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Study predicts growth in UK wine production due to climate change

Envirotec Magazine

“Furthermore, anyone thinking of investing in a vineyard in the UK can now benefit from this knowledge through advice on the best locations, both now and under future climate change conditions.”. Year to year climatic variability will remain, including early season frost risk, even if the longer-term trends are good ones.

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Why investor Green Century has taken an active interest in fighting deforestation

GreenBiz

Jessye Waxman is a shareholder advocate at Green Century Capital Management, where she uses the environmentally responsible investment firm’s leverage as a shareholder to protect forests. Jessye Waxman: We started working on deforestation in 2012. Finance & Investing. Julie Nash. Wed, 12/02/2020 - 00:15. Corporate Strategy.

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Interview – Singapore, Asia’s newest emerging geothermal market

ThinkGeoEnergy

History of geothermal exploration in Singapore (source: Alessandro Romagnoli) Subsequently, there was a six-year pause in the study before researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) expanded the groundwater concept in 2009-2012, simulating the first computer model for the Singapore geothermal reservoir (Oliver et al.

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How steel might finally kick its coal habit

Grist

Coal’s grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities and companies invest in renewable energy. Boston Metal, an outfit spun out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, uses electric currents to heat iron ore into a bright orange-white liquid, which converts into metal and cools as gray steel blocks.

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy: How to Adopt It Into Your Business

Green Business Bureau

million deaths in 2012 with women and girls accounting for 6 out of every 10. These instances each reflect the urgency of investing in renewable energy technologies. Investing in renewable energy technologies. Promote access, technology, and investments in clean energy. Improve access to clean fuels for cookstoves.

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy: How to Adopt It Into Your Business

Green Business Bureau

million deaths in 2012 with women and girls accounting for 6 out of every 10. These instances each reflect the urgency of investing in renewable energy technologies. Investing in renewable energy technologies. Promote access, technology, and investments in clean energy. Improve access to clean fuels for cookstoves.

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Are carbon offsets the answer to the climate change crisis?

Business Green

According to an independent study, commissioned by Clim8 Invest, climate change is the number one concern for 61 per cent of UK consumers. However, the European Commission has estimated that achieving the current 2030 climate and energy targets will require €260bn of additional annual investment, equal to about 1.5