GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

How Stockton and California are building resilience from the ground up. California — as well as the rest of the United States and, in some cases, the rest of the world — is facing three major crises right now: the COVID-19 pandemic; the climate emergency; and racial injustice. . Community Resilience. Deonna Anderson. California.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

A new report, ‘Risk & Resilience: The role of cities in tackling the climate crisis’ , argues that climate resilience must be embraced as a guiding principle across urban development, given the extreme exposure of cities to climate risk.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Corporate sustainability leadership during a pandemic. As we continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating social and economic effects, companies are continuing their efforts to become more sustainable — and some are being recognized for their efforts. Tove Malmqvist. Mon, 11/02/2020 - 01:00.

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Green Business Bureau

MARCH 3, 2021

Leaders in Housing Development Training and Community Resilience. and Puerto Rico, NeighborWorks America is a nonpartisan nonprofit organization working to achieve housing affordability and community resilience across the nation. Building Community Resilience for a Secure Future. All offices, including the D.C.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves. Now, with climate change, come scorching hot temperatures during the summer months which bring additional challenges to healthcare systems that already operate under great pressure due to the pandemic. Roland Hunziker. Tue, 10/06/2020 - 01:00.

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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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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 12, 2022

Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng told a private meeting of MPs this week that Drax’s imports of US-made wood pellets to be burnt for energy are “not sustainable” He added that it “doesn’t make sense” and told MPs the government had not fully investigated the sustainability of burning wood pellets, a type of biomass.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 13, 2022

New research appears to reveal how climate change is likely to increase the potential for wine production in the UK – with conditions projected to resemble those in famous growing regions of France and Germany. million bottles and these growing conditions have already become and are projected to become more common.”.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 4, 2022

Communities experiencing severe climate change effects are low-income and […]. The post Helping Communities Hit by Climate Change appeared first on Green Living Guy. Environmental researchers predict that the frequency of high category hurricanes will increase as the planet becomes warmer.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 3, 2020

Jill Kolling, vice president of global sustainability at Cargill, says that it's important for the farmers and ranchers it works with to be able to withstand the impacts of climate change. Resiliency is important for our business as a whole," Kolling says.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2021

If we continue to lose biodiversity, the world’s most vulnerable people will not be able to adapt to climate change nor sustainably produce food, according to a report released on 7 October by the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). We are at a critical juncture. million tons of carbon dioxide. “If

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 13, 2022

Date/Time: January 13, 2022 (1-2PM ET / 10-11AM PT) Reducing emissions across all sectors is critical if we are to combat climate change. With the passage of the infrastructure bill and the urgent need to improve and expand our cities, it’s critical that we build in a way that is both resilient and sustainable.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 4, 2023

As the climate changes, crop cultivation becomes more challenging (image credit: Joanna Clarke, CC-BY 4.0 To meet the agricultural challenges caused by climate change and a growing population, we need to improve crop production. How can we sustainably feed our growing population as the climate changes?

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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The Environmental Blog

JULY 17, 2019

As we all know that climate change is one of the most significant challenges that we are facing in this century. Vietnam, known for its beaches, rivers, and bustling cities, is considered as one of the countries which are significantly impacted by global climate change. Current Status of Climate Change in Vietnam.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO wants to know how climate change is and will impact you and what actions the city should take now to become carbon neutral, equity focused and resilient by 2040. How is climate change impacting you and your family? more resilient? In 2020, the K.C. What are your biggest concerns?

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GreenBiz

MAY 5, 2020

Sustainable infrastructure investments can aid the post-COVID recovery. Attitudes toward the importance of addressing the climate crisis also have changed. adults who say dealing with global climate change should be a top priority for the president and Congress has risen 14 points. Katherine Davisson.

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Planet Pulse

MARCH 14, 2024

Agricultural supply chains are facing growing climate and economic disruptions, but we can create a more secure and sustainable world by speeding R&D cycles and optimizing seed supply. This, in turn, helps to build resilient food systems in the face of climate change and economic volatility.

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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

AUGUST 3, 2021

University of Oxford-led water security reserch programme ( REACH ) publishes its interdisciplinary Water Security for Climate Resilience Report. Findings include less visible climate change impacts, including gendered impacts and those on children, as well as the immediate impacts of droughts and floods.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 16, 2020

Researchers from University of Cambridge found that climate change could add around 20 percent to the global cost of extreme weather events by 2040. They are urging businesses to evaluate their own exposures to the growing risk to improve their resilience and sustainability.

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Global Renewable News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Communities across Nova Scotia will be able to do more to prepare for, and respond to, climate change with a $15.4-million million top-up to the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund.The additional fundi.

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Energy Transition

MARCH 5, 2024

African countries together are responsible for only 4% of global carbon emissions, but will suffer heavily from the consequences of climate change. In Uganda, agriculture is already hit by the changing climate, prompting loud calls for a switch to renewable energy sources in the all important sector.

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Green Living Guy

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Climate change causes a variety of adverse ecological and human health effects. The post How Does Climate Change Impact Our Diets? While our diet’s impacts on the environment are evident, individuals observe the reverse relationship less. Many interfere with […]. appeared first on Green Living Guy.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

“The £25 million will also help harness the power of nature and support the Environment Agency’s FCERM Strategy, which provides a longer-term vision of how we will create climate-resilient places and better protect and prepare homes and businesses from flooding and coastal change.” billion flood programme.

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Green Living Guy

MARCH 28, 2022

The post 5 Ways You Can Help Fight Climate Change appeared first on Green Living Consultants, Companies, Electric Car Expert, Green Living, Electric Car News, New York, California, Florida, Missouri, Texas, Nevada. It’s difficult to envision what we, as individuals, can do to address an issue of this magnitude and severity.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Canada’s major pension funds are dragging their heels on climate change, according to a new report from Shift Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health. Shift Action is a charitable initiative that seeks to protect pensions and the climate by tracking pension fund investments and comparing them with climate policies.

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Energy Transition

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate change impacts key parts of urban life, making climate resilience more important than ever. Rebecca Bertram looks at the Colombian city Medellín, exploring how smart climate resilience measures are boosting electric mobility and making it an example for the rest of the Latin American continent.

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Green Living Guy

MAY 4, 2022

In an exclusive interview with NET ZERO, UNESCO’s Alexander Leicht discusses climate change, curriculum, and what must change. The United Nations has called climate change the biggest threat modern humans have ever faced. Therefore, climate education for all students is a crucial strategy in […].

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Smart Energy International

JULY 20, 2022

In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptability and resilience through smart technology. SEMS includes the GoodWe EV charger which can supply solar power to electric vehicles.

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EDF + Business

MAY 13, 2021

As companies increase production to feed a growing population, the need for climate action, sustainable agriculture and increased resilience becomes even more urgent. These lessons were gained through trial and error over the last decade by eleven companies seen as first-movers on agricultural supply chain sustainability.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Commissioned by the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, a group of 14 heads of government [3], ‘The expected impacts of climate change on the ocean economy’ assesses global to local climate impacts on three of the largest sources of ocean-based revenue and jobs – coral reef tourism, wild capture fisheries and marine aquaculture.

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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.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 9, 2022

Honeywell and Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions (DESS) have agreed to jointly develop and deliver energy resiliency solutions to targeted U.S. Rooftop solar PV could reduce grid resilience, study finds Rethinking the energy grid: The evolution of mission-critical power. “A Have you read?

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Smart Energy International

MAY 30, 2022

Changing weather and climate patterns including sustained wind, heat, flooding and icing are set to test the limits of today’s utility infrastructure. Oracles and blockchains – managing climate change in the energy sector Climate innovation: Wins, challenges and gaps. Have you read?

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 9, 2020

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

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Green Living Guy

AUGUST 15, 2022

Global warming has driven an influx of extreme weather events and prompted city governments worldwide to seek sustainable solutions for greater climate resilience and public safety measures. The post Creating Sustainable Green Spaces in Urban Environments appeared first on The Green Living Guy.

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