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Immediate action on organic waste needed to meet Paris targets, says biogas group

Envirotec Magazine

Human activity generates 105bn tonnes of organic wastes (food waste, sewage and garden wastes, food and drink processing wastes, and farm and agricultural wastes) annually by human activity. Treating the world’s unavoidable organic wastes through AD would help meet over one quarter of this alarming shortfall (2).

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This Napa Valley winery has been farmed organically since 1985

AGreenLiving

The property became one of the first vineyards in the Napa Valley to farm 100% organically in 1985, eventually evolving into a leader in sustainable farming for the famous wine-growing region. In 1992, Spottswoode made history again by becoming one of the first wineries to earn CCOF organic certification.

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The future is climate-friendly software

GreenBiz

The new nonprofit organization, Green Software Foundation , aims to change the culture of software development to prioritize sustainability. Between 2010 and 2018, computing output jumped sixfold — but energy consumption rose only 6 percent. I admit, I hadn’t considered software design as a major contributor to greenhouse gas. "We

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Are you greenwashing, wishing or walking?

GreenBiz

Eleven years ago, in 2010, at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s COP15, developed countries committed to a goal of mobilizing $100 billion per year by 2020, to address the needs of developing countries. No wonder that the World Health Organization has declared mental health issues a pandemic alongside COVID-19.

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The race to mainstream electric vehicles by 2030

GreenBiz

Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) says that between 2010 and 2019, lithium-ion battery pack prices fell 87 percent. If you're helping your organization set big zero-emission transportation goals, look no later than 2030. In 2019, they dropped 13 percent more. .

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Majority of companies to miss net-zero targets, analysis shows

Envirotec Magazine

Net zero should be managed as any strategic business priority: set clear objectives to drive the entire organization to the same direction, and monitor progress to correct the trajectory as appropriate. And as our study shows, the targets work.

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Extreme weather conditions in Pakistan due to climate change

The Environmental Blog

Millions of hectares of the country’s land experience an annual rainfall of less than 30 mm, and some hectares of land which is suitable for agriculture are subjected to wind and water erosion, waterlogging, loss of organic matter and salinity. The floods of 2010, resulting from heavy monsoon rain affected the Indus River basin.