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The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy

GreenBiz

The COVID-19 recovery requires a resilient circular economy. The call for a more resilient, circular and low-carbon economic model has garnered support from a growing number of businesses and governments over the past few years, and appears today more relevant than ever. Jocelyn Bleriot. Fri, 05/29/2020 - 01:00.

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Global Zero Carbon Buildings Accelerator wants to remove carbon emissions from buildings by 2050

Renewable Energy World

On Tuesday, World Resources Institute (WRI), with support from the Global Environment Facility, UN Environment Programme and World Green Building Council, among others, launched the Zero Carbon Building Accelerator (ZCBA) to speed up the transition to zero-carbon, efficient buildings.

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Australia Invests in New Policies to Achieve Zero-Emissions by 2050

Green Living Guy

In a bid to meet its target of zero emissions by 2050, Australia has come up with decarbonizing actions ranging from adopting electric vehicles to developing ethanol facilities to support the chemical industry, encouraging renewable refineries for the growth of biofuels.

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Green job adverts fall by 26%, but are slightly more resilient than other roles in a cooling labour market

Envirotec Magazine

This degree of resilience of green jobs has seen their share of the UK labour market increase to 2.3% (up from 2.2% It’s more important than ever to ensure that the transition towards a low-carbon economy brings workers and communities with it. in 2022 and 1.9%

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Rebooting Britain: Creating a sustainable, resilient, low carbon economy

Business Green

As the world rebuild from the Covid-19 pandemic, we have a unique opportunity to create a fairer, more resilient, low carbon society, writes BT's chief digital impact & sustainability officer, Andy Wales. The Green Tech Innovation Platform. Full fibre and 5G mobile will underpin permanent changes to the way people live and work.

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Understanding the Anthropocene, Resilience Thinking, and the Future of Industry

Green Business Bureau

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Anthropocene: Pushing Society Past Its Limits. The Holocene.

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Biden blueprint calls for wind and solar to power 90% of U.S. grid by 2050

Renewable Energy World

electricity by 2050. could reach the milestone in the Biden administration’s quest for a zero-carbon grid. energy storage capacity to grow from 30 GW to 1,700 GW by 2050 to provide flexibility and resilience for renewable energy sources. The study calls for the U.S. The blueprint calls for U.S. trillion to $1.7