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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Smart Energy International

MAY 17, 2024

Falling prices, increased demand and concentration of supply characterise the critical minerals panorama as energy transitions advance, the IEA has reported. Mostly driven by a strong increase in global supply, outpacing the growing demand, this has resulted in a lowering of prices, for example by around 14% for batteries.

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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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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The new $250 million potato factory, spanning an area of 15,000m2 (roughly the size of two professional football fields) in a remote region in Southwest Egypt, is an important gateway into the rest of Africa for the country’s processed food exports. Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Concerns over the on-going ability of agricultural yields to keep track with growing demand are further amplified by geopolitical disruption, such as the war in Ukraine, and worsening climate impacts such as the heat waves and droughts that have afflicted much of the northern hemisphere this summer. Cultivating more resilient crops.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

In Asia and Africa, building stock is expected to double by 2050. Energy demand in the buildings and construction sector is likely to rebound as economic recovery efforts take hold and as pent-up demands for new construction are realized. Buildings’ resilience needs to increase to future proof our homes and work spaces.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 14, 2021

” Rapid growth in India’s renewable energy sector is driving demand for new technologies to modernize the country’s power sector. Demand for flexible, clean power spurs startup activity. The rise of renewables is forcing utilities and other energy stakeholders to make the grid smarter, more resilient and efficient.

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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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Smart Energy International

APRIL 1, 2022

Enhancing income generation, community resilience and the minigrid utility’s financial performance are ways to do so. Supporting demand, jobs and SME growth by increasing agricultural productive use at minigrid sites are critical to uplifting low-income communities in Nigeria. Learn how ??

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Using advanced AI , the Capalo platform attempts to optimise the use of flexible energy assets, such as energy storage systems and EV charging stations, allowing the commissioning of weather-dependent renewable energy sources to grow by coordinating with the flexibility of the energy grid to adjust to production and demand fluctuations.

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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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Smart Energy International

AUGUST 25, 2023

Heat pumps are a key clean tech asset for enabling demand side response , which is gaining attraction in the UK as a method of alleviating peak demand on the country’s grid system. The acquisition is thus hoped to deliver associated data solutions and demand flexibility services to energy suppliers, businesses and consumers.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 6, 2022

Security of supply and automation – centered around five sub-elements, including grid modernisation and meter deployments, grid stability, resilience, data management, and cybersecurity. Building the case to move beyond meter-to-cash is centered around increasing resilience, stated Doyle. Methods to drive decarbonisation. .”

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Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The Cures for Carbon: Elemental is committed to advancing emerging technologies in deep decarbonization that leverages Earth’s natural resources of air, oceans and soil to achieve necessary carbon removal levels by 2030 and beyond while fostering resilience and sustainability for communities on the frontlines.

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Business Green

JULY 18, 2022

In a video address to more than 40 leaders and ministers assembled at the Berlin event this morning, Antonio Guterres slammed political leaders for failing to take adequate action on tackling climate change and mobilising finance to support poorer nations' efforts to decarbonise and bolster their climate resilience.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The statement also calls for governments to step up efforts to tackle methane pollution, enhance climate adaptation and resilience, and scale up climate finance for developing countries. The COP27 Coalition is a space for Africans to take back control of our collective future. "The

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Comments come as new analysis suggests Africa could face GDP hit of 64 per cent as a result of escalating climate impacts. From our long experience, we know that investing in adaptation to climate change makes a real difference toward building small-scale food producers' resilience while they adapt to changing environmental conditions.".

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Demand and to an extent, finance have been plentiful for those ready to put the work in. ” Resilience as an off-grid selling point. “It's actually about actually working with communities to build demand for power.” Restrictions on movement in Africa started just as its supply lines to China reopened in Q2.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

To work in solar, you need to be resilient, adaptable and committed to acting on climate science. We're currently developing a 5GW pipeline across Europe, Africa and Latin America, and are on site constructing more than 600MW of solar capacity in Spain and the Netherlands. We are in the midst of an artificial demand shock.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Despite its immense potential for growth and innovation, the clean energy sector will face a dire shortage of talent in the coming years because the rapid increase in demand for workers with experience in renewables does not match the supply of the workforce and it will take time to train people up. The benefits of DRE are significant.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Delivering on this potential can be even more transformative where alternatives remain expensive, unproven, distantly or less available to serve rapidly growing demand for clean, resilient, and zero carbon energy- as in countries like India , and those in Sub-Saharan and southern Africa.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

The results of the poll also reveal significant demand for businesses to do more to tackle the problem, with 35 per cent of respondents believing companies are primarily responsible for ensuring goods sold in the UK do not support the destruction of nature overseas, according to WWF.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, each additional unit consumed directly harms those who can no longer reap the benefits. To me, this really shows a demand from consumers for these products. Demand drives supply.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Developed nations must work harder to build trust with their developing world counterparts at COP27 by meeting existing climate finance commitments and mobilising more funds to help poorer nations decarbonise their economies and enhance their climate resilience.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Discussions centered both around its demand for power and how it can accelerate solutions. The World Bank committed to offering Climate-Resilient Debt Clauses (CRDCs) in existing loans which will allow for a pause in debt and interest payments for two years in the event of natural disasters.  Artificially inflated intelligence.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, meanwhile, called for a "radical restructuring of global financial architecture" and warned that "no one will win if Africa loses". Negotiations continue.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the WMO report showed that climate impacts worldwide were now heading into an "uncharted territory of destruction", as he reiterated his demand for countries to accelerate the phase out of fossil fuels worldwide. Prolonged and severe droughts in China, the Horn of Africa and the United States.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

The report confirms "demand for fossil fuels is falling due to high prices and strong wind and solar output, contrary to fears of a resurgence due to the energy crisis". The transformative potential and power of mini-grids in Rwanda, across Africa, and emerging markets more widely, is hugely exciting. "As

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

In fact, 789 million people in the world lack access to electricity with 548 million of those in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Carbon Emissions and Energy Demand. of the world’s electricity demand which is currently mostly sourced from harmful fossil fuels. Global Power Insecurity. The EPA has broken down the total U.S.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 25, 2021

In fact, 789 million people in the world lack access to electricity with 548 million of those in sub-Saharan Africa alone. Carbon Emissions and Energy Demand. of the world’s electricity demand which is currently mostly sourced from harmful fossil fuels. Global Power Insecurity. The EPA has broken down the total U.S.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 15, 2022

Areas of interest include electric and hybrid powertrains, energy storage, green hydrogen and demand response. CPower to acquire Centrica’s US demand response business. Have you read: Volkswagen enters EV battery business with €20bn investment in PowerCo Net-zero compliance is vital to woo investors to Africa says Siemens boss.

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Business Green

JANUARY 25, 2021

Deforestation and fires have soared in the Amazon Rainforest in recent years, while huge global demand for products such as palm oil, soy, and timber is also driving destruction of critical forests in Asia, Africa, and beyond. Corporate efforts to combat the issue have also largely failed.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Typically, the talk is about demand side interventions, like you can get schools or, or individuals to give up meat,” she says. But I’m a little worried that some of this [meat] production is so baked into subsidies and policy, that even with decreased demand, this apparatus will just keep flowing. “We

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Just this year alone, the world has experienced a multi-year drought in the Horn of Africa, with knock on damages on food production; unprecedented flooding in South Africa; and searing summer heatwaves across the northern hemisphere. These impacts are being experienced at just 1.1C

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

He stated that there was between a 30 per cent and 40 per cent financing gap in Europe and North America, compared to an over 90 per cent financing gap in Africa. You can still register for a free pass to catch the rest of the Net Zero Festival over the next two days, as well as any sessions you may have missed on demand.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

An all you need to know guide for businesses to the IPCC’s guidebook on building climate resilience and adaptation. Under the same conditions, people in Africa's tropical regions are projected to lose between three to 41 per cent of their fisheries' yield by the end of the century due to local extinctions of marine fish.

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