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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Christmas tree detects Glasgow city centre air pollution

Business Green

EDF Energy erected a Christmas tree on one of Glasgow's main shopping streets this week that will change colour according to the pollution levels in the city. The lights on Buchanan Street's Christmas Tree-V are powered by an electric car and change colour based on live pollution data from the nearest Defra monitoring site.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. The former U.K.

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COP26: Fears grow over UN climate summit amid coronavirus fallout

Business Green

We are monitoring the situation closely and will be guided by scientific advice in the run up to the event," a COP26 spokesperson said. Hearing COP looking increasingly likely to be cancelled/postponed. Those involved also argue that the timing re US presidential election was always troublesome.

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Net Zero: Green groups urge UK 'to get its house in order' ahead of COP26

Business Green

Arguing that "the time is now" for the UK to be a global climate leader, it calls for immediate policy action to ensure that by 2030 all homes are highly energy efficient, petrol and diesel car sales are phased out, wind and solar generation triples, and 10 million heat pumps are installed in homes.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

As such, in 2022 81% of S&P 500 companies reported their own emissions (scope 1), and the emissions of the electricity they bought (scope 2). Since the convention’s establishment, the countries involved meet annually during the Conference of the Parties (COP). 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow.

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High Seas Treaty: What does it mean for business?

Business Green

Just one per cent of the high seas are protected, despite the ocean being so critical to the planet's health. The first Conference of the Parties (COP) summit to bring together countries that have endorsed the high seas deal is unlikely to occur for at least four or five years.