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Big business must lead the way as part of a post Covid-19 green recovery

Business Green

The global lockdown during the current pandemic has seen an unprecedented fall in pollution levels in many parts of the world. As the world looks to recover from the current health and economic crises caused by Covid-19, we have an opportunity to accelerate the transition to a modern, clean and healthy energy system.

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The dawn of the digital lighting metropolis

Business Green

It is a welcoming sign for these bustling metropolises, which together account for 70 per cent of all global CO2 emissions, and perhaps indicates just the beginning of the smart city revolution. Nodes and sensors can provide data-based insight into electricity usage, noise pollution, as well as traffic. Smart move.

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2nd International Conference on Urban Growth and the Circular Economy (Urban Growth 2020)

Eco-Business

The quest for the sustainable city has until recently focused on the efficient use of resources with the application of technical advances giving rise to the definition of SMART Cities. Industrial Ecology: The industrial phase is based on the principle of optimisation of components, the flow of materials, energy and services.

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

He/Him/His) Energy & Sustainability Consultant, Cumming Corporation Los Angeles, CA, USA Shorenstein Realty Services (‘15). As an Assistant Project Manager, Trevor Anderson supports his Energy and Sustainability team and their clients on a variety of sustainability consulting services. Ian Champ. (He/Him/His)

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SDG17, coronavirus, and the battle for a collaborative future

Business Green

Dubbed Partnership for the Goals, the wide-ranging targets covering everything from technology to trade, capacity-building to multi-stakeholder partnerships, and data and monitoring to accountability, were developed in the same year as the Paris Agreement amply demonstrated the merits of multilateralism.