The City Fix

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the Seychelles archipelago in East Africa, flooding and erosion caused by rising sea levels pose an imminent threat to the country’s many low-lying islands. At the same time its mangrove forests, which serve as a vital buffer against these.

Africa 119

Africa Sea level rise Biodiversity Resilience 119

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 24, 2024

Electricity demand highlights Some other top points from the report are as follows: ● Africa remains an outlier in electricity demand trends, with per capita demand having been effectively stagnant for more than three decades. While more progress is needed, and fast, these are very promising trends.”

Energy Monitor 59

Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 59

Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2021

Climate Services for a Net Zero Resilient World aims to help inform future government climate and net zero policies. This research will be vital to ensure we're making the best possible choices on our journey to net zero, making certain the UK is adaptable and more resilient to the effects of climate change.".

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Resilience Government Climate change Policy 51

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Start-ups and innovators aiming to deploy technologies that can enhance farmers’ resilience to water, climate, and biodiversity impacts invited to apply for funding. Innovators, companies, and start-ups have been invited by the multinational drinks brand to apply for seed funding to develop their technologies before 7 October.

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Biodiversity Soil Africa Resilience 67

The City Fix

JUNE 26, 2023

Cities occupy just 3 percent of the Earth’s land, but account for most of the global energy consumption and carbon emissions. Many cities are also more vulnerable to climate change and natural disasters due to their population densities and interconnected infrastructure.

Resilience 52

Resilience Climate change Carbon Energy 52

AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Africa is responsible for just 3% of global carbon emissions. In the agrifoodtech ecosystem, upstream technologies — those operating on the farm or in the production of food — are where the greatest climate opportunities are, and investment in these categories will be critical to improving Africa’s climate resilience.

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Investment Startups Africa Climate change 90

Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Leading Fairtrade partners, including top brands such as Ben & Jerry's, M&S, and Waitrose, have pledged to take accountability for their climate impact and work to bolster the climate resilience of global supply chains, following an open letter signed by 1.8 million Fairtrade farmers. Earlier this week, 1.8

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Resilience Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 58

Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 4, 2021

This Lab cohort also includes instruments with a regional focus on Brazil and Southern Africa. Abyd Karmali, Managing Director, Environment, Social and Governance Client Advisory at Bank of America, adds: “The private sector must deploy and mobilize trillions by 2030 to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable economy.

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Africa Energy Energy Innovation 90

Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy. Fourth, clean road transport, accelerating the move to zero-carbon road transport.??.

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Carbon Resilience COP Climate change 84

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Soils are critical for cultivating crops, maintaining flood protection, sequestering carbon, and supporting biodiversity, but the UK government estimates two million hectares are at risk of erosion, a further four million are threatened by compaction, and 300,000 hectares are contaminated. Cultivating more resilient crops.

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Resilience Agriculture Soil Organic 68

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 13, 2021

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.

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Sustainability Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 98

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 15, 2022

“By staging the summit, we are creating a marketplace to ensure real investment is made into qualifying green economy opportunities, not just in South Africa but deep into Africa too. It is low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. SA needs to adapt to a green economy.

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Africa Transportation Investment Electric vehicle 52

Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Through low carbon overseas aid we can improve the lives of millions while building a healthier and more sustainable planet for everyone. Overseas development aid can help to set developing countries on a low-carbon pathway while boosting the health, resilience and independence of communities.

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Carbon Climate change Agriculture Resilience 46

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Before her transition to the chief heat officer, a position she has committed to for a year, Gilbert was the city of Miami's first chief resilience officer (CRO). For several years she developed and implemented the city's resilience strategy.

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Resilience Sea level rise North America Climate change 40

Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The group has set a target of unlocking $100bn in public and private capital to improve access to clean power across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It said the investment would help reach one billion people with reliable, renewable energy, avoid four billion tons of carbon emissions, and create, enable, or improve 150 million jobs.

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Africa Energy Energy Asia 87

Business Green

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Microsoft has unveiled a fresh wave of expanded efforts to harness better data and AI to boost climate resilience and adaptation efforts in Africa, in a bid to address what the tech giant described as a "significant lack" of reliable climate data in the Global South.

Africa 40

Africa Biodiversity Resilience Carbon 40

Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

We are therefore writing to ask that the economic recovery plans you are developing align with the UK's wider goals and deliver a clean, just recovery, that creates quality employment and builds a more sustainable, inclusive and resilient UK economy for the future.

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Resilience Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 51

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The human dimension of waste collection: Bharati Chaturvedi, founder and director of the Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group in India, and Kieran Smith, co-founder and CEO of Mr. Green Africa, discuss why informal collectors of plastics and recyclables should embrace within formal supply chains — and how to do it.

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Packaging Waste Waste Plastics 275

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. This includes stepping up ambition in NDCs to include building decarbonization targets that contain the so-far largely overlooked embodied carbon, emissions from the production of building materials. Some small progress, but not enough.

Construction 130

Construction Resilience Cooling Climate change 130

Smart Energy International

JUNE 8, 2022

Vehicle to grid (V2G) has been a hot topic globally as grid management and resilience become a growing concern. Keith Buddon, head of business development at Cenex – an independent non-profit research and consultancy – responded to this quandary during the Smart Mobility Africa Fleet Summit , taking place during Enlit Africa 2022.

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring 59

GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

Food loss and waste, the carbon-intensive production and distribution of food, hunger and food deserts: These are just a few inefficient and unequal outcomes of today’s global food system. An unintended impact of urbanization in South Africa is shifting relationships with food.

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Waste Waste Biodiversity Africa 489

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

into climate solutions and will spearhead the development of 15 transformative technologies crucial for heating and cooling our homes, reimagining critical resource extraction, advancing carbon removal and transforming our food system. The why: Soil carbon sequestration could remove 3.5 gigatons of CO2 annually by 2030.

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Soil Recycling Recycling Carbon 111

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 19, 2023

How much GWh storage capacity is needed for a resilient energy system? They are: Poland Estonia Nigeria South Africa Greece Austria Malawi Denmark Zimbabwe Barbados Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed The top ten countries in which energy technologies are most likely to generate new market opportunities are also diverse but less so.

Technology 52

Technology Africa Agriculture Education 52

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2021

After 20 years, they can attain on average nearly 80% of the soil fertility, soil carbon storage, structure, and tree diversity of old-growth forests. By using such a mix of approaches we can create more natural, biodiverse, and resilient landscapes.”.

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Biodiversity Soil Climate change Africa 148

Smart Energy International

MAY 10, 2024

For metals and mining, CAPEX is the most resilient and remains around 6% of the total cross all scenarios. Have you read: WEC hears how to unlock energy investments in Africa Round Table for Industry identifies €800bn EU energy infrastructure investment gap Breakdown: How much money is needed and where should it go?

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Energy Energy Hydrogen Global warming 64

Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2022

The REA launched the programme in collaboration with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), an independent nonprofit focused on securing a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future. Enhancing income generation, community resilience and the minigrid utility’s financial performance are ways to do so.

Agriculture 98

Agriculture Africa Fossil fuels Energy 98

ThinkGeoEnergy

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Kenya Geothermal Congress 2024 will be held at the Safari Park Hotel & Casino in Nairobi, Kenya from the 16th to 21st of July 2024. Click here to download the template for abstracts.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Health Cooling 98

Grist

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Amazon rainforest was once one of the world’s most powerful carbon sinks, largely a result of its uniquely dense tree cover. The Amazon was even a net carbon emitter for the first time in 2021. In July of this year, deforestation in the Amazon fell by 66 percent, hitting a six-year low.

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Energy Monitor South America Politics Logging 93

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The announcement came as the retailer unveiled an expanded partnership with the Fairtrade Foundation and Fairtrade Africa aimed at supporting communities vulnerable to the growing impacts of climate change in its supply chain. It's not just government who has a part to play in investing in climate resilience and adaptation,?businesses

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Retail Climate change Africa Government 100

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

It emphasises the urgency of action to curb global carbon emissions, coupled with an adaptive approach to the management of our ocean resources in order to tackle an expected rise in socioeconomic inequities. Such a response would not only improve resilience and future-proof these vital industries, but could also improve profits.

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Climate change Carbon-negative Resilience Sustainability 130

Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Minister warns that global climate goals at risk if cities lock in new wave of high carbon infrastructure. of funding, that aims to help cities across Africa, Asia, and Latin America establish ambitious new net zero strategies. The UK government has today launched a new Urban Climate Action programme, backed by £27.5m

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Asia Africa Climate change Government 59

Smart Energy International

MAY 15, 2024

Enlit Africa creates a space for companies to collaborate, taking control of the energy security conversation and redefining its potential in Africa. Through collaborative engagements with leaders in the industry, Enlit Africa prioritises finding intelligent solutions to the energy security problem.

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Africa Energy Energy Climate change 52

Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Business Secretary pushes green finance agenda as he unveils £12m climate fund to support projects Africa, Asia and South America. And, touching on his role as President of the UN climate summit due to take place in Glasgow in November 2021, Sharma said his aim was "to ramp up ambition towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy".

Investment 67

Investment South America Asia Africa 67

Business Green

JULY 29, 2020

The British-Dutch multinational yesterday said it would partner with the 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG) and the Alliance for Water Stewardship on several projects supporting water management resilience in key water-stressed countries including Vietnam, India, Brazil and South Africa.

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Africa Biodegradable Sustainability Climate change 97

Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

UK, Germany, South Korea among nations offering up green stimulus measures but these are still dwarfed by carbon-intensive bailouts, according to Vivid Economics. The UK receives a more mixed review in the report.

Packaging 84

Packaging Carbon-negative Resilience Transportation 84

Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Trade group GCCA touts vision of a zero carbon global economy 'literally built with green concrete'. I envision a world in the not too distant future where the foundation of a sustainable, zero carbon global economy will literally be built with green concrete," he said.

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Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels 95

Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Power storage and generation technology scored third in the global ranking, which according to the report "reflects the urgency of transitioning to low-carbon energy systems". South Africa, China, the UK, and Brazil were all found to be experiencing the greatest shortfalls in these sectors. "In

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Agriculture Africa Education Technology 54