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eFORT project to enhance European grid resilience

Smart Energy International

The project, which is being coordinated by the Fundacion CIRCE technology and research centre, is aimed to address resilience and reliability against failures, cyberattacks and physical and other disturbances with a clear picture of the threats and vulnerabilities and the development of a set of solutions. Have you read?

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The risky business of climate risk: 'Stop predicting the future'

GreenBiz

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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'From barley to bar': AB InBev trials blockchain to track and trace barley supply chain

Business Green

A pilot launched last week by the company, which is one of the largest global buyers of barley, is to use blockchain technology to give beer drinkers a better understanding of the provenance of the ingredients in their beer, while helping northern European growers' improve their barley yields and environmental footprint, AB InBev said.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

Tue, 06/23/2020 - 01:30. These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, have shown us the fragility of systems pushed to their breaking point by design constraints to maximize return on investment in the absence of resiliency. . Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan. Tom Baruch.

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In focus: How to push climate resilience up the corporate agenda

Business Green

Climate change isn’t a 'side of desk' activity, yet corporate efforts to bolster resilience are failing to keep pace with worsening climate impacts - BusinessGreen Intelligence's latest trend report explores how firms should respond to escalating climate risks "The wolf is at the door," warns Greenpeace UK's head of politics, Rebecca Newsom.

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Event - Renewable Energy Markets 2020: Call for Abstracts

Green Market Oracle

Renewable Energy Markets™ (REM) will take place on September 9–11, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, March 31, 2020. REM™ is seeking abstracts for presentations and panels that are timely, engaging, and informative. Hot topics and emerging markets.

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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

The coronavirus pandemic "has focused investors on the vulnerability and resilience of the financial system," according to a new report from the CFA Institute , an association of investment professionals, which found 85 percent of its members consider ESG factors when making investment decisions.