Business Green

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

COP26 was labelled the "last chance saloon" to prevent catastrophic climate change and save the planet by the Prince of Wales at the end of October. We are proud of the techUK team and membership for their hard work at COP26; with friends and colleagues participating in panels, events, and seminars throughout the fortnight.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 6, 2021

Or they're part of these community systems that are supposed to be managed but were built in a way in which they were not sustainable. And whatever systems are put in place have to be monitored — because of climate change, a lot of them simply are not working. The problem is not solved. It's not just in in Lowndes County.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Biomass power stations, such as Drax in northern England, burn wood pellets to generate electricity – which is treated in the EU and UK as a renewable energy source if the process meets certain sustainability criteria. Misleading’. If forest biomass was excluded [from receiving subsidies], that would be a big win for European forests.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

These are just a handful of the hundreds of cases of climate litigation that have arisen worldwide over the past few years. Globally, the number of climate-change-related lawsuits has more than doubled since 2015. Between 1986, when the first climate lawsuit was filed, and 2014, approximately 800 cases were brought.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 1, 2021

If we're to solve the climate crisis, we'll need to deploy every trick in the book. None of this is news to sustainability professionals. It aims "to help employees like you to apply your skills and expertise to the climate crisis while holding your company accountable for sweeping climate action". This is no easy feat.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The position entails research and content creation centered on climate change impacts and solutions, energy and climate policy, and other related issues. . Attending events such as seminars, webinars, hearings, briefings, symposia related to climate science, energy technologies, and climate and energy policy; .

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 8, 2023

Earth observation technology provides vital support for crop monitoring, yield estimation, and precision agriculture techniques, helping farmers and agricultural experts to enhance food security, optimize resource management, and mitigate risks associated with climate change.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

It makes you wonder if what is missing from the UK government's deeply flawed and badly underpowered pursuit of both its climate goals and levelling up agenda, is someone willing to take yesterday's 600 page tome from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) , drop it on a table with a satisfying thud, and declare "this is what we believe".

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 18, 2021

Such concerns have re-focused public expectations that leadership across all major institutions, public and private, must take sustained actions to support democracy. It has subsumed and reset the context for other key national priorities such as responding to the pandemic, climate change, economic renewal and social justice.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Credit: Alex DROP ( CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ) “It was an opportunity for [the UAE] to get more involved in climate change diplomacy, to be able to become a more significant player,” said Rice University Professor Gokçe Günel, who worked for the Masdar renewables company, in Masdar City, in 2010 to create policy proposals around carbon capture and storage.

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Greentown Labs

AUGUST 20, 2021

The morning held NECEC’s Strategic Partner Network Emerging Markets Seminar and Lunch, which led into Greentown’s DEMO Day in the afternoon. Startup popcorn pitches: C16 Biosciences , which uses innovative processes found in nature to brew sustainable alternatives to palm oil. Featured speakers: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 11, 2023

With this in mind, the Green Business Bureau wanted to help you understand your options for sustainability certification, and with that, learn how to become B Corp Certified. With over 500 initiatives to choose from – compared to B Labs 250 – GBB raises the bar in sustainability certification. What is B Corp?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Here, the company is now already running habitat tours, educational seminars, and corporate eco-retreats at the Bunloit estate's onsite cottages and castle, with plans to add further community-based schemes going forward. At Beldorney, meanwhile, the company hopes to implement lessons learned at Bunloit.

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