Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One of the cornerstones of this strategy is to develop a coherent Trans-European Nature Network (TEN-N) to function as a connected system through ecological corridors with natural and semi-natural areas, which, if appropriately managed, can deliver a wide range of benefits for biodiversity and people.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Methane is a major contributor to climate change, and if we can’t measure it, we can’t manage it. ” Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases contributing to global warming and a leading cause of climate change worldwide. within reach.”

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Planet Pulse

JUNE 7, 2021

For the fourth year in a row, Planet is partnering with the Copernicus Masters competition in search of innovative start-up ideas with a focus on the environment and climate change. These environmental objectives require quick and efficient mobilization by everyone – policy makers and governments, industry, and citizens.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the world struggles to combat climate change, the need for a sustainable economy is more urgent than ever. It’s leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions which are affecting our ecosystems and contributing to climate change. But it will require a shift towards eco-friendly practices and policies in various sectors.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

.” The document from the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG)[1] sets out seven recommendations that it believes global leaders at COP26 must consider to make carbon pricing more effective. It is estimated that today’s policy ambitions and targets would likely lead to global warming of around 2.7C

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GreenBiz

MARCH 5, 2021

billion tons) and play a crucial role in averting the dangerous impacts of climate change. Protect human health and biodiversity. This pollution also threatens biodiversity. trillion economic opportunity by reducing waste, stimulating innovation and creating employment. percent gets collected and recycled.

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Greentown Labs

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

North America’s largest climatetech incubator will expand to Houston’s Innovation District to accelerate the clean energy transition and reveals Microsoft, Rice Management Company, Saint-Gobain, Direct Energy, Naturgy, and FCC Environmental Services as additional partners. mixed-use space that anchors the Innovation District.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

UKRI offers funding to four major scientific projects across UK exploring net zero cities, agricultural resilience, and biodiversity loss. We rely on the biodiversity of the planet's ecosystem to provide oxygen, pollination of plants, food and much more, making this a crucial time to act.".

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 16, 2023

Urgent action is needed to shift food and agriculture from a driver of climate change and biodiversity loss to a solution, with positive outcomes for producers, companies and consumers. This is the first methane-specific climate pledge from a food or agriculture company. The good news?

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Intended to fill the policy vacuum emerging from the UK’s departure from the EU on 31 January, the Environment Bill has been eagerly anticipated, and seemingly gives government the power to set legally binding targets on all aspects of the environment in future. Soil and biodiversity. Envirotec reports.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

As Science, Innovation and Gender Day gets underway at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, UK announces raft of initiatives designed to tackle gender inequality around the world. I urge more countries to make commitments to implement the UNFCCC Gender Action Plan and deliver the goals of the Feminist Action for Climate Justice.".

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Business Green

JULY 5, 2022

Charity coalition publishes its first climate risk assessment, examining the impact of climate change across its 400 square mile estate. Charity coalition The Wildlife Trusts has today published a new report which sets out some of the radical steps required to help UK nature adapt to escalating climate impacts.

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Business Green

MAY 7, 2021

With G7 and COP26 fast approaching, Environmental Audit Committee chair Philip Dunne argues the government must adopt a solutions-driven approach to environmental policy. Now is the time for effective government policy interventions to deliver these commitments to protect our environment.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. In a May 2020 paper in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, a team of economists led by Cameron Hepburn led a survey to assess the most climate-friendly recovery policies.

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

The Aldersgate Group's Josie Murdoch assesses the policy action needed from government to accelerate progress on green finance in the UK. These include the newly launched UK Infrastructure Bank , the UK's first green gilt and the roll out of mandatory climate-related financial disclosures by 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a new strategy: presenting itself as the source of solutions. Coming from backgrounds in economics, ecology and public policy , we have spent several years focusing on carbon drawdown. Read the original article.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 5, 2022

The UN IPCC has released its latest climate change mitigation report, which provides an updated global assessment of mitigation progress and pledges. One of its core findings is that major transitions in the energy industry will be key to mitigating the climate crisis. Climate change policy.

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Planet Pulse

APRIL 18, 2022

Numerous integrated research programs focused on boreal forests of Canada have joined forces to use advanced satellite data available from Planet to document how past, present, and future changes are altering the ability of the boreal forest to sustain biodiversity and the people that call this ecosystem home. Map by Leanne Abraham.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The UK government announced this morning that 45 countries had agreed to set out their commitment to transform agriculture and food systems through policy reforms, research, and innovation so as to reduce emissions and protect nature. If we are to keep the 1.5C

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The Environmental Blog

AUGUST 24, 2023

The use of innovative techniques and technologies like precision feeding and climate-controlled poultry houses help streamline operations. Innovative water management practices ensure the efficient use of this precious resource. Techniques like rainwater harvesting and water recycling systems have been introduced.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

MPs are urging the government to use the upcoming Budget to usher in a major transformation of the tax system to align the UK's spending plans with its net zero and biodiversity commitments, warning time is running short to deliver on its promise of a green economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

A new peer-to-peer platform is helping municipalities and water utilities find reliable innovative solutions to their infrastructure resilience challenges, according to the firm behind it, Isle Utilities. Biodiversity is also at risk along with public health and the psychological wellbeing of those affected by extreme weather events.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

From ditching GDP as a measure of economic wealth to enhancing environmental education: BusinessGreen has rounded up all the recommendations of the Dasgupta Review of the Economics of Biodiversity. Policy makers, business leaders, financial sectors, and communities all have a part to play in this sweeping vision.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

The UK is the latest country whose government environmental groups have sued for failing to take sufficient action on climate change. Most modelled pathways for meeting the Paris Agreement's goal of averting dangerous climate change involve scaling up carbon removal. So what does a good net zero strategy look like?

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

The biggest risks to food security stem from climate change and the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services,” said the letter, which was sent to all Members of the European Parliament. “We We urge policy makers to continue the legislative procedure.” Furthermore the effect on climate change is minimal.”

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Restoring and creating habitat improves biodiversity, reduces carbon emissions and flood risk, and provides climate resilience, something that's key for the coming years. Everyone talks about a climate change emergency, but there's also a biodiversity emergency. The importance of nature-based solutions.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

Then, built on the belief that it takes more than funding for companies to succeed, we surround them with holistic support across equity and access, fundraising, policy , corporate partnerships , community engagement , and a network of other CEOs and innovators. Climate Resilience. Scale alternative proteins and crops.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Recent announcements, such as the approval of the long-awaited loss and damage fund, highlight the critical intersection of governmental policies and business initiatives in steering towards a net zero future. Climate change transcends environmental concerns; it's a complex interplay of political, social, and economic factors.

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Forbes Green Tech

APRIL 30, 2020

To prevent pandemics and slow climate change, people need to be convinced of the need to protect biodiversity. One solution, suggests a UN expert, is to account for "natural capital," just as we do in business.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 9, 2021

Is the golf industry doing enough to combat climate change? Aubrey McCormick Fri, 04/09/2021 – 02:00 Sports leagues are seeing the impacts and the surge of climate-responsible athletes using their platforms to promote positive environmental and social impact — it’s something for the history books.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

To increase the role played by offshore wind energy in mitigating climate change, deployment needs to ramp up across the globe. GWEC and the UN Global Compact say the roadmap will help reduce the pressure and degradation of the ecosystem and biodiversity in the marine sector. Read more: A supply chain is born: Can the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Nobody wants the food they consume to have destroyed forests, habitats, and wildlife on its way to their plate, and yet the system that underpins our global food supplies today continues to be one of the biggest drivers of biodiversity loss and climate change worldwide. These three levers are in part interdependent," it adds.

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

Circular economy solutions can have a huge impact on climate change because 70% of greenhouse gas emissions are related to production and use of products – from the buildings we live in and the transport we use, to the food we eat and the clothes we wear. World leaders committed to limit climate change to 1.5°C

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2023

Pensions firm's new Global Environmental Solutions fund to invest in companies tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity and pollution Scottish Widows has launched four new funds which aim to direct a total of £1.4bn of investment into sustainable assets.

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Business Green

JUNE 17, 2021

New government-backed bank tasked with tackling climate change and levelling up regional inequalities has formally opened at its Leeds HQ. The UK Infrastructure Bank has opened for business and is ready to start delivering on its twin aims of tackling climate change and supporting regional economic growth, the government has confirmed.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Climate change and the loss of nature are two intersecting crises that face the global economy. This nine-month climate-biodiversity season kicks off with the opening of Biodiversity COP15 from 11th October, moves to the COP26 climate summit later in the month and completes with the second part of COP15 in May 2022.

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