Business Green

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Rewilding in cities could deliver a raft of environmental benefits, including enhanced climate change resilience through increased protection from flooding and heatwaves, reduced air pollution, biodiversity gains, and reduced environmental management costs. They were also installed with solar panels to generate power.

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Grist

JULY 14, 2020

But conservation areas are often vulnerable to illegal logging, poaching, mining, and other activities that threaten biodiversity. Sound has long been used by soundscape ecologists to assess biodiversity and other metrics of ecosystem health. How can land managers detect these kinds of human impacts on protected ecosystems?

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2022

It details some of the major upgrades needed to combat the climate crisis and meet environmental targets, to develop new economic landscapes post-Covid, enhance the wellbeing and health of citizens and to overcome energy and water conservation challenges. Michael Lewis, Chief Executive of E.ON

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2020

The Prime Minister's 'New Deal' speech touted a £40m Green Recovery Challenge Fund, designed to help halt biodiversity loss and climate change through local conservation projects. Habitat loss as a driver of biodiversity decline is a particular problem in urban areas. Building Back Better.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2021

By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth. In June 2021, Dryad was named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report. And in California in 2018, wildfires caused $150 billion in economic damage , equivalent to 0.7 percent of the GDP of the USA.

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The City Fix

JULY 26, 2023

Climate change is impacting cities and their residents in many profound ways, from poor air quality to flooding to biodiversity loss and extreme heat. Now, with the help of a new tool, select cities can access localized, integrated data to.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The buildup of dust can weaken HVAC system efficiency, causing it to work harder and use more energy to heat or cool your home. HVAC refrigerant, often freon, leaks as a gas, making it difficult to detect and imposing a serious health hazard to humans and the environment the longer the leak persists. Clean or Replace Dirty Air Filters.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The strategy calls for enhanced status for chalk streams to drive investment to prevent pollution and over-abstraction, as well as restoring habitat to boost biodiversity. For many of these rivers and streams their water quality, the low flows, and the loss of biodiversity has meant they are no longer able to sustain healthy fish populations.

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Grist

JULY 26, 2023

Cool roofs lowering home temperatures in India: The city of Ahmedabad was the first in India to develop a heat action plan, following a devastating heat wave in 2010. The plan has been through several iterations over the past decade — and one of the latest initiatives is a focus on “cool roofs.”

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The are beneficial in so many ways, including biodiversity, community cohesion, local food, carbon storage and human well-being. It is important that they provide benefits to both biodiversity and human wellbeing. NbS must support or enhance biodiversity.

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Green Market Oracle

MAY 9, 2020

The biodiversity focus of this year's WED calls us reimagin our relationship with nature. Although public health protocols mean that year's WED activities will take place online, we can still remain socially connected despite our physical distance. Today, it would take 1.6

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Fairsnape

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Yet carbon is not the only issue for the airlines, it is socially unjust (with only some 15% of the population flying regularly) and the other greenhouse gasses such as NOx do damage to health and environment at point of emission – something that cannot be offset.

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Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Not only does reclaimed lumber give that rustic, farmhouse look and possess some unique history within its grain, but it also helps preserve our carbon-sequestering forests and rejects monoculture tree farms that do not support biodiversity or ecological health. Greenfiber® , manufactured in the U.S., Sustainable Interior Design.

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Green Business Bureau

OCTOBER 19, 2022

biodiversity (protecting health of local wildlife and water bodies), lower strain on aging utility infrastructure (reducing the risk of damage and repair), local revenue (sourcing materials from local businesses), and new green jobs ( there’s a growing need for developers, builders, policymakers and agents knowledgeable about sustainability).

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Climate change is presenting some urgent challenges, and the pandemic has reinforced the importance of human health and well-being, especially in the built environment. For transparency in regards to chemicals in its products, OFS provides Health Product Declarations for the top dozen products in its lineup. OFS Images via OFS.

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2022

to support tree planting across the capital, in bid to boost vital canopy cover and sun shade for citizens, support urban wildlife and biodiversity, reduce flood risk, and help combat climate change by absorbing and storing carbon. The Mayor of London has pledged a further £3.1m

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Planet’s satellites filled that gap, while Copernicus Sentinel-2 MSI was used to track the health of urban vegetation. . They set out to increase tree longevity, keep cool amid rising temperatures, reverse biodiversity loss and foster health and well-being in the process.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 6, 2021

What a cool way to show off your company name and commitment to sustainability! Indoor air quality is critical to the health and wellbeing of your staff and visitors, in and beyond the lobby. Plants are also a great addition to a space, both aesthetically pleasing and good for the environment and public health.

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Business Green

MAY 16, 2023

Last year's floods, droughts, and storms hurt transport and building infrastructure up and down the country, taking a toll on public health, worker productivity, and the wider economy. We have to learn how to do those [passive techniques], otherwise we're facing a massive increase in need for electricity for cooling," she said.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Vertical walls of plants envelop visitors in an inviting three-dimensional green space that provides a cool respite from the buzz and excitement of the Expo grounds. Dubai’s desert environment poses a significant challenge to installing such a biodiverse human-designed habitat. At the top is a solar canopy.

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Business Green

JUNE 7, 2021

In the recent high profile report by esteemed economist Professor Partha Dasgupta that was commissioned by the government - The Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity - the key finding was clear: we must properly reflect the value of nature in our measures of economic success in order to counter the global decline in biodiversity.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The blueprint features a raft of proposals designed to slash emissions, develop new economic landscapes post-covid, overcome energy and water conservation challenges, improve the overall health and wellbeing of citizens, and enhance climate resilience. The decade ahead is crucial.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 30, 2021

And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. by more than 7 percent. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.”

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Andrew Winston

MAY 14, 2018

Google’s AI was able to slash energy use for cooling by an impressive 40% , saving significant money and carbon emissions. The program, dubbed AI for Earth , is finding and funding innovators who are making progress in four critical areas — climate change, water, agriculture, and biodiversity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Unilever is already working with suppliers to try and slow the decline of soil health and biodiversity and improve water quality and efficiency while Nestle is working on regenerative farming to make crop yields more resilient. Planting native tree species can reduce flood risk and cool city streets.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

The market is still warm, but cooling. Jury is out on whether investment will keep cooling or heat back up.   Declining graduation rates are a symptom of investment health. Climate tech investment continues to grow, but slower Total funding from 2020 to 2023 is $142bn. 2023 saw a 29% increase in the cumulative total.

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Low Impact

MAY 30, 2021

I tend to focus on biodiversity loss – but again it’s always bad news. Slime moulds are one example of nature being very cool. You can go and find little growing areas, or parks that have been neglected, or bit of disused railway track that has a lot of biodiversity on it. There’s so much of that around.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

For one thing, central Appalachia is stunningly high in biodiversity. Mountaintop removal involves, as one might imagine, a lot of blasting apart rock — kicking up a lot of dust that can be laden with heavy metals , silica, and other things that can create major health problems for people.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

🌳 NatureMetrics , an Egham, United Kingdom-based DNA-based biodiversity monitoring platform, raised $13M. 🧪 Cascade Biocatalysts , a Brooklyn, NY-based sustainable chemicals platform, raised $3M in Pre-Seed funding from Ten VC, Amplify.LA, Boost VC, Cool ClimateCollective, Range Ventures, and other investors.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In Paris, streets and building walls are cooled down with water in the advent of heat waves and in Seoul, cooling shelters offer relief from sweltering weather for those who cannot afford air conditioning in their homes.

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Resilience Climate change Cooling Europe 28

Grist

MAY 15, 2024

“All of these world history events were visible inside the skeleton of a coral, and I thought it was so cool that scientists could tell such big stories from such tiny pieces of evidence.” They found that the wildfire smoke led to lifelong health impacts. ” Watch the full video here. Watch the full video here.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Projects are certified by Gold Standard , Verified Carbon Standard , Climate Action Reserve , American Carbon Registry , Plan Vivo , and The Climate, Community, and Biodiversity Alliance. Energy-efficiency buildings : The amount of energy wasted from buildings is reduced by using efficient heating, insulating, cooling, or lighting systems.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Despite the additional complications posed by the coronavirus pandemic a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra's annual Cool Schools rankings in 2020. Here is a countdown of Sierra's top 20 Cool Schools as described by Katie: 20. Sierra has been ranking the environmental performance of colleges since 2006.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Health CLIMATE IMPACTS Disposable City: Miami’s Future on the Shores of Climate Catastrophe by Mario Alejandro Ariza, 2020 A deeply reported personal investigation by a Miami journalist examines the present and future effects of climate change in the Magic City -- a watery harbinger for coastal cities worldwide. Climate impacts 2.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Solvay repurposes wastewater from dairy production in the United Arab Emirates to cool cows in arid fields. UAE, Switzerland and France. "Vas" billion years of evolution.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

JULY 25, 2019

That synthesis looked impressive at first glance; it outlined how we could change global food systems, so they emit fewer greenhouse gases, occupy less land, and protect the earth’s biodiversity — all while producing ever higher volumes of food for a global population approaching ten billion by 2050. .

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The Environmental Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The meat industry generates nearly one-fifth of the man-made greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, and livestock production accounts for almost 30% of global biodiversity loss. And what’s biodiversity? It’s a tasty exploration that benefits your health and the planet! Walk, bike, or use public transport. Plus, it’s a comfort too!

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