Business Green

AUGUST 4, 2021

Urgent steps to reduce the risks of water pollution, flooding, and drought are needed right across the world as part of broader measures to increase climate resilience, a major new University of Oxford-led research project has warned. However, Charles argued that "local policies and local investments can make a crucial difference". "It

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 18, 2024

Energy security now encompasses the reliability of renewables, availability and accessibility or critical minerals, and resilience in the face of physical and cyber threats. Within Asia, the energy transition is marked by robust demand driven by economic growth amidst climate threats and challenges to infrastructure resilience.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The chief heat officer’s responsibilities include education, disaster response training and infrastructure that considers extreme heat alongside other public health safety considerations. For several years she developed and implemented the city's resilience strategy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

The study details how increasing incidences of heat stress are leading to worsening working conditions, increasing the risk of short and long-term health complications for workers, and undermining productivity in many markets around the world. Dasgupta said.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Every effort must be expended on reducing risks and unknowns, whether from changes in weather, crop disease, and livestock health, or fluctuating commodity and market prices, not to mention consumer tastes and regulatory requirements. Cultivating more resilient crops. We should have spent the money, and so should our water companies.".

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The City Fix

MARCH 9, 2023

Transportation is a crucial enabler of economic development, providing people access to markets, employment, education, and health services. In addition to these development benefits, improving transport systems by making them cleaner, safer, more inclusive and more resilient accelerates climate action.

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Business Green

JANUARY 4, 2023

2023 has kicked off with yet more extreme weather records being toppled, further underscoring the need for greater climate resilience. For example, a devastating drought has affected more than 36 million people in East Africa over the past year, pushing many to the brink of famine, while in West Africa 1.3

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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.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

As with all UK businesses, we are committed to ensuring that all possible efforts are made to save lives and tackle the current health crisis and resulting economic downturn. Sergio Menendez, President, CEMEX Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia (EMEAA). Dear Prime Minister, Please accept our support during these unprecedented times.

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The City Fix

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Mayors from Latin America, Africa and Asia will be welcoming more than 90% of the new urban inhabitants in the next decade. Governing these ballooning cities is a continuing challenge, not just in terms of urban design and revitalization, but.

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Grist

MARCH 14, 2023

According to the study, the most severe event of the last two decades was the extreme rain that hit sub-Saharan Africa beginning in 2020. The increase in extreme flooding and drought could hold “dire consequences” for human health, crops, and regional unrest, according to the study.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Such a response would not only improve resilience and future-proof these vital industries, but could also improve profits. To avert an impending economic crisis, widespread devastation to communities, hunger and resource conflicts in coming decades, we must urgently restore ocean health.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

The research, which was based on a survey of 12,000 global executives, found that 76 million jobs are expected to be required by 2030 across green and social sectors, including in agriculture, energy, health, and education. South Africa, China, the UK, and Brazil were all found to be experiencing the greatest shortfalls in these sectors. "In

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Business Green

APRIL 23, 2020

WRI warns that flooding could aggravate coronavirus crisis in South and Southeast Asia and Africa, urging for increased investment globally in flood prevention. Floods are a threat multiplier that could worsen the public health and economic impacts we're seeing from Covid-19," she said. "At

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

It's clear we all have a critical part to play in mitigating our impact on water supplies, and to protect the health of global communities. Mars said it was also working on plans to expand the water risk programmes beyond Mexico to cover an additional six of its manufacturing sites in Asia and Africa "in the near future".

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2021

It has been one of the most important public health messages since the COVID-19 pandemic began but a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF shows that, as the crisis began, three in 10 people worldwide could not wash their hands with soap and water at home.

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Defend Our Future

JUNE 22, 2023

This makes them more vulnerable to health, safety, and displacement impacts, leading to higher anxiety and stress levels. Imagine living in a place where water infrastructure is insufficient, where women and girls are responsible for fetching water. During environmental disasters, evacuation and aid may become challenging.

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Elemental Excelerator

JANUARY 23, 2024

And while Canada’s coast faces countless climate threats, Elemental Policy Lab Fellow Na’im Merchant said it also could become important for climate resiliency as an unparalleled resource for ocean-based carbon dioxide removal (CDR) methods. In 2022, an estimated 600,000 people were exposed to rising seas along these coastlines.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

These changes to our food systems could improve human and planetary health Oliver Camp Mon, 10/26/2020 – 01:30 On the recent World Food Day, the clarion call was clearer than ever: We must fix our food systems to improve human health, drive economic growth and save the planet from environmental collapse.

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

This is a chance for nations to recover better, to include the most vulnerable in those plans, and a chance to shape the 21st century economy in ways that are clean, green, healthy, just, safe and more resilient. While we may need to postpone our diplomatic gatherings, there can be no pushing off the urgent need for climate action in 2020.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The requirement for a battery passport, which is mandated in the EU Battery Regulation and set to come in others, is based on the need for a standardised traceability framework to promote circularity, efficiency and resilience in the supply chain as batteries proliferate, particularly with their use in electric vehicles. Register now

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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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Grist

MARCH 14, 2023

According to the study, the most severe event of the last two decades was the extreme rain that hit sub-Saharan Africa beginning in 2020. The increase in extreme flooding and drought could hold “dire consequences” for human health, crops, and regional unrest, according to the study.

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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. As we emerge from the public health pandemic, we not only want to support businesses to bounce back as quickly as possible, but also to do so in a way that meets the UK's big, structural challenges," Sharma said.

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Grist

MAY 14, 2024

For over 60 years, the laboratory has studied whether nuclear technologies can be used to breed new and more resilient varieties of crops, and the seeds from the space capsule were its newest venture. In the United States, natural disasters, many made worse by climate change, caused $21.5 billion in agricultural losses in 2022 alone.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

More than 70 per cent of large-scale farmers in the US, France, China, Brazil, India and across much of Africa harbour significant concerns about the impact of climate change on their crops and business over the next five years, the findings of a major new Ipsos Mori poll have shown.

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Danone has already demonstrated a 14% reduction in absolute methane emissions from 2018 and 2020, with successful projects that have demonstrated benefits for farmers in Africa, the European Union and U.S., while reducing emissions per gallon of milk. Plus, it’s good for corporate bottom lines and financial futures.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Overseas development aid can help to set developing countries on a low-carbon pathway while boosting the health, resilience and independence of communities. This will help avoid and reduce emissions while ensuring reliable access to health services, improving agricultural efficiency and food security, boosting wellbeing.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Who's news.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 26, 2022

Planet recently participated in a virtual discussion with US Government leaders focused on leveraging satellite data to improve climate resilience. Department of State to share how their organizations are assessing climate risk and building climate resilience.

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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

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Beyond these intense negotiations lies a much-broader field of activity, not least to bring the financial system into line with a net zero, nature positive and resilient future. We know that the decline in biodiversity is occurring at unprecedented rates, posing severe risks for macroeconomic health. per cent and 6.5

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Business Green

AUGUST 23, 2022

Globally, we need to radically change the way in which we develop and use appliances and technologies to help safeguard the health of the planet. million jobs globally, showing just how important the sector will be in creating new jobs around the world.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

"Over the coming decade we will see emerging offshore markets like Japan, Korea, and Vietnam move to full deployment, and see the first offshore turbines installed in a number of new countries in Asia, Latin America and Africa.". Europe implemented unprecedented measures to counter the health crisis which affected all areas of the economy.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Countries across the globe have taken the extraordinary measures to shut down large swathes of their economies in order to combat the coronavirus public health emergency. And now, as we look forward to COP26 next November 2021, our aim is to ramp up ambition towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. adaptation and resilience.

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Business Green

MAY 12, 2020

How should they evolve to build resilience to the major risks that remain on the horizon - such as future pandemics, economic disruption and the impacts of climate change? Coronavirus is yet to fully hit some parts of the world such as Africa and Latin America, whose health systems are at major risk of being quickly overwhelmed.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This would mean a doubling of the urban environment and equivalent to 70 million people moving to cities every year for the next three decades, with close to 90 per cent of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa.

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