GatesNotes

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As Africa faces many challenges during the pandemic, these heroes are making a difference.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Even before the pandemic, the proportion of people working from home was slowly but steadily increasing. Up to 90 percentof those who have worked from home during the pandemic are reportedly converts to "telecommuting," preferring to continue remote working at least some of the time. Hannah Budnitz. Tue, 10/20/2020 - 00:02. In the U.K.,

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GreenBiz

JUNE 12, 2020

How we can fight the pandemic by embracing circularity. Throughout the pandemic response, a key issue has been a lack of communication and coordination to get personal protective equipment (PPE) and other medical supplies to where they are most needed, with many areas of the country suffering from severe resource shortages as a result.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2020

The call follows studies that appear to reveal nearly a quarter of households in low and middle income countries have been unable to follow basic guidelines on handwashing – recognised as critical for preventing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Promoting behavioural change.

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GatesNotes

JANUARY 12, 2022

I enjoyed talking to Professor Devi Sridhar about how we end this pandemic and prevent the next one.

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GatesNotes

APRIL 30, 2022

Creating the GERM team is one of the most important things we can do to prevent the next pandemic.

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The Environmental Blog

APRIL 7, 2020

With most European nations—and many American states—preventing citizens from shopping on the high street, and some preventing all outside activities apart from shopping for essential goods or seeking medical treatment, it’s clear things have changed. There will also be an indirect impact on other parts of the recycling industry.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

During GreenBiz 21 last week, Ojiambo spoke about the need for companies to have a mission-driven response to social issues in order to contribute to an equitable and resilient recovery from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. To hear more, listen to Episode 255 of GreenBiz 350.). And software company Salesforce did not lay off workers.

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GatesNotes

MAY 20, 2022

In my latest Ask Me Anything, I talked about pandemic prevention, climate change, my favorite phone, and more.

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GreenBiz

JULY 17, 2020

They discussed how Agraloop functions like a mechanical sheep, and how the COVID-19 pandemic is causing us to rethink the way we produce products. . These issues have prevented the massive growth of traditional mechanically recycled textiles. . Nicole Pamani: Tell us the Agraloop story. The lack of strength causes issues like pilling.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The world is now in an 'era of pandemics' due to nature loss and unsustainable economies, leading scientists warn. Dr Peter Daszak, president of EcoHealth Alliance and one of the 22 leading experts around the world behind the report, said there was "no great mystery" about the cause of Covid-19, or any other modern pandemic.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A trainer with the Association for the Electrical and Mechanical trades (AEMT) has been recognised for his work in enabling the AEMT to continue to deliver its training throughout the pandemic.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 12, 2021

The fiscal spending plans of major economies in the wake of the coronavirus crisis have fallen far short of ensuring the recovery from the crisis does not exacerbate ongoing climate and nature crises, with just one in every $40 committed by governments in the wake of the pandemic set to deliver a positive impact for the planet. Of the $14.6

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This new cooling technology also prevents viral spread. Normally, that would be a wise choice, but during a pandemic, indoor shelters present new risks. In air conditioners, a dehumidifier dries out the air to prevent condensation. Gloria Oladipo. Thu, 10/08/2020 - 00:40.

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Forbes Green Tech

APRIL 30, 2020

To prevent pandemics and slow climate change, people need to be convinced of the need to protect biodiversity. One solution, suggests a UN expert, is to account for "natural capital," just as we do in business.

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 4, 2022

Import tariffs and a global pandemic are at the heart of the issue. For the photovoltaic solar industry, there are also alleged human rights violations and additional trade regulations preventing the import of widely produced solar modules. While the U.S.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 22, 2021

Research highlighted at a recent water industry webinar appears to show that nearly half a million Covid-19 infections could have been prevented in the US alone if there had been a nationwide ban on water shutoffs.

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GatesNotes

MAY 31, 2022

Using genomic sequencing technologies, this hero is working to prevent the next pandemic.

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GatesNotes

APRIL 30, 2022

To prevent pandemics, we need to be able to do it. Here's how.

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Hydrogen Fuel News

APRIL 20, 2024

It’s easy to think that it’s because the new data about climate change has shown its true risk, and governments are now reacting to it in order to prevent the planet from warming excessively – or at the very least, to slow it down until we can know what else to do about it.

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Impact Alpha

AUGUST 19, 2020

If you thought climate action or, say, pandemic prevention pre-COVID, were underfunded, consider that effectively no impact investors target nuclear threat reduction in their investment strategies. Greetings, Agents of Impact! Featured: Impact Voices Yes, impact investments can reduce the threat of nuclear weapons.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

When the pandemic exposed major issues with our lengthy food supply chain — in the form of shipment delays and inadequate demand forecasting — local vertical farms and indoor growing operations (aka controlled environment greenhouses in urban or rural locations) were called upon to fill in the gaps in a way that was unprecedented.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

33% of manufacturing businesses said the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the sustainability goals of their manufacturing business as priorities have shifted. Research reveals manufacturing sector as one of the best prepared to meet 2050 UK Net Zero targets with 57 per cent of businesses having a strategy to reduce their carbon footprint.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

When the pandemic exposed major issues with our lengthy food supply chain — in the form of shipment delays and inadequate demand forecasting — local vertical farms and indoor growing organizations were called upon to fill in the gaps in a way that was unprecedented. In 2021, Aerofarms is taking on the issue of food waste more explicitly.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 28, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench into U.S. The slowdown is driven by shelter-in-place and stay-at-home orders that have forced microgrid projects to delay permitting, construction and interconnection processes amid the country’s COVID-19 pandemic, microgrid analyst Isaac Maze-Rothstein wrote. and Eastern Seaboard.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Zero Waste Scotland and the Scottish Government are helping the resource management industry meet the challenges of the coronavirus, allocating more than £820k in grants to waste management firms across the country to adapt in response to the pandemic. The effectiveness of our waste management sector has been vital during the pandemic.

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Eco-Business

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Researchers estimated that based on Earth’s current population and on past pandemics, we can expect 3.3 million deaths from zoonotic diseases each year in future.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed "S" into the spotlight by highlighting a range of problematic societal issues as millions of people around the world found themselves suddenly out of work with little protection. Greater transparency in this regard will provide important information for their corporate decision-making.

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GatesNotes

MAY 12, 2022

Everyone can step up commitments to end this pandemic and prevent the next one.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 14, 2021

The world is forever grateful to the brilliant minds that worked around the clock to develop an effective vaccine to prevent the infectious disease known as the coronavirus. As many viruses are transmitted between animals and humans, it increases the likelihood that another pandemic will manifest itself.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 22, 2021

Whilst there are major challenges to be faced post-pandemic and post-Brexit, the UK would do well not to lose its leadership in solving global problems such as air pollution. In the new report Professor Martie Van Tongeren claims it is a critical time to prevent cognitive decline in children and prevent childhood neurodegenerative disease.

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GreenBiz

MAY 15, 2020

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , it is thought that the COVID-19 virus can spread "through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks." Even in non-pandemic scenarios, it can be smart business to spend some time focusing on healthy indoor environments for workers.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 6, 2020

Rooftop solar market leader Sunrun withdrew its 2020 financial forecast Monday and announced cost cutting measures in response to the coronavirus pandemic. This pandemic has forced some tough decisions on our business, including a reduction to certain parts of our workforce," a spokesperson told GTM in an email.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 2, 2020

Spanish power group Iberdrola, one of the world's largest investors in clean-energy projects, pledged to ramp up its investments in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. “As soon as possible we will speed up our investments in order to contribute to economic activity and prevent people’s jobs from being lost," Galán said.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 29, 2020

As we are learning, in climate change as in pandemics, the costs of a global crisis are bound to vastly exceed those of its prevention. But even in parts of the population unconcerned with the devastating environmental effects, this virus’s life disruption is forcing our awareness of meat farms being a "breeding ground for pandemics."

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 25, 2022

Instruct HMRC to replicate Time to Pay flexibility granted during the pandemic to take account of energy price rises. Decisive action now will give firms headroom on cashflow and prevent a short-term crunch becoming a longer-term crisis. Firms aren’t asking for a handout.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2023

This comes as a result of organisations and local authorities being prevented from submitting views on the strategy because the public consultation closed after just ten days. Post-pandemic progress on air pollution reduction nationally is now plateauing.

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