Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

Two separate reports from WWF and Greenpeace have similarly highlighted how soy remains a major driver of deforestation, especially in South America, despite the growing number of pledges from retailers and agri-businesses to develop sustainable soy supply chains.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In recognition of this, the relationship agreement extends to officially supporting the Philippines geothermal sector in achieving ambitious decarbonization goals set by the government. This partnership is a great example of New Zealand companies working together to leverage New Zealand expertise globally.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

WWF calls on government to set legally-binding target to eradicate both legal and illegal deforestation from UK supply chains. Our poll shows an overwhelming majority of people in the UK want to stop the things they buy and the food they eat from causing deforestation overseas, and the UK government has a duty to respond.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The announcement, led by 40 members of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), marks the biggest global net zero commitment from the carbon-intensive sector to date, and brings together firms from North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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Grist

MARCH 3, 2022

To adapt to water-borne and food-borne illnesses, the report recommends governments improve access to potable water and protect water and sanitation systems from flooding. What happened with COVID doesn’t raise my confidence level that people are ready to make the kinds of investments we need,” he said.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

Many developing countries in Asia , Africa and South America suffer from a combination of poor service and what’s known in the utility industry as “non-technical losses,” which includes customer energy theft and corrupt business practices on the part of utility personnel and government agencies.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 21, 2020

That can bring new levels of visibility and efficiency to the complex processes that govern the multi-billion dollar trade in renewable energy certificates (RECs). Other partners are using the same underlying open-source architecture to certify renewable energy credits in Europe, South America, Africa and Asia, he said.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

For example, Canada and Central and South America, where oil is costly and carbon-intensive to extract, would have to leave 83 and 73 percent of their oil reserves in the ground, respectively, while the United States would have to leave only 31 percent of its oil reserves undeveloped.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

“Our commitment to continue investing in Chile remains intact,” said Acciona’s director general of energy for South America, José Ignacio Escobar, in a press statement. In the meantime, Chile’s administration is working to quell investor concerns.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The Fairtrade Foundation has called on the UK government to include imported emissions that were generated overseas in the process of meeting UK consumption needs in its carbon targets, in a detailed new report published today.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Generally speaking, according to the special working environment of tropical rainforest or dry desert climate in African countries, the requirements for smart water meter will be more strict than in Asia or South America. In summary, the critical aspects of the smart water meters that need to be considered are as follows: 1.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Salmon is fed on other fish — small, oily, and nutritious pelagic species — which are harvested by the tonne off the West African coastline and pulverized into fishmeal and fish oil for export to Europe and Asia. Drax already receives over £800 million a year from the UK government to burn these pellets sourced from around the EU and the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Filling in For Governments. Sponsorships with governments are also common, sometimes filling holes in funding for arts, education, or cultural programs. In Argentina, for example, TotalEnergies and Pan American Energy are official sponsors of a government-partner music foundation.

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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.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

Many people across the world are looking to governments during this global emergency to provide leadership and clarity to overcome the unprecedented challenges that we are facing. The UK government will fund the best projects and approaches to be deployed globally, and share UK expertise to support others with their own green recovery.

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The City Fix

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Today’s climate change headlines often seem at odds with each other. One day, it’s catastrophic wildfires wreaking havoc around the world; the next, it’s an optimistic piece on the rapid scale-up of solar and wind power. Taken together, such stories.

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Grist

MARCH 7, 2022

The hotspots for migration, according to the new report, are in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and South America , though small island nations are disproportionately impacted due to the effects of sea-level rise. When cities grow without that planning, precarious slums fill in the gaps.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

APAC, starting with China, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand as the first region; India, the Russian sub-continent as the second region; Europe, the Middle East, and Africa as the third region, and then North and South America as the fourth region. So, why is it important for government to join this day?

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

UK government to try and build support for new Clean Green Initiative to fund developing world climate projects, but observers warn plan requires proper funding. One government source told the paper that that unless Johnson overruled Chancellor Rishi Sunak there was a risk that the initiative would prove counterproductive.

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Business Green

APRIL 21, 2021

The Prime Minister is scheduled to address the opening session of the Climate Leaders Summit, which is being hosted by the Biden administration to coincide with Earth Day and step up pressure on governments around the world to strengthen their national climate action plans ahead of the crucial COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow this autumn.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

temperature goal agreed by governments. And Nicolette Bartlett, chief impact officer at investor-backed climate disclosure initiative CDP, said the IPCC's stark findings should act as a major catalyst for action among the business and governments in high-emitting economies most responsible for climate change. "In

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Charged

MARCH 1, 2024

Since then, we’ve been able to acquire customers all across Europe, but also in Australia, Southeast Asia, the US and Canada, South America. For example, in the Middle East, the governments in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Dubai, they said we need to electrify much quicker. Saudi Arabia is even building a factory for EVs.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

But while climate action is now a top priority for thousands of corporates and many of the world's top governments, few business and political leaders have made a name for themselves by prioritising action to protect and enhance nature. The frustrating thing for us is there is no need for this deforestation or climate pollution. There are 1.6

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

It is not too late for governments and businesses to act on the risks they face and to drive an innovative, determined and inclusive transition that protects economies and people.". "Failure to act on climate change could shrink global GDP by one-sixth and the commitments taken at COP26 are still not enough to achieve the 1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Moreover, many of the countries and regions best placed to benefit from a green hydrogen future and to become net exporters of the energy source are those most able to generate cheap, abundant renewable electricity, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and South America, according to the report.

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Climate 4.0

AUGUST 17, 2022

Carbon Neutrality, Sometime in the Future China’s government has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060. We outline several color-coded tiers, based on a nation’s current emissions output and its perceived ability to address significant change given its socioeconomic conditions and government. The US has pledged carbon neutrality by 2050.

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Low Impact

JUNE 6, 2021

The first non-Chinese ‘pre-coins’ (ingots) appeared in Asia Minor before 2000 BCE. The Hawala system was born in India in the 8th century and was used to transfer payments between south and east Asia and the Middle East for goods that were moved along the Silk Road. The ingots got smaller, got stamped, got rounder etc.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Amos Hochstein: Fossil Gas Executive Turned Government Gas Promoter? He has made a career of wielding the revolving door between government and industry — most recently serving as executive vice president at Tellurian, the Texas-based gas and LNG company. fossil gas banner as a solution to climate change.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

The 100 per cent electric vans form part of the USPS's $9.6bn electrification plan, which is backed by $3bn from the government's Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds. The service said that after a competitive search it had ordered 9,250 Ford E-Transit vans, with delivery of the vehicles set to commence from December of this year.

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