Climate 4.0
MARCH 7, 2021
Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0: the keys to bending the curve of the linear economy toward the circular The Climate 4.0 Economy will be achieved only when global warming is held to 1.5°C above the pre-industrial-era level is achieved -- and well within this century. The UN’s 195-member-country Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sets the target year at 2050.
Econaur
MARCH 7, 2021
“Urban heat islands” occur when cities replace natural land cover with dense concentrations of pavement, buildings, and other surfaces that absorb and retain heat. This effect increases energy costs (e.g., for air conditioning), air pollution levels, and heat-related illness and mortality. Climate change will likely lead to more frequent, more severe, and longer heat waves Continue reading.
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Low Impact
MARCH 7, 2021
It seems pretty obvious that there’s a giant economic slump on the way that’s going to sweep away millions of small and medium-sized businesses around the world, so that Amazon can step in to continue to try to take over the entire global economy. I attended a wonderful online presentation on Friday, attended by around 80 key people working in the field of monetary reform, that showed how we can counter this trend, and keep small businesses alive.
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
For International Women's Day, BusinessGreen spoke to green economy leaders on the state of diversity in the sector. The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. Study upon study has documented how the combination of lower average incomes and women's role as primary caregivers means they typically bear the brunt
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.
Climate 4.0
MARCH 7, 2021
It’s been fashionable in the 21st Century for large companies to pursue beneficent initiatives, i.e. create foundations, name Chief Sustainability Officers, develop Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs, and, particularly in the technology business, support the notion of #TechForGood. The latter encompasses projects large and small across a wide range of experiences.
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
A net zero-focused recovery makes for a stronger recovery, while tightening belts would slow the rebound across the G7, leading economists warn. The world's leading economies should aim to invest in an ambitious net zero future coming out of the pandemic-driven recession, as a premature tightening of belts would "almost certainly" slow the pace and durability of the economic recovery, leading economists have today warned.
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Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
Schroders' head of European lend Nicholette MacDonald-Brown and fund manager Scott MacLennan explain the three elements at the core of their sustainable investing approach. Sustainable funds have been growing rapidly in recent years amid increased environmental awareness and as the current pandemic puts social issues front of mind. However, there's no standard industry definition of sustainable investing.
Green Living Guy
MARCH 7, 2021
To begin, final trials of listening devices or a ping monitor. One that does check the health of wind turbines. These devices are more importantly using satellite communications to send data. Therefore, all takes place in the coming months. More noteworthy, that’s ahead of a commercial launch mid year. Adelaide-based. The post Wind turbine listening device prepares for commercial launch appeared first on Green Living Guy.
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
Householders must be shown that alternatives to traditional boilers are cleaner, convenient and comfortable, write IMechE's head of policy Matt Rooney. Polls of the British public in recent years have shown that people are becoming increasingly concerned about climate change. Before the 2017 election, only eight per cent of voters listed the environment as one of the most important issues facing the country.
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
From empowering farmers to calling out banks that fund coal, this International Women’s Day, Eco-Business highlights the different ways women are fighting for environmental justice across Asia.
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.
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
Schroders' head of European lend Nicholette MacDonald-Brown and fund manager Scott MacLennan explain the three elements at the core of their sustainable investing approach. Sustainable funds have been growing rapidly in recent years amid increased environmental awareness and as the current pandemic puts social issues front of mind. However, there's no standard industry definition of sustainable investing.
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
Women entrepreneurs entering climate tech now represent the greatest opportunity for women to drive equality in the c-suite and boardroom, writes Marie Cheong.
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
A net zero-focused recovery makes for a stronger recovery, while tightening belts would slow the rebound across the G7, leading economists warn. The world's leading economies should aim to invest in an ambitious net zero future coming out of the pandemic-driven recession, as a premature tightening of belts would "almost certainly" slow the pace and durability of the economic recovery, leading economists have today warned.
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
India's farmers oppose new laws liberalising the agricultural sector, and critics say the laws will benefit big businesses rather than farmers.
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?
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2021
For International Women's Day, BusinessGreen spoke to green economy leaders on the state of diversity in the sector. The pandemic has highlighted how quickly a crisis can expose and aggravate existing gender, race, and class-based inequalities, while also providing a reminder of how the climate emergency carries all the same risks, but amplified. Study upon study has documented how the combination of lower average incomes and women's role as primary caregivers means they typically bear the brunt
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
Analysts say China's new development plan offers little in terms of concrete measures to cut carbon emissions and move away from coal power.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Tesla has started the construction on its first Supercharger in Israel, Tesmanian reports. The new Supercharger is a V3 and will be located in Tel Aviv, with more stations to come in the next quarter (Q2). The article noted that the construction of Israel’s first Supercharger stalls is planned for Q1 2021. The new Supercharger […].
Eco-Business
MARCH 7, 2021
Women entrepreneurs entering climate tech now represent the greatest opportunity for women to drive equality in the c-suite and boardroom, writes Marie Cheong.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
A few days ago, Elon Musk announced that he’s going to be starting a new city: Starbase, Texas. When asked if this was the current Boca Chica Village, he said that it was going to be a lot larger, but didn’t get more specific. Creating the city of Starbase, Texas — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Tesla is partnering with the New Caledonia nickel mine as a technical advisor as a way to secure stocks of nickel, Mining Global has reported. The deal was signed in the French Pacific territory and noted that the partnership is a “technical and industrial partnership” in which Tesla will source raw materials for batteries. This […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
2020 US electricity generation data are in from the US Energy Information Administration. Crunching the numbers, renewable energy accounted for 20.6% of US electricity generation last year. That was led by wind power, which accounted for 8.3% of US electricity generation, followed by hydropower at 7.2% and solar power at 3.3%. As reported last month, […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Just in time to avert a climate catastrophe, US geothermal energy industry shakes self out of slumber with an assist from oil and gas experts.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Electric cars are fast. We know that, because we’re CleanTechnica readers and we’ve watched Tesla after Tesla beat up on supercar after supercar time and time again. It’s expected here, but there are a whole lot of people out there in middle America who still equate electric cars with golf carts, and it’s those people who are set […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
A case study in North Carolina.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
An independent market monitor says ERCOT, the Texas grid operator, left wholesale electricity prices at the legal maximum for two days longer than necessary, and overcharged power companies $16 billion in the process during the winter storm that caused massive grid and gas system failures and left more than 4 million Texans without electricity. Potomac Economics, […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
By Matthew Fulkerson, just a former physicist turned applied mathematician. Previously, we verified a solution to a simple differential equation for the concentration of methane in the atmosphere under a constant emissions scenario. In the document “Differential Equations for the Concentration of Methane in the Atmosphere,” we go through this case, and explore more general scenarios […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Magna International has unveiled two new electric car platforms, one for plug-in hybrids and one for battery electric cars.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Tesla China has reached another milestone — 6,000 Supercharger installations. Tesmanian reported the milestone on Friday, adding that these stations are able to provide a battery recharge for up to 200 miles of range in 15 minutes. Tesla has more than 20,000 Superchargers globally, which makes it the owner and operator of the largest fast-charging […].
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Tiny Petaluma in northern California has become the first US city to ban the construction of new gas stations.
CleanTechnica
MARCH 7, 2021
Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted a few hours ago that Tesla would open up the Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta to the masses via an option on Tesla vehicle touchscreens in ~10 days. (Well, by “masses,” I mean people who have bought the FSD upgrade, which currently costs $10,000.) It’s unclear if Tesla will take away […].
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