Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Waves crashing against a sea wall (image credit: Ray-Bilcliff, available on Pexels) A seemingly pioneering research project that aims to strengthen the resilience of sea walls to increased coastal flooding has been launched by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

The research will be underpinned by AI and robotics that will develop new ideas, technologies, and strategies to predict how agriculture and the natural world are changing. billion by 2050, a step-change in agricultural productivity, sustainability and resilience is needed to keep up with food demand.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 15, 2022

Ofwat, the economic regulator of water services in England and Wales, has announced a new “open access” competition for innovators, in an apparent widening of the scope of its existing £200m Innovation Fund, and a bid to encourage more diverse ideas to transform water services. Current timeline for the fund.

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The Environmental Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Innovative waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies offer a promising solution to this challenge, transforming how urban centers handle waste and generate energy. Waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies represent a critical advancement in this journey, offering innovative methods to convert waste into valuable energy resources.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Overall, the top five best states concerning climate resilience are California, Maine, New York, Vermont and Massachusetts. Each state was ranked based on five environmental factors. These were Carbon Emissions, the Adoption of Green Technology, Landfill Usage, Recycling and Green Policies.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

A planning application was submitted in August, which set out an ambitious sustainability agenda of climate resilience and Net Zero requirements, integrated into the design, including ultra-low carbon emissions, an acute focus on energy efficiency, insulation, on-site energy generation and zero use of fossil fuels in the running of the building. “By

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EDF + Business

JANUARY 25, 2024

The latest National Climate Assessment presents the starkest picture yet of the growing costs and risks of climate change in the U.S. And if current trends continue, climate change could cost the global economy $5 trillion over a five-year period. This is especially true when it comes to climate-related policy.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Nature-based urban resilience infrastructure in Milan, Italy. 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. Technology pilots.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 19, 2023

” A total of €21 million will be awarded across 100 European local and regional governments for “advancing climate change adaptation and resilience”, says the announcement. P2R will also offer the participants assistance as they examine finance mechanisms.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

“It’s a race between a changing climate and plant breeders’ ability to produce crops with genetic resilience that grow well in adverse conditions and have enriched nutritional qualities. “We are looking for genes or gene networks that will improve resilience in adverse growing climates.

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Inhabitat - Innovation

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Learn how to design and build resilient homes that are good for the planet from the experts at Deltec Homes.

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 14, 2024

This, in turn, helps to build resilient food systems in the face of climate change and economic volatility. Bayer is going through a transformation. In our R&D, we are moving more from selecting the products that perform better in our pipeline to designing the products that perform best in farmers’ fields.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The effects of climate change are being felt more on the daily. The result of this, however, is a rising demand for smart water systems to integrate into smart city-esque infrastructure to bolster resilience against such events; so states a new research report. billion in 2022 to $11.82

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GreenBiz

JULY 13, 2020

Economic estimates predict that the pandemic will decrease global GDP by 3 percent in 2020, and at our current pace, climate change is estimated to decrease the global GDP by anywhere from 2.5 percent to 7.5 percent by 2050. Operational risk factors.

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Greenability Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Get a behind-the-scenes look at urban and indigenous food systems and how farmers are working to grow local food that is resilient to climate change, taps the wisdom of elders and looks at regenerative agricultural design for the future. Breakout sessions include: Farm Resilience and Climate Change Mitigation Strategies.

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Smart Energy International

MAY 30, 2022

Changing climatic patterns are expected to bring operational challenges, while electrification for decarbonisation will result in more reliance on the grid as electricity demand increases in sectors such as transport and industry. Have you read? Sign up to our newsletter and stay informed.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 1, 2023

Cabinet Member for Environment and Civic Pride, Cllr Jo Blackman, said: “Redbridge is seeing the effects of climate change with more frequent bouts of flooding from torrential rain. The sensors are a great example of the innovative ways in which we are working to help reduce flood risks in the most impacted parts of the borough.”

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Clean Energy Canada

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

CALGARY — Alberta Ecotrust Foundation , Calgary Climate Hub and Clean Energy Canada announced today that a recent poll shows 63 percent of Calgarians believe Calgary’s future as a vibrant city is at risk if we do not become a leader in addressing climate change. See the dataset of polling results. “It

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 17, 2022

The food and agriculture industry, responsible for 19 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, is ripe for climatetech innovations that reduce waste and emissions and restore healthy ecosystems. The post Greentown Sector Pitch Day Highlights Solutions for Agricultural Decarbonization and Resilience appeared first on Greentown Labs.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2023

Defra seeking applications for funding from projects that can enhance tree planting stocks, boost woodland resilience, and create new forestry markets The government has this week announced it is seeking applications for funding from two innovation funds designed to boost the sustainability and resilience of the forestry sector.

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Greentown Labs

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Fortunately, many groundbreaking startups are developing technologies for a decarbonized, resilient grid. More Greentown members are innovating in this sector than in any other. More Greentown members are innovating in electricity than in any other sector. Learn about all Greentown members innovating in electricity here.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

A new project sets out to demonstrate experimentally whether and how trees ‘remember’ past stress conditions and transfer these memories to descendants through epigenetics-based DNA modifications – changes that alter the activity of some genes, without changing the DNA sequence.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 25, 2022

This decarbonisation demands above all a grid that is robust, resilient, and reliable, able to withstand both the internal impacts of constantly changing demand and supply patterns and bidirectional power flows as well as external impacts such as extreme weather events. Grid resilience and reliability.

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GreenBiz

JUNE 23, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. To lessen the impact of current and future Black Swan events, we have Green Swan solutions that are ready to deploy on behalf of preparedness and resilience.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 21, 2024

Innovative farming methods will be used to help address the affects of climate change, in a new project announced on 21 March by Blenheim Estate. The group will be working in partnership with British climate tech firm A Healthier Earth on the ForestFactory concept.

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 9, 2020

As the most vulnerable group to climate change, investing in their climate resilience would improve productivity, food security and the economy. Jamaica’s 154,000 smallholder farmers are the backbone of the agriculture sector and are vital to the Caribbean country’s sustainable development.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 19, 2023

billion investment for 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability, invest in microgrids and enable more renewable energy generation across America. In its biggest investment in the nation’s grid, the White House announced a $3.46

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 16, 2024

As global leaders gather at Davos for the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2024, those in attendance must push for the mobilisation of trillions of dollars from private money into sustainable investments to combat climate change. And these resolutions can only be delivered with private money.”

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Green Business Bureau

JANUARY 18, 2023

This article will cover the Holocene—the era of conditions that enabled society to grow and thrive, the theory of the Anthropocene, planetary boundaries, tipping points, and resilience thinking while urging readers to consider their impact and how to secure the future they want. The Anthropocene: Pushing Society Past Its Limits.

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

The infrastructure sector, long a laggard in embracing innovation, has worked hard to close the technological gap with other industries, and disruptors have transformed the way we design, build and manage infrastructure systems. Attitudes toward the importance of addressing the climate crisis also have changed.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 19, 2024

Credit: Sarah Fish, PNASH Center, University of Washington As climate change accelerates, the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as megafires and heatwaves are on the rise. This knowledge is essential, though, to making daily health decisions and strengthening community climate resilience.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Companies have a part to play in ambitious climate action — not least because it increasingly makes strong economic sense, writes UN Global Compact CEO Sanda Ojiambo. Today, all business leaders must become climate leaders in their own spheres of influence and raise their voices with ours.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2023

The reception, now in its 16th year, was hosted by Baroness Brown of Cambridge, who is chair of the Climate Change Adaptation Committee, which advises UK Government on climate risks and opportunities. We need to take action now and design in resilience from today.

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Green Market Oracle

JUNE 21, 2020

This live event will also include leading environmental experts to discuss the future of regional environmental collaboration and the important role of clean technology in making our communities more resilient. This new and innovative format will engage audiences across North America in live discussions and Q&As. to 5:00 p.m.

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Energy Innovation

JANUARY 27, 2022

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. People around the world are increasingly aware of and impacted by climate change, which is connected unsurprisingly with a parallel uptick in associated mental health stress.

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Impact Alpha

MARCH 26, 2020

14: Resolve and resilience capital for small and growing businesses. Innovative and intrepid entrepreneurs in emerging markets already were on the front lines of climate change, urbanization and access to basic services. Greetings, Agents of Impacts! Agents of Impact Call No. Local capital providers are working to.

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Solar Industry

APRIL 8, 2024

The projects are part of an initiative to study the water efficiency gains and amount of clean energy produced for future larger scale implementation.

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