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How traceability can tackle cattle-driven deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon

Business Green

IDH's global director of landscapes Matthew Spencer makes the case for 'farm to shelf' tracing of cattle in Brazil to combat deforestation of the Amazon rainforest. With it comes rising hopes that Brazil will be able to close a big implementation gap in its forest code.

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Coffee prices spike, thanks to climate change

AGreenLiving

But in this case, it’s a cold snap in Brazil , piling on top of droughts, mixed with COVID-19 supply chain issues — and before you know it, the price of coffee could hit $4.44 In July, a bout of cold weather in a major arabica coffee-producing part of Brazil ruined a third of the coffee crop. per kilogram.

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Government Defends Praising Tar Sands Industry Figures as COP26 ‘Climate Champions’

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TAG), the largest natural gas transporter in Brazil. The pension fund was criticised by Greenpeace Canada last year which said that although it “may be getting out of oil”, its investments in gas are “helping this sector survive and unnecessarily delaying the rapid transition underway”.

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7 European Companies Looking to Go Big in American Clean Power in 2020

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and Brazil, much of it backed by C&I power purchase agreements thanks to Enel Green Power's early and successful push into the corporate renewables market. Among Moixa’s differentiators are its proprietary software platform, small physical footprint and the equally small price tag of its lithium-ion phosphate systems.

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'Titanic pivot from coal to hydrogen': Are steelmakers prepared for the rapid net zero transformation ahead?

Business Green

Sharing the findings on Twitter , BNEF's head of sustainable materials Julia Attwood described the estimated $278bn price tag for decarbonising a sector responsible for some seven per cent of global emissions was a "bargain". Meanwhile Australia could lose its dominance in the supply chain due to its lower-quality ore, it warns.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

In rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia, many places in Africa, all around the world, people eat many kinds of insects. The project was funded by Sergei Brin, one of the founders of Google, and came with a price tag of 250.000 euros for a single burger. The eating of insects invokes strong emotional reactions, mostly to Westerners.

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Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying Climate Protestors

DeSmogBlog

Similarly, Atlas set up shop in Brazil in the 1980s, working with various agribusiness groups to push back against the environmental regulations and Indigenous rights proposals being proposed by the Workers Party. Atlas helped to spur the “Free Brazil” movement that ultimately propelled Jair Bolsonaro to the presidency.