DeSmogBlog

APRIL 7, 2021

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Using an innovative methodology developed by the WWF, the Global Trade Analysis Project, and the Natural Capital Project, the study compares the costs associated with the decline in natural assets across 140 countries. The study also estimates economic costs arising from the loss of specific ecosystem services.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Policy changes and technological innovation are expected to play a key role in meeting these enhanced goals.". The new law also sets out a requirement to ensure any private economic initiative does not damage health or the environment. Clean Oceans Initiative doubles funding goal to €4bn by 2025.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

As our Program Engagement Specialist, you will support the operations and success of the Green Hydrogen Coalition (GHC) and Vehicle Grid Integration Council (VGIC), two associations managed by Strategen focused on the next generation of clean energy innovation. ONGOING OPENINGS.

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2020

We therefore ask you to provide a clear vision for government recovery efforts, ensuring they: Drive investment in low carbon innovation, infrastructure and industries, as well as improved resilience to future environmental risks. Philip Law, Director General, British Plastics Federation. Rob Bradley, CEO, Bouygues UK.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 29, 2020

Walker, Director, Environmental Security and Sustainability, Green Cross International, Right Livelihood Award Laureate Mercy For Animals Mohamed Adow, Founder and Director of Power Shift Africa Warren Ellis, Author, Creator Prof.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 26, 2020

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and even Tupperware have signed on with governments and NGOs to do away with "unnecessary" plastics and innovate so that other plastics will be reused, recycled or composted; and kept out of natural systems. Chief innovation officers. For innovation chiefs, Choi sees the benefit as fairly intuitive.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The summit also sought to highlight Africa as a destination for climate investments, rather than viewing the continent as predominantly a victim of droughts, famines, and floods. More domestic refining and processing of the raw materials for batteries and other critical mineral deposits located in Africa.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 16, 2020

Germany just passed a law mandating a coal exit — in 2038. many utilities are using financial innovations to retire legacy coal plants and replace them with clean energy. In Europe, Germany’s new coal exit law includes many avenues to compensate legacy operators including direct payments to help grease the retirement skids.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting.  

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The business community represented by the Aldersgate Group is clear that the ambitious climate and environmental policies needed to achieve net zero emissions are also essential to drive economic prosperity, create jobs in locations across the country and secure export opportunities for innovative UK industries.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MARCH 20, 2024

A paper by Jesse Nyokabi , Johnson Kilangi, Louise Mathu, Sharon Mwakugu, and Kombuso Joshua Nyoni looks into the mechanism of Private-Public Partnerships (PPPs) and how these can be used to mobilize project financing for geothermal projects in Africa. Other countries in East Africa are still in the surface exploration phase of development.

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Unilever and even Tupperware have signed on with governments and NGOs to do away with "unnecessary" plastics and innovate so that other plastics will be reused, recycled or composted; and kept out of natural systems. Chief innovation officers. For innovation chiefs, Choi sees the benefit as fairly intuitive.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

for onshore wind in Africa relative to 3.3% Speakers noted the leadership from state and local governments, including California’s with newly adopted disclosure rules and Local Law 97 in New York. Here are a few of the can’t-miss policy and innovation updates from the week. in Europe).

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

We’ve started to go down the hill for the last ten years of statistics – but there will be a time when the line will have to go straight,” Feller told DeSmog on the sidelines of the Animal Agtech Innovation Summit in Amsterdam in October. The objective is to continue to reduce, as long as it doesn’t affect animals.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

In rainforests in Brazil and Indonesia, many places in Africa, all around the world, people eat many kinds of insects. The rules are so strict, that some cheeses that we have been eating for centuries would have been banned under these laws. Future innovations might include food that is incomprehensible to us now. The real deal.

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Planet Pulse

JULY 12, 2021

According to Remi D’Annunzio, REDD+ National Forest Monitoring Coordinator for Africa, UN-FAO, “Anywhere in the Central African forest where degradation is happening – we were missing a substantial amount of even easy to detect degradation with anything else other than the Planet-NICFI data.”

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Out of apparently nothing, the Democrats could pull together a good enough package of incentives as the climate components of an expediently misnamed Inflation Reduction Act became law. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has added a supply shock to already rising energy prices with global implications.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Periods can be a taboo topic, but Camargo sees an opportunity for innovation.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The new investments are to be made in partnership with SK Innovation, a South Korean battery maker. The Green Party, meanwhile, wants to revise Germany's renewable-energy law to increase the use of low-carbon energy in the transport and industry sectors, and for heating. Rich Nations pitch $5bn to fund south africa coal exit.

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Mearth

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

A strategist’s guide to blockchain examines the potential advantages of this essential innovation—and also suggests a way forward for financial institutions. The Law provides, amongst other issues, for the fee arrangements and payment establishments that comprise the Brazilian Payment System. And the U.S.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

She is a strong believer in the role of arts, technology and innovation in education, and has worked on related projects in Tanzania, India, China, and the US. Prior to his current role, Babatunde worked as a consultant at the World Bank Group, researching the effects of import duties and VAT on solar products in West Africa.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 23, 2024

His House of Lords register of interests shows that he has a stake in Pantheon Resources, a UK company exploring for oil in Alaska, and previously had a stake in Cluff Energy Africa, which is described as an “early stage oil prospecting company seeking licences in Africa (Angola and Sierra Leone)”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2023

It’s deeply concerning that Downing Street’s doors are open to fracking enthusiasts,” Good Law Project Executive Director Jolyon Maugham told DeSmog. Two ministers, Minister of State for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell , and Home Secretary Suella Braverman , have also contributed to CPS reports during this period.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Our honorees for 2021 are intrepid startup founders, tenacious corporate innovators and determined public servants. Badalian received an environmental law degree from Lewis & Clark Law School, which helped shape his policy work, he says. Periods can be a taboo topic, but Camargo sees an opportunity for innovation.

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Climate Tech VC

OCTOBER 16, 2023

  ⚡ Enfin , a Bloemfontein, South Africa-based solar financing platform, was acquired by Adenia Partners for an undisclosed amount.  OPEC projects production will grow 9% in the next two decades to 116M barrels per day, largely driven by demand from India, China, Africa and the Middle East.  Apply by March 15th.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Over the past year, many professional services organizations that previously had little to say publicly about their climate change strategy — from law firms to management consultants to ad agencies — found themselves under closer scrutiny not just for their own footprint but for supporting some of the biggest climate deniers around.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Amazon deforestation, coal legal challenges, and Nigeria's new climate law all feature in this week's BusinessGreen Global Briefing. Campaigners launch legal action against South Africa's plans for new coal plants. Official figures confirm Amazon deforestation soared 22 per cent last year. China launches new green steel alliance.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 22, 2020

He also worked with Nestlé while at McCann Enterprise to develop a low-technology platform for communicating nutrition and health information to low-literate consumers in equatorial Africa. He’s excited to bring his skills for channeling innovation and building partnerships to achieve broader impact. Hilda Liswani, 28.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2020

But the Ministry said it hopes stricter plastic waste guidelines will help expand the market for degradable plastics, and spur technological innovation for recycling and new materials. China has been struggling to curb the mountain of waste generated by its 1.4 Tesla speeds past Volkswagen to hit $100bn valuation.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

🌾 SUIND , a Bangalore Urban, India-based AI-driven crop care innovation developer, raised $1M in Seed funding from Sunicron Ventures, Zetta farms, and others. 💨 Lignovations , a Klosterneuburg, Austria-based biomass-derived ingredient innovation developer, raised $2M in Seed funding from Borregaard, Valnon Holding, and others.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The new law will remove zombie projects unlikely to be developed, or stalled out due to its current “first come , first serve” policy and make room for viable projects to interconnect much quicker. 💡 Sustainability Open Innovation Challenge : Apply for the chance to win S$75,000. respectively.

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