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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

In June 2021, Dryad was named as a cool vendor in Gartner’s Cool Vendors in IoT Thingification report. The firm says it is now gearing up to secure Series A funding, spurred on by being named as a finalist in Greenbackers’ 26 for COP 26 program, which connects startups with climate-focused investors.

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? Alterra’s $30B bridge for climate financing #176

Climate Tech VC

The first few days of COP have ushered in a wave of major announcements and funding pledges. Al Jaber as Chairman of Alterra, and also host of COP28, has already stirred controversy due to his role as President of ADNOC and rumored intention to broker fossil fuel deals during COP. Happy Monday!  Execution questions marks.

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COP27: A quick guide to common terms

Business Green

Conference of the Parties (COP). COP is the decision-making body responsible for monitoring and reviewing implementation of the UNFCCC. Industrial chemicals, mainly used for cooling and refrigeration, which are potent greenhouse gases and contributing to climate change. Energy transition. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

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How To Buy Carbon Offsets: 6 Certified and Vetted Options

Green Business Bureau

Energy-efficiency buildings : The amount of energy wasted from buildings is reduced by using efficient heating, insulating, cooling, or lighting systems. Examples include forest sinks and soil carbon sequestration. Soil management: Projects attempt to preserve or increase the amount of carbon sequestration in the soil.

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Does the WRI’s new Sustainable Food Future report need an update already?

AFN Sustainable Protein

In the southern Polish city of Katowice last December, news coverage of the UN’s COP 24 meeting on climate change suddenly and dramatically surged, mostly thanks to a three-minute speech given by a Swedish teen activist with Asperger’s syndrome and the amplifying power of social media.