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Green City Solutions fights air pollution with IoT, biotech and moss

Green Tech Challenge

In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment. They seek to solve it with a combination of Internet of Things (IoT) and plants, providing clean and cool air to hot urban cities.

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What does the vaccine mean for cold chain sustainability?

Business Green

Up to 30 per cent of the gas used to cool the refrigerator is leaked into the atmosphere. According to the World Health Organisation , 25 per cent of vaccines are lost in transport due to breaks in the cold chain, creating waste. Greening the cold chain. The last issue cold chains need to tackle is waste.

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? $32bn and 30% drop as market hits pause in 2023

Climate Tech VC

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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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. Solvay repurposes wastewater from dairy production in the United Arab Emirates to cool cows in arid fields. UAE, Switzerland and France. "Vas"

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

It’s throwing $100 million toward biotech solutions for repurposing waste and improving plastics; regenerative agriculture in deforested zones; and building up markets for biological ingredients. Solvay repurposes wastewater from dairy production in the United Arab Emirates to cool cows in arid fields. UAE, Switzerland and France.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Prithivi Chellamuthu currently works as Senior Scientist – Curative, a biotech/healthcare startup involved in improving healthcare access to the community. Prior to his current role he worked as scientist in a public health lab, and as post-doctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. residential sector.