Envirotec Magazine

JULY 19, 2023

Bold steps had been hoped-for with the UK government’s third National Adaptation Programme (NAP3) released on 17 July, a much-anticipated prospectus intended to set out key actions to boost resilience and provide protection against risks associated with climate change, such as flooding, drought and heatwaves. billion by 2025.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Last week, a group of activists, scientists, academics and others issued a report calling for policies and other initiatives to generate prosperity while addressing inequity and the climate crisis. enable coastal communities to more effectively and equitably adapt to climate impacts. Joel Makower. Mon, 07/20/2020 - 02:11.

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The scale and scope of the climate change, biodiversity loss and inequality challenges facing corporate leaders is extensive. "[We] But that takes courage," said Polman, who in 2019 created Imagine, a foundation aimed at eradicating poverty and inequality and stemming runaway climate change. We don’t want to repeat that.

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GreenBiz

JULY 6, 2020

Respond now, adapt as soon as possible. Without question, it’s too soon to draw any conclusions about the lessons we’ve learned from this experience, but it’s nevertheless clear that businesses, investors and our entire system of free enterprise will need to adapt to a new normal in the coming post-coronavirus era. .

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GreenBiz

JUNE 5, 2020

It’s an issue across the sustainability profession, in fact. Climate journalist Emily Atkin even has a name for it : a "Climate Chad" is an environmentalist who says they "care about pervasive racial inequality and police brutality but don’t believe these issues are related to the climate fight.". Food Systems.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Sultan Al Jaber voices frustration at negotiations' sluggish progress on contentious issues such as fossil fuels, finance, and climate adaptation

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Forbes Green Tech

AUGUST 14, 2020

Climate justice is an important dimension of climate adaptation. As the world becomes more urbanized, issues such as heatwaves, canopy cover, and green acreage, will require particular attention.

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Innovation 121

GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

How the climate crisis will crash the economy. Even before all that, we’d been watching the real-world risks of climate change looming and growing across the United States and around the world. The financial climate, it seems, has been as unforgiving as the atmospheric one. Joel Makower. Mon, 09/14/2020 - 02:11.

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Charged

OCTOBER 25, 2023

See the feature article in our July-September issue.) The Smartville 360 has a configurable building-block design starting at 360 kWh of available capacity, which can be adapted for stand-alone installation or large-scale deployment in commercial, industrial and utility-scale applications.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 26, 2023

Climate resilience is the theme of this year’s event (29 th May to 4 th June), which aims to inspire the public to help protect the capital’s waterways. The public can get involved in citizen science projects to monitor the health of their rivers in order to gather evidence on the issues and opportunities for water quality improvements.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Dr Mike Morecroft, Climate Change expert at Natural England, has been looking at how we evaluate and measure success of climate change adaptation and mitigation in terrestrial ecosystems, and is the lead author on a recent review into the issue, published in the journal Science on 13 December.

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Companies often struggle with building community trust as they navigate between profit-making and authentically engaging on climate change and environmental justice matters. Its work involves community organizing, supporting sustainable development and community-led climate adaptation in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Marian Jones.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

Adapting to climate change is now a challenge for every industry, regardless of location. All strategies addressing the effects of climate change, including destructive floods, call for the drawing-up of long-term scenarios and plans, particularly for cities and city planning. More info at the URL below. geolux-radars.com.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Partner Insight: Net Zero Festival speaker OVO on why all sectors must use current events as a catalyst for change when it comes to decarbonisation As the country contends with the energy and cost-of-living crises, OVO believes the UK is set to refocus its efforts on sustainability and climate change once again.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 19, 2021

Observing that the climate and biodiversity crises potentiate each other, European science advisory group EASAC has provided some commentary on this interrelationship, drawing on the most recent data, with a focus on 16 areas requiring urgent action to shield humanity from the worst. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In the run-up to this year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the scourge of global hunger and climate devastation fuelled by farming. percent of climate finance. For these communities, climate change is existential. If they can’t harvest, they can’t eat.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

When: November 23 at 11am PT/ 2pm ET You’re invited to join a webinar co-hosted by Clean Energy Canada, the Canadian Climate Institute, Efficiency Canada, and Re.Climate exploring how clean energy makes life more affordable—and how to share this message with Canadians.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Though deployed in some areas across the globe, desalination plants face sustainability issues because of the brine and heavy metal-laden wastewater produced – so much so that California has recently rejected measures to add new desalination plants. So, the idea we are proposing will be feasible under climate change. Kumar said.

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Energy Central

OCTOBER 11, 2022

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - the United Nations System's voice on weather, climate and water - just presented the new State of Climate Services Report, issued since 2019, in order to provide scientifically-based information to support climate adaptation and mitigation.

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altenergymag

APRIL 11, 2023

Meanwhile, the market is still dealing with issues such as a congested electricity grid, new EU policies and changing financing schemes. With the market maturing, how do we adapt to this unpredictable business climate and formulate strategies to come out stronger and more resilient as an industry?

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Impact Alpha

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It was no longer a theoretical issue. The post High-tech greenhouses attract institutional investors to food security and climate adaptation (podcast) appeared first on ImpactAlpha. Borders were shut,” Equilibrium Capital’s Dave Chen says in the latest podcast in ImpactAlpha’s Institutional Shift series.

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Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

The proposal, part of RTE’s next ‘Ten-year network development’ plan for the period from 2025 to 2040, is aimed to deliver one of the most significant developments since its creation to ensure that the French network is able to meet the country’s and Europe’s energy and climate objectives.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 9, 2021

million from UK Research and Innovation in its Future of UK Treescapes Programme to develop new tools and approaches which will help trees and woodlands adapt to climate change and enable the UK to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions. The project is one of six to receive a share of £10.5

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Business Green

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Major new survey reveals organisations are largely failing to adapt to the effects of extreme weather, despite facing increasing disruption from climate impacts. There is real concern about the impacts of climate change, but the people we interviewed told us that financial obstacles prevented them from being able to prepare.".

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Business Green

JULY 7, 2021

Reports claim youth climate activists will have the opportunity to interview government ministers on day dedicated to youth and public empowerment, as Salesforce.com confirmed as latest corporate partner. The presidency programme will continue this throughout the two weeks of the summit," Sharma said.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 2, 2024

The county argues oil companies’ “campaigns to deceive and mislead the public about the damaging nature of their fossil fuel products” delayed climate action for decades, robbing communities of precious time to mitigate the climate-driven disasters they now face. This story was originally published by ExxonKnews.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Glasgow Climate Pact was a betrayal of developing and vulnerable nations, argue Environmental Justice Foundation's Steve Trent and Bangladesh politician Tanvir Shakil Joy. After two weeks of negotiations, more than 190 countries have agreed on a new climate pact. Adaptation and mitigation. Loss and damage.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

Observing that the climate and biodiversity crises potentiate each other, European science advisory group EASAC has provided some commentary on this interrelationship, drawing on the most recent data, with a focus on 16 areas requiring urgent action to shield humanity from the worst. Michael Norton, EASAC’s Environment Programme Director.

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Biodiversity Climate change Agriculture Policy 182

Grist

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Scientists have warned for years that climate change is upending the natural life cycles of plants and animals — to potentially devastating effect. We need to be aware of the issues, their causes, so we can look at how we manage them, prevent harm, and implement appropriate preventative actions and solutions.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Scottish government funded advisory group Zero Waste Scotland is hosting a free virtual event , on Tuesday 5 October, which will see experts come together to discuss a vital topic they insist is missing from the climate change conversation: Consumption. This is known as a circular economy. “We We hope to see you there.”.

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Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

There are many urgent takeaways from the Climate Change Committee's stark UK climate preparedness assessment - here are the top five. Damaging climate impacts are inevitable, varied and here today. The extent of the climate impacts already baked-in to 2050 is "shocking", according to CCC chief executive Chris Stark.

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

World leaders, CEOs, climate advocates, scientists and sustainable development specialists from around the world converged on New York City last week, for the annual, concurrent rituals of the United Nations General Assembly and ClimateWeek. Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. back into a position of global climate leadership.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

With time rapidly running out at the UN climate talks, ministers from UK, Canada, and the EU argue G20 statement of intent on climate this week 'must be a baseline not a ceiling' for COP27 deal. warming limit goal.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 20, 2022

In the midst of wildfires, energy security concerns and grid reliability questions, two smart home solutions are providing respective approaches towards adaptability and resilience through smart technology. EcoSmart Home solution. EcoSmart Home, which is being rolled out in the UK by GoodWe, is touted as a complete green energy solution.

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Charged

AUGUST 8, 2023

Financial services provider Bboxx and electric motorcycle manufacturer Spiro aim to accelerate the continent’s clean mobility transition by addressing the affordability issue. Flexible payment plans adapt to customers’ fluctuating incomes, allowing them to pay more when they can afford it, and less in lean times.

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Electricity Africa Transportation Innovation 98

DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Honolulu first sued 10 fossil fuel companies — including BP, Chevron, Shell, ExxonMobil, and Aloha Petroleum — in March 2020, in an attempt to hold these companies accountable for alleged deception over the climate risks of their products. The case is one of more than two dozen climate liability lawsuits brought against Big Oil in the U.S.

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EDF + Business

APRIL 25, 2024

As the world grapples with the challenges of a changing climate, there is a growing understanding of the impact of agricultural emissions. Commitments made at COP28 underscore the importance of transitioning the food and agriculture sector to net zero, with new pledges of more than $7 billion for climate mitigation and adaptation.

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