GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

What does "climate risk" actually mean ? How do we innovate our way out of the climate crisis? Why placing environment, social and governance principles at the center of COVID-19 recovery places makes sense for resilience and the bottom line. Fri, 09/04/2020 - 02:00. Week in Review. Stories discussed this week (4:08).

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GreenBiz

MAY 26, 2020

While overall startup funding is down this quarter because of the economic disruption brought on by COVID-19, entrepreneurs focused on solving climate-related problems have been bucking the trend. Food waste startup backed by Oprah Winfrey snags $250 million. Heather Clancy. Tue, 05/26/2020 - 06:01.

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Impact Alpha

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

ImpactAlpha, November 3 – Daily life is gradually returning to normal in Kenya 19 months into the pandemic. The post Investments in agtech, fintech and climate tech can speed Kenya’s COVID recovery appeared first on ImpactAlpha. But businesses and jobs have.

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The City Fix

MARCH 18, 2021

National governments face an enormous triple challenge right now: recovering from COVID-19, creating sustainable and inclusive development, and addressing the climate crisis. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

Industry group calls on governments to ensure regulation is fit for purpose and “look beyond LCOE”, in order to accelerate growth of wind energy and meet climate targets. GW of new capacity worldwide and year-on-year growth of 19 per cent. If we are to have any chance at reaching our Paris Agreement objectives and remaining on a 1.5°C

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Planet Pulse

JANUARY 12, 2021

In the last year, PlanetScope imagery was used to validate burned area models of wildfires , analyze the collapse of the last intact Arctic ice sheet due to the impacts of climate change, and assess landslide hazards in the Himalayas. Agency for International Development (USAID). Check out our other Education and Research options.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The Co-op has called on both the government and private sector to ramp up international support for climate adaptation in developing nations, as it yesterday pledged to continue spending more than 0.7 However, the reality is that for many of our suppliers the climate crisis is as immediate and pressing as the impact of Covid-19.??It's

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

To coincide with new sustainability strategy agri-business giant Syngenta releases poll showing growing concern worldwide about impact of climate change on crop yields and farmers. Indeed, 63 per cent said climate change would have a greater impact on their business than coronavirus over the next five years, according to the poll.

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Grist

MARCH 18, 2020

Quammen doesn’t report whether he survived) Like COVID-19, the pandemic currently sweeping across the globe, SARS was a coronavirus. And like COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, SARS originally came from animals. For pandemics and climate change, voluntary measures aren’t enough.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 27, 2021

The UK has been accused of shutting out activists who hail from countries “battered” by extreme weather events from the upcoming UN climate summit, with campaigners warning it could be “the most exclusionary COP ever”. Around 87 percent of adults in the UK have received their first dose of a Covid vaccine.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 26, 2023

This story was originally published by The Energy Mix , and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. Public inputs during the COVID-19 pandemic are an example, she said.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

As the European Union sets its sights on a green hydrogen boom as part of its plans to meet decarbonization pledges and rebuild economies ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic, North Africa has emerged as a possible source for a significant chunk of Europe’s future hydrogen supply. Desert energy is back.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Business Secretary pushes green finance agenda as he unveils £12m climate fund to support projects Africa, Asia and South America. So this is why we want to deliver a green recovery. And we want to do that in partnership with business and finance.". And many of them require private finance to deliver.

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

It has been one of the most important public health messages since the COVID-19 pandemic began but a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF shows that, as the crisis began, three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic caused CO2 emissions from buildings and construction to fall significantly in 2020, but a lack of real transformation in the sector means that emissions will keep rising and contribute to dangerous climate change, according to the 2021 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

Consumer goods giant unveils latest commitments from its recently announced €1bn 'nature and climate fund'. Unilever has set out plans for a raft of water management and conservation projects over the next decade, as the consumer goods giant unveiled the latest investments from its recently-announced €1bn 'nature and climate fund'.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

How much the world achieved at the Glasgow climate talks – and what happens now – depends in large part on where you live. For large middle-income countries, like India and South Africa, there were signs of progress on investments needed for developing clean energy. New Climate Institute and Climate Analytics.

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Business Green

MAY 22, 2020

The strategy - aimed at tackling and adapting to climate change and halting the decline of plant and animal species - sets out a 10-year vision which it estimates could provide multi-billion euro benefits to Europe's economy and support hundreds of thousands of jobs. Rwanda ramps up Paris Agreement pledge. — Patricia Espinosa C.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Like everyone across the world, we have been coming to terms with the monumental changes Covid-19 has caused in our everyday lives. People will continue to demand improvements in local air quality and links between pollution and fatality rates from Covid-19 will accelerate this. Demand for quality education will persist.

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Grist

AUGUST 1, 2023

Climate Connections is a collaboration between Grist and the Associated Press that explores how a changing climate is accelerating the spread of infectious diseases around the world, and how mitigation efforts demand a collective, global response. Read more here. Sixty-four people died. What we can say is they were risk multipliers.”

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

WRI warns that flooding could aggravate coronavirus crisis in South and Southeast Asia and Africa, urging for increased investment globally in flood prevention. Floods are a threat multiplier that could worsen the public health and economic impacts we're seeing from Covid-19," she said. "At

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2021

The Prince of Wales has today launched a new initiative geared at fast tracking finance for improving water services in water-stressed regions in Africa and South East Asia. The Prince of Wales' emphasised how the Covid-19 pandemic had highlighted the need to improve access to clean water services around the world. "I

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

There are similarities between the coronavirus and the climate emergencies, but what should really scare us are the differences. As the former Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger noted: "the main lesson we have to learn is this: Covid-19 is a dress rehearsal for climate change…". Amen to that.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

All the reaction from politicians, green business, academia, NGOs and think tanks on the momentous decision to postpone this year's critical UN climate change summit. As co-host of COP26 alongside Italy, the UK government had sought to position 2020 as the 'Year of Climate Action' ahead of the November summit.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Facebook is considering fact checking and badging corporate climate and environmental claims made on its platforms in a bid to combat 'greenwashing', according to one of the social media giant's top European executives. We are doing a lot to combat it on every topic - not just climate change, but certainly importantly climate change.

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Business Green

AUGUST 16, 2020

The UK needs a far more holistic approach to flood risk and resilience, argue Sara Mehryar, Viktor Roezer and Swenja Surminski from LSE's Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. New flood protection announcements are welcome but not enough on their own. Holistic approaches to adaptation and flood risk management.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2021

Is COVID-19 slowing progress toward the SDGs? Over half of sustainability professionals believe that COVID-19 instead will slow the rate of progress toward achieving the SDGs, according to a new report, Evaluating Progress on the SDGs , by GlobeScan and The SustainAbility Institute by ERM. Yes, say experts.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. The oil industry has been particularly badly hit. The oil industry has been particularly badly hit.

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

Now it has to be achieved amidst an economic crisis, with social inequality brought to the fore through Black Lives Matter protests and the stark inequalities exposed by Covid-19. This has led to many voices calling for a green and equitable recovery, able to combine social and environmental concerns in climate change policy.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

By Sarah Casey, Portfolio Director, Climate Council. It will be vital that energy and climate policy aimed to drive this transition is developed in such a way that it also contributes to a development pathway that addresses the socio-economic challenges these emerging economies are facing. 27, 2022 in Dallas.).

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2020

Covid-19 is driving the UK and many other countries around the world into a deep economic crisis. However, in recent years, there has been a clear tension between traditional infrastructure-led economic growth and the climate agenda. With this in place, it is vital we also explore more insightful rebuilding.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2021

The government said the funding would help cut millions of tonnes of carbon emissions and improve the lives of over 600,000 people in tropical forest communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America. Major new international funding programme designed to help protect tropical rainforests and catalyse £850m of private sector investment.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

Rapid installation rate seen during 2021 underlines industry's resilience, Global Wind Energy Council argues, as it warns roll out needs to accelerate further to deliver on climate goals. temperature goal "alive". temperature goal "alive". per cent less than the year-over-year wind energy growth rate in 2020.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Established market players such as China and the US accounted for nearly 60 per cent of new installations, however, we see emerging markets in regions such as South East Asia, Latin America and Africa playing an increasingly important role in the years to come, while offshore wind is also becoming a significant growth driver," he added.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

To work in solar, you need to be resilient, adaptable and committed to acting on climate science. We're currently developing a 5GW pipeline across Europe, Africa and Latin America, and are on site constructing more than 600MW of solar capacity in Spain and the Netherlands. We are in the midst of an artificial demand shock.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2021

As climate impacts batter the world's leading economies, EY's third annual climate risk disclosure report assesses how 1,100 firms from 42 countries are faring with TCFD guidelines.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Richer nations have yet again failed to meet their pledge to collectively provide $100bn a year to those developing nations worst impacted by the climate crisis from 2020 onwards, with the "totemic" target now not expected to be met until 2023.

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