Business Green

MARCH 11, 2020

Australia's 2018-2019 summer was the hottest ever recorded, while heat records were also broken in France, Germany, and the UK, and Siberia and Alaska saw unusually high levels of fire activity, along with large parts of South East Asia and South America.

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Smart Energy International

JULY 20, 2022

Another 20 natural ester insulated transformers have been commissioned, with the aim of installing them in Europe and South America. It is, therefore, a source of great satisfaction to announce the approval of the first HV/MV Eco-design transformer, a significant step towards more sustainable and resilient networks.”.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

billion tonnes of carbon emissions – equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of South America. Investing in wind power is a win-win for countries to create new local jobs and investment today to power a green recovery, while building more resilient infrastructure and economies for tomorrow.

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Grist

MARCH 14, 2023

The most severe drought took place in northeastern South America from 2015 to 2016, followed by the ongoing drought in the Cerrado region of Brazil. In terms of intensity, it was three times as large as the next biggest rain event: the floods that covered much of the Midwestern and Eastern United States starting in 2018.

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Planet Pulse

AUGUST 17, 2020

The importance of resilient food supply chains is more evident than ever as seen with disruptions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Adding to this, the impact of climate change is becoming more apparent each season, with record warm droughts and flooding.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Far from it - a complex web of other changes are also needed to build a more sustainable food system, including more efficient transport, regenerative farming methods and the development of more climate resilient crops. At present, animal diets are a major climate problem.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The announcement, led by 40 members of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), marks the biggest global net zero commitment from the carbon-intensive sector to date, and brings together firms from North and South America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 8, 2020

“Our commitment to continue investing in Chile remains intact,” said Acciona’s director general of energy for South America, José Ignacio Escobar, in a press statement. The apparent resilience of the Chilean economy bodes well for the continued development of renewables throughout 2020.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

cleaner and more resilient. During November 28 and 29, leaders from the region will meet in Cartagena de Indias in Colombia, to explore technological advances, opportunities for collaboration with the oil and gas industry, and the fundamental role of geothermal in the transition to a renewable energy.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2021

Demand for such products continues to grow rapidly around the world and is widely blamed for fuelling mass deforestation - both legal and illegal - in Asia, Africa, and South America, where forests are frequently cleared to make way for commodity cultivation and production.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Geothermal heat can serve to employ and empower communities while simultaneously building resilience to the threats of climate change. However, as technologies and our understanding of geothermal has improved, new practical applications have emerged.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

If the world warms more than 4C by 2100, the number of days with climatically stressful conditions for outdoor workers will increase by up to 250 workdays per year by century's end in some parts of South Asia, tropical sub-Saharan Africa and parts of Central and South America. That's the future our children have to contemplate.

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Smart Energy International

JANUARY 13, 2023

We continue to expand our comprehensive digital solutions to operationalise real-time data into actionable insights that improve efficiency, resiliency and sustainability. I look forward to working alongside the talented Syrinix team to further our aim to preserve the world’s most precious resource.”.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. Soybean production and cattle raising activities are linked to deforestation in Brazil's Cerrado region.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2020

The new funding is aimed at helping enable Apeel to continue is international expansion, especially in places such as sub-Saharan Africa, Central America and South America - places where there are higher rates of both food waste and food insecurity, it explained.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

An all you need to know guide for businesses to the IPCC’s guidebook on building climate resilience and adaptation. The scale and scope of what is needed to reduce these climate risks has increased worldwide, and action to boost adaptation and resilience is also increasing. As such, there are plenty of key takeaways for businesses.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

While the palm oil commitment requires zero deforestation in all sourcing regions, soy and cattle mainly focus on South America's Amazon, Cerrado and Chaco regions. These companies' CEOs are swayed by today's profitable markets rather than longer-term investments in resilient supply chains.

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Business Green

JUNE 18, 2020

And now, as we look forward to COP26 next November 2021, our aim is to ramp up ambition towards a climate-resilient, zero-carbon economy. adaptation and resilience. And I urge you all to continue signing up to the recommendations of the TCFD to build a greener and more resilient financial system. clean transport.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Given that nearly half of the UK's food comes from overseas, with up to 10-15 per cent from Asia, Africa and South America, we all have a stake in ensuring future generations of farmers who produce our food can do so in climate-friendly ways, while earning enough to stay in business and live the sort of life their hard work deserves.".

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ThinkGeoEnergy

DECEMBER 18, 2023

And the value of geothermal energy as a rock-solid, resilient, indigenous source of power is increasing as the penetration of intermittent renewables increase. That brings me back to my favorite attributes of geothermal power: it’s reliable, it’s resilient, and it’s baseload, bringing energy security to cities, states and countries.

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The City Fix

JULY 10, 2023

To date, over 90 countries have set net-zero emissions targets, committing to help prevent the most harmful impacts from climate change. But questions remain around the credibility of many of these pledges and whether these goals will be met. Together, countries with net-zero targets — which.

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Business Green

MARCH 21, 2023

Renewables capacity in Europe and North America grew by 57.3GW and 29.1GW, respectively, while Africa added 2.7GW of capacity, delivering a marginal year-on-year increase. Moreover, Oceania saw 5.2GW of new capacity come online and South America continued an upward trend with 18.2GW of capacity added.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Healthy ecosystems are more resilient to climate change and provide life-critical services such as food and clean water," said IPCC Working Group II co-chair Hans-Otto Pörtner. "By Climate resilience will become impossible in some regions if temperature rise exceeds 2C, the report warns.

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Grist

MARCH 7, 2022

The hotspots for migration, according to the new report, are in Sub-Saharan Africa, Asia, and South America , though small island nations are disproportionately impacted due to the effects of sea-level rise. Since the last IPCC assessment report in 2014, more evidence has emerged connecting climate change to migration and displacement.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

A growing number food firms are seeking to diversify the ingredients they use in their products to help build a more sustainable, climate resilient food system, according to the Future 50 Food initiative.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

While the rate of annual deforestation slowed to about 25 million acres between 2015 and 2020, the trendlines in several regions — especially countries in Africa and South America — aren’t moving in the right direction. Soybean production and cattle raising activities are linked to deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado region.

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Business Green

JUNE 8, 2021

As such, the UK government is said to be working on plans for a new multibillion-pound green development bank that could both directly fund low carbon infrastructure projects across Asia, Africa, and South America, and underwrite private investment.

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Business Green

MAY 6, 2021

Such projects also support ecosystem services, biodiversity, access to freshwater, climate resilience, improved livelihoods, healthy diets, and food security. Similarly, forest protection can deliver significant flood resilience, soil quality, and water security benefits, above and beyond the obvious carbon savings. There are 1.6

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Business Green

JANUARY 11, 2022

Carolina Klint, risk management leader for continental Europe at insurance broker Marsh, said the combination of major, interlinked environmental and social risks underscored the importance of companies bolstering their environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies so as to bolster their resilience and tap into new market opportunities. "As

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Moreover, many of the countries and regions best placed to benefit from a green hydrogen future and to become net exporters of the energy source are those most able to generate cheap, abundant renewable electricity, particularly in Africa, the Middle East, Australia, and South America, according to the report. It will create new jobs.

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EDF + Business

MARCH 1, 2021

Jess works remotely from Michigan and travels frequently (in the non-covid times) to support her teams and growers in the Pacific Northwest, Midwest, Southeast, and South America. She leads engagement with more than 200 cities and states/regions across the US and Canada to measure and manage climate and environmental action.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2023

The company said the 2023-2026 Business Plan would see it allocate 85 per cent of the total investment to renewables, clients, and energy management and 15 per cent to electricity networks across fast-growing and low-risk markets in four regional hubs: Europe, North America, South America, and Asia-Pacific.

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