The Environmental Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2019

There’s no shortage of attractive tourist destinations around the world, offering historical buildings, beautiful landscapes, and modern technological wonders. Finland is famously dedicated to preserving its natural biodiversity and habitats.

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 28, 2021

Uber is an example of disruptive technology, which is defined as an innovation creating a new market/value network that outcompetes existing operations. In the same way, remote work software has become a leading green disruptive technology, drastically changing the way we run our business and work together. For instance, the U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Colombia to host hybrid Biodiversity PreCOP. The Kunming Summit has been postponed repeatedly in response to the coronavirus crisis, further fuelling fears that governments are not doing enough to enhance biodiversity protection, despite the world missing nearly all the targets it set at the Aichi Summit over a decade ago.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The Planet Sustainability Summit will be convening on October 15th as part of the Explore 2020 conference. And how will we use our best tools and technologies in support of a just transition? . 9:30 am Computing the Planet: How Cloud, AI and Remote Sensing Technologies Can Illuminate New Pathways to Sustainable Development.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2021

Lab-grown meat enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2020, with investment soaring six-fold and dozens of new companies and food products launching across the burgeoning sector, according to the Good Food Institute (GFI). The surge in interest includes at least 20 new cultivated meat ventures, it said.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 11, 2023

It’s not just about being on the right side of the law – it’s about protecting our forests, maintaining biodiversity, and fostering responsible supply chains. Adding to the complexity, the regulation also has a backward-looking component, requiring products to originate from lands free of deforestation post-December 31, 2020.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

As such the housebuilder has committed to reduce its operational carbon emissions by 36 per cent by 2025, reduce carbon emissions from its supply chain and customer homes by 24 per cent by 2030, purchase 100 per cent renewable electricity for all new sites, and trial various forms of low-carbon technology.

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Fri, 12/04/2020 - 02:00. Biodiversity in fashion (37:35) . 8 explores the potential for green hydrogen technologies, with experts from Shell, the U.S. New technologies are solving logistics logjams and making it simpler to sort more materials. Episode 247: Biden wish lists, supporting 'intersectional environmentalists'.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 4, 2021

Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet C.J. Both S&P Global Ratings and Bloomberg rank biodiversity among the top ESG themes for 2021, the latter naming Fidelity International and AXA Investment Managers as examples of firms that have made it a priority. Subscribe here.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

Buried beneath the dour daily headlines on COVID-19 infections, lockdowns and travel bans, the latest science about our planet released during 2020 makes for tough reading. 2020 was, along with 2016, the joint hottest year on record ever — closing out the warmest decade on record ever. Dominic Waughray. Mon, 01/25/2021 - 00:30.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

The crucial COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China, which had been set to take place in October is now facing yet another delay, with Covid-19 concerns now likely to now push back the critical nature talks into early 2022, according to reports. COP15 biodiveristy summit braced for third Covid-19 delay.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

UN summit confronts Global biodiversity crisis. Global leaders gathered virtually this week to discuss the environmental crisis that is devastating the world's ecosystems, at the inaugural UN Summit on Biodiversity, a event designed as a primer for the delayed, crucial COP15 Biodiversity Summit in Kunming, China, next year.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 16, 2020

Tue, 06/16/2020 - 00:30. Climate change, nature degradation, biodiversity decline, water scarcity — all these issues are interconnected, and we must address them all simultaneously," he said. "In Unilever unveils climate and nature fund worth more than $1 billion. Cecilia Keating.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Thu, 10/01/2020 - 01:30. We are proud to play our role in a sustainable future, and we know that a successful energy transition depends on strong technology partnerships anchored in co-innovation and development with leaders in the energy sector.” . Information Technology. Amazon, Google, Microsoft and the climate cloud.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 22, 2020

New Technologies, Data and Markets to Accelerate Improvements in Forest Carbon Credits Date/Time: January 21, 2021 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) With a steady parade of corporate carbon net-zero pledges released in 2020 and even more coming in 2021, there is an enormous demand for forest carbon credits.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

And then 2020 happened. To our immense satisfaction, we saw little carnage within corporate sustainability departments during 2020 relative to previous economic downturns, when such functions were often among the first to be downsized or jettisoned. And the year ahead certainly would bring more of the same. Or so we predicted.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

The 2020 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. Mon, 06/22/2020 - 02:30. The GreenBiz 2020 30 Under 30 honorees were nominated by GreenBiz readers and community members around the world and selected by the GreenBiz editorial team. GreenBiz Editors. Here they are, in alphabetical order: Emily Adams, 27 .

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here are the top 100 posts from 2020.They We will continue to deliver fact-first journalism as well as some added features including a regular podcast. So thanks again for being with us over the past years and stay tuned for the new additions in what promises to be an eventful year to come.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2021

According to new figures released last week by trade body Solar Energy UK and Solar Media Ltd as part of a new partnership, the UK added 545MW of new solar capacity in 2020, up 27 per cent compared to 2019. The surge in new capacity meant that by the end of 2020 the UK boasted 13.9GW of solar capacity. GW in 2006.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 18, 2021

Those projects are both managed under Mercado Libre's Renera America program, which aims to restore key ecosystems throughout the region as part of its climate action strategy, using technology from climate-tech startup Pachama to monitor and verify the progress of this work. million items shipped during 2020.

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The Verge: Energy

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nearly every nation on Earth has agreed to a joint goal of protecting 30 percent of Earth’s land and waters by 2030 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last year. Wind turbines outnumbered oil structures by the end of 2020. “The question is which 30 percent should we protect?”

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 19, 2020

This free online event will take place on July 24th-26th, 2020. The the 15th annual Green Economics Conference is titled " Survival Solutions for the Crises: Climate, Economy and Biodiversity Loss " will take place on the zoom platform. 143 Million people being climate migrants by 2020 – is not a change – It’s a climate emergency!

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 28, 2020

2020 was the year that… Joel Makower Mon, 12/28/2020 – 02:11 It was a very long year. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we’ve published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. Remember 2019?

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Fri, 12/18/2020 - 01:00. They’re also using zero-waste commitments and new packaging technology to aggressively tackle the delivery sector’s waste problems. We can’t create the food system we need — one that’s low-carbon and biodiversity-enhancing — if only one tier of that system delivers those benefits. .

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. . We were hoping [2020] would be a big year for forests and nature." (The

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2021

Stark warnings issued over record greenhouse gas emissions and escalating biodiversity threats. A triptych of sobering new reports have this week highlighted the scale of the climate and biodiversity crises engulfing the world. Saudi Arabia unveils plans for major solar investment drive.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Fourteen months ago, the World Economic Forum's 2020 Global Risks Report neglected to include a pandemic among its major warnings for the year ahead. Irwin looks back on 2020 with "somewhat rose-tinted glasses" because it has proven the need to take the relationship between nature and society seriously. Reframe as vulnerability.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Funding will be provided by carbon buyers and companies who want to secure access to premium-quality, biodiverse, nature-based carbon credits. At the same time, communities around the world are launching vital restoration efforts, but lack the funding, training and technology they need to scale.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Today a 600-page Review on the Economics of Biodiversity aims to similarly influence opinion on how best to turn the tide on the ongoing destruction of the natural world, which it warns threatens the wellbeing and livelihoods of humanity unless transformative action is urgently taken to address market and governmental failures.

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AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In a bid to highlight Egypt’s biodiversity crisis and environmental threats, international design collective Cosmos Architecture submitted a climate change-focused design proposal to the Egyptian Ministry of Culture’s design competition for the Egyptian pavilion at the 2020 Venice Biennale.

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

Understanding Modern Poultry Farming According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , the global production of poultry meat has dramatically increased from 9 to 133 million tonnes from 1961 to 2020 to cater to the rising demand. In 2020, nearly 40% of worldwide meat production was poultry meat.

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GreenBiz

MAY 22, 2020

Fri, 05/22/2020 - 01:18. The story above about indoor farming, a tale about a technology can produce dramatic environmental gains — it doesn’t hold true. They use less space, which can free up land for biodiversity. Technology improvements in the pipeline also will cut energy use in indoor farms.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Real-world data from that has made the company comfortable using the technology for its latest projects. Now other big European developers are gearing up to do the same in 2020. Asia has dominated the bifacial market so far, in large part due to Chinese subsidies for advanced technologies. Credit: WoodMac).

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Here are the top 100 posts from 2020.They We will continue to deliver fact-first journalism as well as some added features including a regular podcast. So thanks again for being with us over the past years and stay tuned for the new additions in what promises to be an eventful year to come.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 9, 2021

ng Cô Golf Course and Resort in Vietnam has developed a regenerative model with a 17-acre rice field that runs throughout the property that yielded a 28-ton crop in 2020. Particularly, Laguna L?ng In the U.S., Imagine if golf courses could grow enough food to feed an afterschool program or provide enough energy to power a homeless shelter.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Download the full report and data (clients) Highlights 💰 2023 investment: Funding in 2023 totaled $32bn, down 30% from 2022, although CAGR remains high since 2020 at 23%. 🤝 Deal count: Overall deal activity decreased for the first time since 2020, with deal count down 3% compared to last year. 

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 14, 2020

And with more than 80% of the world’s biodiversity under the care of indigenous people and local communities, they are key to understanding, monitoring, and addressing disease transmission. “We Chimpanzee Habitat, Tanzania from March to September, 2020. © 2020, Planet Labs Inc. All Rights Reserved. .

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