sake and shōchū experts are drinking at home

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere: Time for a well-deserved at-home happy hour.




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Coronavirus reveals lingering problems in Chinese health care system despite reforms, US experts say

The Covid-19 crisis has exposed weaknesses in Chinese health care system despite some impressive reforms over the past two decades, witnesses told an advisory arm of the US Congress on Thursday.China has strengthened its Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to improve the monitoring of outbreaks and better coordinate local public health authorities, US experts on international health care told the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission.This happened after the…




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Coronavirus response: China’s military may have filled the gap left by the US but it’s only temporary, experts say

As the United States has taken a step back from world affairs to focus on an unprecedented health crisis at home, China has made full use of its massive military power to promote itself as a leader in the global fight against Covid-19.In the latest of a slew of recent overseas aid efforts carried out by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), a Chinese medical team put the finishing touches to a testing laboratory in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, which they had helped to build from the ground up…




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Polio, Measles Outbreaks ‘Inevitable’, Say Vaccine Experts

Interruptions to vaccination programmes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could result in new waves of measles or polio outbreaks, health experts warn. A growing number of one-off immunisation campaigns and national routine vaccine introductions are being delayed amid social distancing and other measures to curb the spread of SARS-CoV-2, leaving millions unprotected. Uptake of routine […]

The post Polio, Measles Outbreaks ‘Inevitable’, Say Vaccine Experts appeared first on Inter Press Service.




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Virus mutations unlikely to mean stronger strain, say experts

PARIS: The coronavirus’ constant mutation is unlikely to have changed its potency or its contagiousness, disease experts say, despite recent research suggesting the emergence of a more virulent strain.A pre-paper—that is, not reviewed by a collection of the researchers’...




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Experts call for providing COVID-19 patients at home with tele-consultation

Expressing serious concern over dozens of unexplained deaths of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients in home isolation in Sindh, local and foreign health experts have advised the government to provide tele-consultation to the patients in home isolation on a regular basis.The experts also asked the...




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HARMAN Talks Car Audio with Illustrious Automotive and Music Industry Experts at AES

Each year, Americans collectively spend 70 billion hours behind the wheel. Three out of four Americans listen to audio in the car – and get this – half of all listening time occurs in the car, according to Edison Research Share of Ear 2018.   It is no...




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HARMAN Experts Discuss the Future of Automotive Audio at the 2019 AES International Conference

The car is expected to change more in the next five years than it has in the last fifty. What will the future of automotive audio look like? What challenges will suppliers and OEMs alike face in the coming years? At the upcoming International Conference...




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Experts Advise New Warnings for LASIK

Title: Experts Advise New Warnings for LASIK
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2008 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2008 12:00:00 AM




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Experts Back Away From Annual PSA Test

Title: Experts Back Away From Annual PSA Test
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2009 2:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2009 12:00:00 AM




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Routine Kidney Disease Screening Not Worthwhile, Experts Say

Title: Routine Kidney Disease Screening Not Worthwhile, Experts Say
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2012 2:05:00 PM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM




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Pediatricians Should Plan for Anthrax Attack, U.S. Experts Say

Title: Pediatricians Should Plan for Anthrax Attack, U.S. Experts Say
Category: Health News
Created: 4/28/2014 9:35:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/28/2014 12:00:00 AM




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Newly Discovered Illness May Cause Nearly 1 in 5 Dementias, Experts Say

Title: Newly Discovered Illness May Cause Nearly 1 in 5 Dementias, Experts Say
Category: Health News
Created: 4/30/2019 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/1/2019 12:00:00 AM




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There Aren't Enough Coronavirus Test Kits to Safely Reopen America, Experts Warn

Title: There Aren't Enough Coronavirus Test Kits to Safely Reopen America, Experts Warn
Category: Health News
Created: 4/27/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2020 12:00:00 AM




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Experts Cast Doubt on Notion That New Strain of Coronavirus Is More Infectious

Title: Experts Cast Doubt on Notion That New Strain of Coronavirus Is More Infectious
Category: Health News
Created: 5/7/2020 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 5/8/2020 12:00:00 AM




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COVIDSafe Still Has Bugs, According To Experts

There has been a lot of discussion surrounding the government's coronavirus tracing app, COVIDSafe, but at the forefront has been issues of privacy and its ability to work properly on devices. With the federal government tying the easing of social restrictions to app downloads, developers have reverse engineered the app to find out what's actually wrong with it. Here's what they've found. More »
    




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Sewage poses potential COVID-19 transmission risk, experts warn

Environmental biologists have warned that the potential spread of COVID-19 via sewage 'must not be neglected' in the battle to protect human health.




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Skeptical judge could hold up Trump administration's bid to clear Flynn, legal experts say

The notoriously independent-minded federal judge who once said he was disgusted by the conduct of Michael Flynn could block the administration's bid to drop criminal charges against the former adviser to President Donald Trump, legal experts said.




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'Bois Locker Room': Experts Say Youngsters Need Rehabilitative Measures, Not Just Punitive Action

A dialogue on sex, consent, ownership over bodies must be introduced from a young age so that it becomes part of a dominant narrative, say experts.





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TDP chief urges PM Modi to set up scientific experts' committee to probe Vizag gas leak incident




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Insect Experts Say People Should Calm Down About the Threat of ‘Murder Hornets’

They say the hornet “hype" reminds them of the “killer bees” scare of the 1970s




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How to buy face masks, according to experts

Shopping for face masks? We consulted medical experts on how to shop for face masks and rounded up those adhering to the CDC's guidelines.




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Australia listened to the experts on coronavirus. It's time we heard them on climate change | Lenore Taylor

Economic reconstruction is a chance to speed up decarbonisation, and the pandemic has shown a different kind of politics is possible

We’re already being swamped with ideas about “reforms” needed to recover from the pandemic crisis. But the word reform is like gift wrap – a handy cover for any offering, thought-through or otherwise.

Perhaps we should ditch the word entirely, and with it the forest of feelpinions about what governments “must” do to advance an author’s previously-held ideological positioning in the post-corona world.

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Black and Asian coronavirus patients 'may be at higher risk of more severe illness', experts say

Coronavirus: the symptoms Read our LIVE updates on the coronavirus here




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Coronavirus UK LIVE: Rishi Sunak warns of 'tough times' ahead as experts say social distancing could last until 2022

Coronavirus: the symptoms




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UK faces mental health crisis as coronavirus brings 'perfect storm' of problems, experts warn

Increased social isolation, health anxiety and stress over an economic downturn are all factors that could spark a protracted crisis, the group said.




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Experts appeal for tablets to connect loved ones in hospital

Follow our live coronavirus updates here Coronavirus: the symptoms




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Trump bizarrely suggests injecting disinfectant as coronavirus treatment before experts quickly debunk claim

Donald Trump has told a coronavirus press conference that the idea of injecting Covid-19 patients with disinfectant "sounds interesting to me".




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Worse pandemics may come if we don't protect nature, experts warn

More deadly pandemics are likely to follow the coronavirus outbreak in future unless nature is protected, experts have warned.




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'Not enough evidence' to reopen schools yet as spread of Covid-19 among children remains largely unknown, experts warn

Experts have said it is too early to reopen schools in the UK as it is still unclear how coronavirus spreads among children.




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Trump blasted by medical experts over call for study of disinfectant injections to treat virus

Medical experts have hit out at Donald Trump after he suggested that research should be carried out into whether the coronavirus might be treated by injecting disinfectant into the body.




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Schools after lockdown: Education experts on social distancing, PPE for teachers and the psychological impact on children

Headteachers are planning for life after the lockdown to ensure the return to school will be safe for all children and staff.




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400,000 people in the UK could have coronavirus with 20,000 falling ill every day, say experts

Around 400,000 people in the UK could currently have coronavirus, according to a new official study, while experts say 20,000 more could be infected with the virus every day.