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Energy trilemma evolving to reflect new ambitions and threats

Smart Energy International

The World Energy Council’s World Energy Trilemma 2024 report reveals changing ambitions and new challenges facing global energy systems. Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats.

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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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‘Narratives of Delay’: How the Animal Pharma Industry Resists Moves to Curb the Overuse of Antibiotics on Farms 

DeSmogBlog

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. drug makers Elanco Animal Health Inc., Phibro Animal Health Corp., and Zoetis Inc. and Zoetis Inc.,

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

Loss of biodiversity. Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients. Some plants and micro-organisms can make food ‘out of thin air’ by simply rearranging carbon, water and oxygen molecules using energy from the Sun. Sustainability. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation. Water scarcity. Animal suffrage.

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Scientists unveil a plan to prevent the next pandemic (and save nature at the same time)

Grist

“We have a lot of examples of these actions curtailing risk,” said Aaron Bernstein, one of the paper’s authors and the interim director of the Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at Harvard University’s School of Public Health. “So So we know that it’s possible — but we haven’t really invested at all.”.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

Moreover, the people that depend on it are getting access to health, education, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. It addresses not just climate, but also biodiversity, livelihoods, the rights of indigenous peoples, and effective funding. Health is like the sun that illuminates the entire village." - African proverb.