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Record Amounts Of Clean Energy Installed As Costs Continue To Fall

Forbes Green Tech

“If governments take advantage of the ever-falling price tag of renewables to put clean energy at the heart of COVID-19 economic recovery, they can take a big step towards a healthy natural world, which is the best insurance policy against global pandemics.”.

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El Niño could cost the global economy $3 trillion

Grist

A new study reveals that there are also strong economic repercussions to an El Niño — the pattern threatens to slow the global economy by as much as $3 trillion. Those impacts come with a surprisingly steep price tag, according to the study, which was published in Science on Thursday. trillion and $5.7

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The Just Futures Project Provides a Community Vision for Economic Recovery in Washington State

Front And Centered

A lot of times in the African American or the African diaspora community when we think about economics, sometimes we think we’re not even included or a part of the larger economics. They noted that our current economic system is founded on white supremacy, patriarchy, consumerism, and militarism. Rebecca Berry. Curtiss Calhoun.

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Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'

Business Green

Prime Minister to reaffirm tree-planting plans as part of £5bn 'New Deal' style recovery package, but green campaigners fear 'false start' as key funding announcements still yet to be confirmed. However, Ed Matthew of the Climate Coalition offered a damning assessment of the Prime Minister's heavily-trailed speech.

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Everledger and Ford release EV battery passport pilot for material recycling

Smart Energy International

During manufacture, Ford batteries and their inner modules are tagged with 2-D data matrix codes, which are then scanned with a cell phone by each organisation as the battery changes hands.

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Managing risk, achieving impact: Linking sovereign debt with climate and nature targets

Business Green

Sustainability-linked sovereign bonds can help promote economic resilience and a much-needed sustainable recovery to Covid-19, according to the World Bank's Fiona Stewart and Samantha Power. Difficulties around resource intensive budget tagging and project identification could also be avoided.

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Brexit tariffs would drive £2,800 EV price hike, auto sector warns

Business Green

SMMT warns 'no-deal' Brexit would undermine UK green recovery and net zero vision by heaping costs onto electric car manufacturing. As these figures show, 'no deal' tariffs will put the brakes on the UK's green recovery, hampering progress towards net zero and threatening the future of the UK industry.".