Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Utilities are under immense pressure to ensure grid resiliency while also preparing for future environmental challenges. Based on the principles of designing out waste and pollution, this keeps products and materials in use for as long as possible and reduces resource dependency.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Companies targeted by the campaign span a number of polluting sectors, including oil and gas, consumer goods, power and transportation and have been identified as "systematically important" to the net zero transition by the campaign.

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Pollution Climate change Policy Global warming 101

Smart Energy International

JUNE 1, 2022

Global technology company, ABB, has invested €700,000 ($750,000) to create a test facility to energise medium-voltage (MV) switchgear, which will be the first of its type in Europe. The chamber will simulate harsh climatic site conditions, from lows of minus 50 °C to temperature highs of up to 80 °C as well as pollution conditions.

Pollution 98

Pollution Resilience Europe Technology 98

EDF + Business

APRIL 8, 2024

For beef and dairy commodities, methane is the leading GHG in both the regions examined in this report, North America and Europe, but also globally. Our Recommendations Cattle: Methane. Piloting enteric methane-reducing solutions and supporting innovation for solutions suitable for beef grazing systems will be necessary for managing methane.

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Agriculture Methane North America Resilience 67

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Citizens in three of the four biggest polluting countries have a low level of concern – China, India, and Russia. · Air pollution costs the world $8.1 It also highlights 27 ‘hotspot’ countries 1 , home to an estimated 768 million people, which face the worst ecological threats and have the lowest societal resilience.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Wastewater from overburdened urban septic systems and air pollution from burning fossil fuels contribute to nitrogen pollution, but often runoff of the synthetic fertilizers used in industrialized agriculture is the primary culprit. Seaweed's potential as a solution to this crisis is two-fold, scientists and environmentalists say.

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Pollution Agriculture Startups Biodiversity 48

GreenBiz

AUGUST 7, 2020

He found that protected areas around temples, shrines and cemeteries in Japan contained a huge variety of native vegetation that co-existed to produce resilient and diverse ecosystems. The popularity of Miyawaki forests is growing, with initiatives in India , the Amazon and Europe. Greening urban spaces worldwide. Carbon sinks.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2023

Public outrage has long been mounting over the scale of sewage dumped into Britain's water ways, with the UK consistently ranked as one of the worst countries in Europe for water quality. But observers were quick to criticise the plans as underpowered, arguing the strategy would fail to stop water companies pumping sewage into rivers.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Our COVID-19 response can make our cities more resilient to heat waves Roland Hunziker Tue, 10/06/2020 – 01:00 The COVID crisis has exposed our interdependencies and the insufficient preparation of our urban systems for coping with shocks. We need to build resilience into both physical and social structures of our cities.

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Resilience Climate change Cooling Europe 28

Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Water Minister Rebecca Pow said the government was “acting to make sure England’s water system is resilient,” adding that “through our Plan for Water we’ve set out how more investment, stronger regulation and tougher enforcement will help secure water resources for the future.”

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Business Green

MAY 15, 2020

MEPs have called on the European Commission deliver a "massive" €2tr coronavirus recovery fund next week that prioritises the proposed Green Deal agenda to transform Europe into the world's first net zero continent by 2050.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Investors call on major US polluters to clean up lobbying activities Cecilia Keating Thu, 10/29/2020 – 00:10 Carbon intensive companies in the U.S. The letters come as firms worldwide face growing pressure from investors to ensure that corporate engagement with policymakers helps advance a resilient, net zero economy.

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Pollution Policy Climate change Investment 28

Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2021

Some grasses are a sustainable energy source that could be a driving force towards achieving net zero carbon emissions, according to new research that appears to demonstrate their resilience to harsh growing environments.

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Biotechnology Resilience Agriculture Soil 130

Clean Energy Canada

JANUARY 12, 2021

An even stronger majority (79%) say the government should include emissions requirements for all future LNG developments in line with its climate plan and 2030 pollution target—even if this makes them costlier and potentially less likely to happen. Australia, India, Brazil and Western Europe, in many languages. Only 9% disagree.

Investment 107

Investment Energy Energy Climate change 107

DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The majority of directors at the world’s biggest banks have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, a DeSmog investigation shows. There were also significant ties to banks and investment vehicles supporting polluting industries, as well as to thinktanks and lobbying groups with a history of campaigning against climate action.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2023

Funding to develop alternatives to carbon intensive red diesel fuel comes as Grant Shapps touts ambition to turn UK into 'scale-up capital of Europe' The government is making £32.5m pot from the first phase of the competition last year.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2020

As such, SMMT chief executive Mike Hawes bemoaned a "torrid year" for the automotive sector, but praised its "incredible resilience". As many as six out of 10 cars sold in Europe and the UK are company cars, T&E said, yet nearly all of them - 96 per cent - are petrol or diesel vehicles. New car sales fell 4.4

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Electricity Fossil fuels Electric vehicle Pollution 90

Business Green

JULY 17, 2020

Thousands of green projects are raring to go across Europe to help build resilient Covid-19 recovery, study suggests. Moreover, as the research was carried out over just four recent weeks, it likely only encompasses a fraction of all the potential shovel-ready green projects EY believes are currently under development in Europe.

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Europe Resilience Packaging Investment 90

Smart Energy International

JANUARY 25, 2023

Of particular interest are the areas of smart grid integration, policymaking and virtual power plants (VPPs) and how they affect and are affected by the continuous proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) across Europe. People are not welcome if they have a polluting vehicle. And there are more of these than one might think.

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Electric vehicle Europe Batteries Policy 98

Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

Mayor's Office confirms ULEZ and congestion charge suspended, as air pollution across Europe plummets. The EEA's data show an accurate picture of the drop in air pollution, especially due to reduced traffic in cities," said Hans Bruyninckx, EEA Executive Director.

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Smart Energy International

JUNE 29, 2022

Jonathan Brearley, chief executive of Ofgem, stated in the announcement of the plan: “Ofgem’s job is to ensure energy networks have achievable and affordable plans that will attract the investment needed for a more resilient energy network and achieve the government’s net zero ambition at the least cost to the consumer.

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Energy Energy Fossil fuels Investment 98

Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

The EU Parliament's resolution - backed by 465 MEPs to 150 votes against and 67 abstentions - warned such cuts would "undermine the foundations of a sustainable and resilient recovery" to the looming economic crisis, and would hamper flagship EU programmes for climate protection and the digital transition.

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Packaging Europe Fossil fuels Investment 91

Business Green

MAY 27, 2020

A sweeping €1.85tr stimulus strategy to rebuild Europe's economy from the wreckage of the coronavirus crisis has been unveiled by the European Commission today, promising a green infrastructure spending blitz to help put the continent on a path towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This is Europe's moment," she said.

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Investment Packaging Carbon-neutral Europe 99

Smart Energy International

MAY 13, 2022

Northern Ireland Water also managed to minimise the risk of potential pollution events and reduced their environmental impact. According to Samotics, ensuring the health of submerged pumps is vital to avoid costly, disruptive repairs and prevent damaging pollution events. Image courtesy of Samotics.

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Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Health Blockchain 105

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Using Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) funds, the much-needed new electricity link consists of five underground and submarine cables with a total length of approximately 350km. The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Greece’s Independent Power Transmission Operator (IPTO) have signed a long-term loan agreement of €108 million ($117.6

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Resilience Investment Construction Pollution 52

Green Living Guy

APRIL 15, 2022

Availability is expected to begin in Spring 2022 in Europe and late 2022 in North […]. ESTERO, Fla.

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Electric vehicle Electricity Europe Resilience 145

Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

EU leaders must reaffirm their ambition to build a net zero economy by 2050 and put decarbonisation and green jobs at the core of their coronavirus recovery strategy, leading green business coalition the European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe) has urged today.

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Europe Government Carbon-neutral Global warming 90

Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

Europe needs to be leading the charge to a more sustainable world, but it is being held back by short-termism and poor policymaking, argues Systemiq's Janez Potočnik. For 54 scarce and economically important raw materials, Europe imports 90 per cent of them fully. Today we are experiencing a polycrisis.

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Carbon-negative Europe Climate change Resilience 36

Business Green

AUGUST 1, 2022

The chief of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM), the joint sustainability initiative backed by the world's biggest miners, is confident Europe's drive to shore up mineral security and deliver on climate goals could result in a cleaner and greener future for the global mining industry. "I

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Business Green

APRIL 18, 2024

The impacts would be worse for the poorest countries that have been unable to build out the climate resilient infrastructure needed to build on the development of the past 50 years. Trimming projected incomes by 40 per cent or more would condemn the global economy to growth so slow it would feel like stagnation. We should use them, and fast.

Climate change 67

Climate change Politics Resilience Europe 67

Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Europe's ‘dash for gas’ in wake of energy crisis is 'exact opposite' of what countries should be doing to drive down energy prices and emissions, IISD concludes. There is no room for new fossil import infrastructure in Europe in a 1.5C-aligned Existing import capacity can meet the gas demand for Europe in the medium and longer term.

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Fossil fuels Europe Government Global warming 67

Smart Energy International

APRIL 25, 2022

Michael Cole, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe, stated: “At Hyundai, we believe that bi-directional charging in combination with V2G technology can turn battery electric vehicles into flexible resources. EV next to Cartesius model. Image courtesy of Hyundai Motors.

Electric vehicle 98

Electric vehicle Batteries Fossil fuels Technology 98

Green Business Bureau

MARCH 10, 2021

The first 11 months of 2020 were the hottest on record in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe experienced its warmest autumn ever, and the Arctic sea ice coverage was 16% lower than the 1981-2010 average. C and build resilience for current and anticipated climate change impacts. SDG 13 Implementation. NeighborWorks America. Carbonfund.org.

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Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Last summer’s deluge in London dropped an equivalent of two month’s rain in just two hours, and those flash floods precipitated popped tops on manhole covers and sewage pollution warnings spanning from British streets to Welsh beaches. How Earth observation and geospatial data can help tackle sewage and safeguard the environment.

Pollution 96

Pollution Organic Sustainability Health 96

Business Green

JULY 15, 2022

How do you plan to make our homes and infrastructure more resilient to levels of heat that will become ever more frequent and intense? How do you plan to make the UK more resilient to the drought, wildfire, and flood risks that will also increase in the coming years? How do you plan to tackle the risk of such impacts?

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Human destruction of natural habitats on land and at sea, climate change, pollution, invasive species and over fishing and hunting are responsible for the loss of nature "at a rate never seen before", according to the latest edition of the long-running report, which provides one of the world's most comprehensive measures of global biodiversity.

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Resilience Biodiversity North America Climate change 99

Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

However, the war in Ukraine and subsequent shocks are testing firms’ resilience. 32% consider less polluting business areas & tech ??Read Join Enlit Europe in Frankfurt and be part of the conversation about the energy transition in Europe and beyond. EU firms made progress in #ClimateAction : ?? Register now.

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