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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 In recent decades, growth in agricultural production has come with a heavy price; causing unsustainable harm to the environment and biodiversity. billion people by 2050.

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Plant Lights and Environmental Conservation

The Environmental Blog

They address rampant challenges such as deforestation, energy overuse, and excess waste. By diminishing the reliance on traditional light sources, they champion energy conservation and slash emissions. Old-school farming techniques have their drawbacks, often guzzling resources like land, water, and power. stands out.

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Report: Pollution is connected to 9 million deaths worldwide each year

Grist

That’s the message delivered on Tuesday by public health experts from the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, a high-profile panel of scientific experts. There’s not a whole lot being done about it,” said Rachael Kupka, executive director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution and one of the report’s coauthors.

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SDG15: The fight for life on land

Business Green

On top of that, the land plays host to much of the planet's biodiversity, providing incalculable benefits to humanity and the global economy, starting with the pollination that underpins the global food system. Essentially, without biodiversity, we would not exist, let alone develop". Cristiana Pa?ca

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How forestry conservation is sustaining both the climate and livelihoods in the Congo

Business Green

Moreover, the people that depend on it are getting access to health, education, food security, and sustainable livelihoods. Deforestation and forest degradation are the second leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 15 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions. Rare wildlife is returning. The results are encouraging.

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How can the world kick its oil habit?

Mr. Sustainability

The world and its oil addiction An overview of global oil consumption The world runs on oil (1). The dark, often viscous liquid is the single biggest contributor to the world’s energy mix, at 34 per cent of consumption, followed by coal at 27 per cent and natural gas at 24 per cent. million b/d in 1986. 6) Oh yes. “The