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Planet Customers Share How Our Satellite Data Enables Global Transparency and Sustainability at Explore 2021

Planet Pulse

Our science track demonstrated the robust research applications for Planet’s datasets, highlighting key findings in climate change and carbon farming initiatives. Catherine Nakalembe to discuss how satellite data can provide critical insights for food production and management in Africa. All Rights Reserved.

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A United Kingdom? The case for a net zero Just Transition Commission

Business Green

Building on the interplay between these concepts, the critical importance of a Just Transition is beginning to make headway in policy. First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy.

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New research reveals ‘megatrends’ that will affect forests in the next decade

Envirotec Magazine

These are likely to have major consequences – both positively and negatively – over the coming decade, says the group. They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. Around the world, 1.6 The rise of the middle class.

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Tipping Points In Tropical Forests: Carbon Fluxes In The Amazon And Africa

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. One such critical tipping point is the potential transformation of the world’s largest tropical forests from carbon sinks into net sources of carbon emissions.

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On the Future of our Food

Mr. Sustainability

These technologies include the use of insects, ‘fake meat’ made from plants, lab-grown meat, vertical farming, genetic modification (GMO), micro-organisms (such as algae) and 3D printing of food in general. According to Livestock’s Long Shadow , a United Nations report, world meat consumption has the highest negative impact on the climate.

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A North-Pole, How Much Longer?

Mr. Sustainability

An ice-free Arctic might be a boon for the shipping industry in the short term, but comes at potential catastrophic cost to our economy in the form of environmental disaster and political upheaval. Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) How is the Arctic doing? Sea Ice extent is going down. But what year is it?!

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. Decarbonized buildings. Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. And that’s his hope for the apparel and footwear industry as a whole. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30. GreenBiz Editors. Mon, 05/17/2021 - 00:01. Circular outdoor gear.