Business Green

JUNE 23, 2020

The days when a company's health and prospects were measured solely by financial performance are over. Whole sectors may find themselves stigmatised, leading to decreased consumer demand and difficulties in accessing finance. compliant world. These companies face increased compliance and diversification costs.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

Rebuilding the economy after the 2008 financial crash resulted in global carbon emissions rising by six per cent year-on-year with precious little change to the institutions that caused the crash. How can the UK shift society and economy to a model that is fairer and more resilient? A more resilient food system.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Brazil, for example, recently recorded its highest rate of deforestation since 2008 during the period from August 2019 to July, an increase of 9.5 Other companies shy away from outright termination and advocate the notion of big companies using their buying power to inspire and demand change deep down into supply chains.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2020

Digital technologies and renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, Birol further argued, are playing an increasingly important role in people's lives, and the current crisis highlights the need to innovate and build resilience into energy systems worldwide, with green technologies at the forefront of this effort.

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. 14 of the CCA 2008.". In my judgment it ought to have done so in order to comply with the language and statutory purposes of s.14

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

They also have implications for communities, in terms of health benefits, cost savings and employment opportunities. Additional benefits include local job creation, cleaner air and electricity system resilience due to greater reliance on local energy resources. 100% targets come in different forms.

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Business Green

JUNE 3, 2020

In 2008 the digital telecoms giant became one of the first companies in the world to adopt a science-based emissions reduction target in line with keeping temperature increases below 2C, which it achieved four years early in 2016. BT has long been a corporate leader on climate action. she tells BusinessGreen. "So

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 30, 2021

A former research scientist in clean energy and transportation at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Gopal has a grant-making philosophy that focuses on electrifying the global economy quickly, resiliently and reliably with clean power.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2020

The world currently finds itself battling a major public health and economic crisis as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, yet - as the green economy knows only too well - it also faces a race against time to avoid a crisis of far greater and longer-lasting proportions in the form of accelerating climate change. UK policy action.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2022

He was basically demanding that they start to talk about climate change on TV,” Davies said. Al Gore at the World Economic Forum in 2008. “In the nineties, President Clinton held a session at the White House where Vice President Al Gore spoke to TV weathercasters. The backlash [from deniers] was intense. Deny, Distract, Doubt.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

For example, when social distancing regulations were at their most demanding, trips to train farmers on new practices and discuss investment and financing plans became logistically impossible. Workers fills up milk storage tank at a Danone dairy plant in Normandy, France, April 2008. Sponsored Article. Source: Photoagriculture.

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Eco-Business

APRIL 14, 2020

its thirteenth sustainability report since 2008. With the global push for a low-carbon economy, there is great potential for the built environment to contribute to a climate-resilient future. Changing the Future.", CDL's ISR 2020 highlights its strategy anchored on four pillars - integration, innovation, investment and impact.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 29, 2020

In a way, we are seeing this crisis as an illustration of how expensive the failure to build resiliency can ultimately prove. The Corporate Sustainability Team will be working with our CEO and executive team to implement new initiatives as they relate to sustainability and operational resilience. I moved from the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

federal energy infrastructure and modernization recovery funds in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis. They’re not going to want to use a lot of gas plants and coal plants as traditionally done, which means these ancillary services will be coming from battery storage or demand response mechanisms.

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GreenBiz

JULY 1, 2020

This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic. The past 15 years have tested the resilience of everyone living along Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, including the Grand Caillou/Dulac Band and the four other state-recognized tribes that live nearby. Barry Yeoman. Wed, 07/01/2020 - 00:15.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Predictive analytics: AI can help companies to anticipate demand, reduce overproduction and minimize waste, leading to a more efficient and circular economy. ChatGPT: Climate tech is a relatively new and growing industry, and as with any industry, it is subject to fluctuations in the economy and market demand.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Brazil, for example, recently recorded its highest rate of deforestation since 2008 during the period from August 2019 to July, an increase of 9.5 Other companies shy away from outright termination and advocate the notion of big companies using their buying power to inspire and demand change deep down into supply chains.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

Speaking shortly after that call to BusinessGreen from his makeshift home office - aka his bedroom - Stark is, like many working in the green economy, continuing to wrestle with what coronavirus could mean for the climate fight, alongside the wider fears about public health and economic uncertainty that everyone shares. Building back better.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 20, 2020

For example, when social distancing regulations were at their most demanding, trips to train farmers on new practices and discuss investment and financing plans became logistically impossible. “If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA,” Soubeiran mused.

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Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

Letter to the Prime Minister by government climate advisers adds further weight to cross-sector calls for coronavirus stimulus packages to eschew carbon-intensive practices in favour of low-carbon, climate-resilient industries and projects. Recovery means investing in new jobs, cleaner air and improved health.

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AGreenLiving

JULY 1, 2020

This coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic Barry Yeoman Wed, 07/01/2020 – 00:15 When the COVID-19 outbreak first reached Louisiana and residents were ordered to stay at home, Marie Marlene V. Foret tapped into some skills she learned seven decades ago. Census designates 0.8

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Business Green

MARCH 20, 2020

Right now, as the worst pandemic in over a century sweeps the globe stretching health systems and economies to breaking point, there are no silver linings. The closest corollary in recent history is the response to the financial crash of 2008. Silver linings can prove to be a deadly mirage. The silver linings may never come.

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Business Green

APRIL 6, 2020

Green businesses and investors with long memories will be painfully aware of how the fallout from the 2008 financial crash disrupted low carbon infrastructure projects and clean tech programmes for years to come. Each of the reasons for confidence are worthy of consideration: 1. Short term impacts v long term trends.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2020

In the wake of the 2008 financial crash governments did step up their climate efforts. Clean technologies and infrastructure are now proven at scale and are broadly cost-competitive, while most of the world's governments and businesses are much more cognisant of escalating climate risks than they were back in 2008.

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EDF + Business

AUGUST 7, 2019

fostering clean energy and protecting human health, creating jobs and shared economic prosperity, and in establishing frameworks for broader and more ambitious action, yet those policies alone are not enough. Meanwhile, Americans are increasingly demanding action from their elected leaders. Follow Derek on Twitter, @derekbrent.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2020

The steps that the UK takes to rebuild from the COVID-19 pandemic can accelerate the transition to a successful and low-carbon economy and improve our climate resilience. We must now maintain this momentum to proactively respond to the climate crisis and build a cleaner, more resilient future for us all.".

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Momentum is building as businesses and governments transform their organizations to be more efficient and resilient. Introducing the Food Microgrid: A Decentralized and Resilient New Food System (Panel Discussion): The coronavirus pandemic disrupted food supplies and reminded us again that our food systems are ever more centralized.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The 'long 90s' of idealism, hedonism, and relative peace is on its death bed, where it will remain until the financial crash of 2008 administers the final rights. If you are going to build more homes, you want those homes to be ultra-efficient, clean tech adorned, climate resilient, and located in walkable communities.

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Mr. Sustainability

JUNE 27, 2020

I feel like the 2008 financial crisis was just a dry run for this.” Nations saw rapid industrial and economic growth, accelerated consumer demand, and introduced significantly new changes in lifestyle and culture. So was the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers in 2008. He is certainly not the only pessimist (or realist?)

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 24, 2020

After four years of Trump, Michelle pointed out that the country is worse off in terms of the economy, unemployment, and health care. This is who we still are: compassionate, resilient, decent people whose fortunes are bound up with one another. Another 10 million people are going to lose their health insurance this year. "If

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