GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2021
Fighting deforestation should be a top priority for 2021, and here’s how it can be. Heather Clancy. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:00. One of the biggest stories of 2020 was the rise of the corporate tree-planting movement, with dozens of multinational businesses from virtually every industry pledging millions of dollars to one of nature’s most effective carbon sequestration solutions. .
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 11, 2021
Just 20 minutes from the town of Odda, through the steep Norwegian hillsides, something magical sits at the edge of the fifth-longest fjord on Earth.
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GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2021
5 circular economy questions for 2021. Lauren Phipps. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 01:00. As I begin to think about the year of content and coverage ahead, I thought I’d start things off by sharing some big questions I’ll be asking in 2021 — plus some predictions on how they might be answered. . 1. Will companies align circular economy initiatives with climate goals, or continue to treat these as discrete initiatives?
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 11, 2021
Global offshore wind developer Ørsted has become the latest major player to pursue off-grid green hydrogen, a technology that could expand capacity for converting offshore wind power to zero-carbon energy. The Danish firm is collaborating with ITM Power, Siemens Gamesa and Element Energy on the Oyster project. The consortium was awarded a €5 million grant by the European Commission on Friday.
Speaker: Ayesha Choudhury - Senior Vice President, Head of Capital Markets at Infinium
With the first wave of the energy transition, renewable energy sources (such as solar and wind) have begun replacing coal power generation. However, some sectors are lagging behind and struggling to decarbonize more than others, including large-scale transportation like commercial aviation, shipping, and rail transit. Electrofuels (aka eFuels) are the next generation of solutions to help the hardest-to-abate sectors pivot from their reliance on fossil fuels.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 11, 2021
Tesla is known for its state-of-the-art electric vehicles, but how sustainable is the company really?
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 11, 2021
Just before New Year, offshore wind farm developer Ørsted’s 2.4-gigawatt Hornsea 3 project was given the green light by the U.K. government. But the project highlights the potential conflict between climate-change mitigation and nature protection. A decision on the project had been scheduled for October 2019, but concerns over its impact on bird life, and how to mitigate it, forced a delay.
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GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 11, 2021
Homes need a lot more digital smarts nowadays to manage rooftop solar, backup batteries and electric vehicle chargers. It’s nice if those distributed energy resources (DERs) can be integrated with household electrical load controls via smartphone or Alexa or Google voice-activated devices. Then there’s the need to optimize these DERs and loads against utility time-of-use rates, net-metering tariffs and EV charging rate structures.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2021
Efforts to improve the water quality of England’s rivers, lakes and waterways are faltering – and unless policymakers recommit to the hard work of regular testing and monitoring, they risk losing control of this battle completely. Instrumentation firm Elementar UK is calling for all of those responsible for looking after the purity of England’s surface water bodies to pay close attention to recent data trends, which show that water quality across the country is failing to meet the necessar
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 11, 2021
Last year tied with 2016, making this decade the hottest decade in modern history.
Fairsnape
JANUARY 11, 2021
Reading Zoe Cohen’s recent linkedin share of a 2016 Ego-Eco article from Art Tawanghar lead me to revisit my my framing of regenerative sustainability work and consultancy support within Ego-Eco-Seva thinking … Ego-Eco is a great way to frame our past and current approach to the environment, sustainability and the climate crisis, but does it go far or deep enough?
Speaker: Nik Gowing, Brenda Laurel, Sheridan Tatsuno, Archie Kasnet, and Bruce Armstrong Taylor
With 191 country signatories to the Paris Climate Agreement now hard at work in the race to zero carbon by 2050, much of the heavy lifting in ecosystem sustainability falls on the shoulders of the world's densely populated urban centers. This conversation considers how today's AI-enabled simulation media, such as AR/VR, can be effectively applied to accelerate learning, understanding, training, and solutions-modeling to sustainability planning and design.
Inhabitat - Innovation
JANUARY 11, 2021
The office is the first WELL Platinum-certified project in the state of Illinois and the fourth of its kind in the U.S.
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 11, 2021
The Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment (SCoPEx), launched by Harvard University scientists, hopes to examine the effects of spraying calcium carbonate (CaCO3) dust into the atmosphere — a sun-reflecting aerosol that may offset the effects of global warming.
Charged
JANUARY 11, 2021
Bogota public transit agency Transmilenio has ordered 596 new BYD electric buses, bringing the city’s electric bus fleet to a total of 1,485 units. The new e-buses are expected to be in operation by 2022, and will operate in the Fontibón, Usme and Perdomo areas. María Fernanda Ortiz, the General Manager of Transmilenio, proudly claimed bragging rights: “Having one of the two largest electric fleets in Latin America is a point of pride, and shows that we are on the right path in terms of fleet re
Solar Power World
JANUARY 11, 2021
By Melissa Ann Schmid, Marketing Communication Manager, EnergyBin Over the next five years, a growing number of U.S. solar owners and operators will choose to repower their systems. Total supply of decommissioned material will increase, but not all equipment is bound for recycling. Brokers engaged in the trade of used goods, particularly second-hand modules, are… The post Think before trashing: The second-hand solar market is booming appeared first on Solar Power World.
Speaker: Bruce Armstrong Taylor, Co-Founder & Managing Director of SmartNations Foundation, Jimmy Jia, Venture Partner at Pi Labs, Fabienne Durand, Senior Advisor to the SmartNations Foundation, & Roger Strukhoff, Executive Director of the Tau Institute
The Climate 4.0 Economy. Climate change is here. We see it in many ways already. Weather catastrophes: Texas freezing over, the wildfires of California, the increasingly unpredictable violence and frequency of hurricanes, the rapid melting and disappearance of polar ice caps. Much more evidence all around us. What can we do in our corporate organizations, in our homes and communities, to change the current course?
Charged
JANUARY 11, 2021
General Motors has introduced a new marketing campaign designed to assert its new commitment to e-mobility. The Everybody In campaign is “a call to action meant to reflect a movement that’s inclusive and accessible.” The automaker’s vision is that electric, autonomous vehicles can enable a world with “zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion.”.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 11, 2021
ImpactAlpha, January 11 – Bangalore-based CropIn helps farmers analyze crop yields and risks with satellites, sensors and weather data. The 10-year-old company says it. The post Indian agtech venture CropIn raises $20 million appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Greenability Magazine
JANUARY 11, 2021
Even in the bitter cold months of winter, you can start planting your spring garden outside using these ideas for homemade, mini greenhouses made from recycled containers. Winter sowing is a method of starting seeds early in homemade, mini greenhouses made from empty milk jugs. The process is inexpensive, uses recycled materials, requires no electricity, produces healthier plants and offers an outlet for gardeners to start planting in the winter.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 11, 2021
Small and growing businesses are significant actors in economic production, employment, and growth in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to the OECD, The post Where to invest to support an inclusive business recovery in Latin America appeared first on Impact Alpha.
EDF + Business
JANUARY 11, 2021
Why environmental justice is crucial for today’s climate careers. It’s now abundantly clear: every technical, strategic, staffing and advocacy choice you make will be influenced by environmental justice. Embodying that will set you apart as a genuine leader. Michelle Romero is a perfect example of such a leader. As national director of Green For All, she’s bringing together unlikely coalitions to find new solutions for reducing poverty while building a clean-energy economy.
Impact Alpha
JANUARY 11, 2021
ImpactAlpha, January 11 — San Francisco-based SilviaTerra started in 2010 to build a detailed forestland map of the U.S. to promote better forest. The post SilviaTerra raises $4.4 million to build a carbon marketplace from forestlands appeared first on Impact Alpha.
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 11, 2021
Five leading policy experts share their predictions for 2021, outlining a faster acceleration to a clean energy economy than ever before - led by Congress and the federal government.
GreenBiz
JANUARY 11, 2021
20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021. Elsa Wenzel. Mon, 01/11/2021 - 02:15. The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. If a crisis is the ultimate test of leadership, last year provided ample narratives about leaders stepping up.
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
Heir to the throne touts 'comprehensive roadmap' for sustainable recovery to 2030 backed by Unilever, BP, BlackRock, Heathrow Airport, and others. The Prince of Wales has today launched a 10-point pandemic recovery charter that challenges businesses to "put nature, people and the planet at the heart of global value creation" over the next decade, in a move backed by scores of major corporates high profile names such as including Unilever, BP, and BlackRock.
altenergymag
JANUARY 11, 2021
- Schneider Electric unveils new sustainable energy products at CES 2021, focuses beyond smart to resilient and sustainable Homes - The leader in digital transformation of energy management evolves smart home technology to focus on efficiency, resilience and sustainability - New solutions bring enhanced safety and control while delivering sustainable energy management choices directly to homeowners
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
New recycling machines are being installed in Shanghai and Hangzhou, with an eye on rolling them out right across China in the future. Two of the globe's biggest consumer goods firms have come together to create recycling machines that use artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically identify and sort plastic packaging. The Waste Free World initiative is the fruit of a recently-announced partnership between Unilever and Chinese giant Alibaba, which they claim combines the former's packaging tec
Bidgely
JANUARY 11, 2021
Putting the Utility at the Center of the Consumers’ Shopping Experience. Ecommerce is having an unprecedented year in 2020. Through the first nine months of the year, U.S. consumers spent nearly $550 billion with online retailers, representing ~33 percent year-over-year growth before the fourth quarter had even begun. Ecommerce has been growing steadily for the last decade, and the pandemic accelerated the trend.
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
Decision to temporarily lift restrictions of neonicotinoid insecticide on sugar beets crops prompts outcry from public and conservation groups. Conservationists have slammed the government's decision late last week to approve the use of a pesticide known to harm bees, predicting the move will destroy wildflowers, pollute rivers and further debilitate Britain's declining bee population.
Bidgely
JANUARY 11, 2021
Putting the Utility at the Center of the Consumers’ Shopping Experience. Ecommerce is having an unprecedented year in 2020. Through the first nine months of the year, U.S. consumers spent nearly $550 billion with online retailers, representing ~33 percent year-over-year growth before the fourth quarter had even begun. Ecommerce has been growing steadily for the last decade, and the pandemic accelerated the trend.
altenergymag
JANUARY 11, 2021
New Wolfspeed WolfPACKTM module family enables accelerated production of high growth mid-power technologies
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems that are critical to combating climate change will be announced by Prime Minister at today's One Planet Summit. The UK will commit at least £3bn to climate change solutions that protect and restore nature over the next five years and launch a new push to support green energy projects in developing countries, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce later today.
altenergymag
JANUARY 11, 2021
Total sustainable debt issuance in 2020 was $732 billion, with social and sustainability bonds enjoying spectacular growth, and green bonds seeing a late-year surge
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
Group of 117 institutional investors file resolution urging bank to phase out fossil fuel financing in compliance with the Paris Agreement. HSBC is facing a shareholder resolution filed in coordination with 117 institutional investors, including Man Group, Sarasin & Partners and Amundi, targeting the bank's substantial exposure to fossil fuel assets and its compliance with the Paris Climate goals.
Forbes Green Tech
JANUARY 11, 2021
As wealthy countries go green and decarbonize their energy systems, African nations are locking in increasing greenhouse gas emissions as they strive to double energy production, potentially stalling global progress on climate action, a new study has warned.
Business Green
JANUARY 11, 2021
Commitment to help protect land and ocean ecosystems critical to combating climate change to be announced by the PM at the global One Planet Summit later. The UK will commit at least £3bn to climate change solutions that protect and restore nature over the next five years while also boosting support for green energy in developing countries, Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to announce later today.
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