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As Renewables Surge, Australia Ponders Options for Demand Response Market

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It was outlined in a 2016 paper by Lorenzo Kristov of the California Independent System Operator, Paul De Martini of ICF International in San Francisco and Jeffrey Taft of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Washington. It would also help Australia foster existing energy sector innovation around blockchain and peer-to-peer trading.

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Where are they now? Catch up with 30 Under 30 alumni

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And, if you want to consult those lists in their entirety, here are the links: 2016 , 2017 , 2018 and 2019. Sara Bogdan (formerly Lindenfeld) (2016). Jillian Lennartz (2016). James Connelly (2016) left the Living Future Institute after eight years to become CEO of My Green Lab, a nonprofit in the life science Industry. .

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Can Facebook, Google and Microsoft inspire data center innovation at Climate Week?

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Nonetheless, according a soon-to-be published EDF report on how businesses are using “ Fourth Wave ” technologies (like AI, automation technologies, blockchain, data analytics and sensors), only 59% of business leaders surveyed are currently investing in innovative tech with sustainability and profitability in mind. Alphabet (Google).

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Brazilian Meat Giant JBS a Bigger Emitter Than Italy, Study Estimates

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IATP found that JBS’s emissions rose from 280 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO2e) in 2016 to 421.6 The number of cattle in JBS’s supply chain has increased by 54 percent since 2016, while the number of pigs increased by 67 percent, and chickens by 40 percent, according to an IATP tally of company data.

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How transforming the mica supply chain transforms lives

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Jharkhand has made great strides in bringing down the number of poor, reducing the incidence of poverty from 75 percent to 46 percent in the 10 years ending in 2016, but the state has lagged behind other Indian states in reducing poverty, according to the World Bank. Most of all, it was the extreme poverty.

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Alphabet moonshot Tidal heralds the age of precision aquaculture

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per cent annually between 1961 and 2016 - that's far faster than the demand for animal proteins and the growth in population, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. Demand for sea creatures such as tuna, salmon and shrimp grew 3.2 in a recent report.

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These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health

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The average American spends $2,392 per year on food while the average Kenyan spends $543 per year on food (World Economic Forum, 2016). Emerging new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence can help us to understand and identify areas to invest resources and increase positive impact. Au contraire, it is the reverse.

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