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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

When you’ve followed the evolving research of a leading clean energy expert and become a supporter of his vision for a global clean energy transition, it should come as no surprise that I was eager to crack open Mark Jacobson’s 2021 book release, 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything.

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Climate Intelligence: The Digital Fabric for Climate Action

Better Ventures

Larry Fink’s 2020 Letter to CEOs , where he explicitly named climate risk as a “defining factor in companies’ long-term prospects,” was followed by an avalanche of climate commitments across industries throughout the year (see Microsoft , Shell , Unilever , and on ). and a growing appetite for the solutions to do something about it.

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The Rules for Early-Stage Cleantech Venture Capital Investment in 2021

GreenTechMedia

In the first wave of venture green technology investing, firms sunk billions of dollars into companies whose success depended on replacing entire industrial ecosystems. Think thin-film solar and biofuels, the two “big bad bets” that Shayle Kann, partner at Energy Impact Partners, identified in a 2020 Interchange conversation.

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Making the Impossible Possible

Mr. Sustainability

C stated in the Paris Agreement, according to the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming and Mercator Research Institute. But it is not just about carbon emissions… According to most estimates however, international shipping worldwide is responsible for ‘only’ 2-3% of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

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1.5 and 2°C: A Journey Through the Temperature Target That Haunts the World

DeSmogBlog

In 2015, nearly 200 countries agreed to “Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C C above pre-industrial levels , recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change”.

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How Supply Chain Resilience Mitigates Risks from Pandemics and Climate Change

Green Market Oracle

Whether as a defense against global pandemics or as part of a wider climate strategy companies are exploring ways of improving their supply chain resilience. Now more than ever companies need to increase their efforts to build more resilience into their supply chains so that they can quickly respond to changing demands and disruptions.

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Wind project off North Carolina coast gets overwhelming support

Renewable Energy World

By Elizabeth Ouzts , Energy News Network. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will now consider the input ahead of an anticipated auction this spring. Some studies suggest land-based wind farms in the United States could cause over a million bird deaths a year — a figure sure to increase as wind power ramps up. .