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COP27: New Global Adaptation Agenda aims to establish climate resilience goals

Business Green

The Sharm El Sheikh Adaptation Agenda, launched in partnership with the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions and the Marrakesh Partnership, provides a checklist of 30 actions required by the end of this decade to enhance the resilience of communities living in climate-vulnerable regions.

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'Sensible incentives' and 'plumbing reforms': Leading figures mull pathway from Covid-19 crisis to net zero economy

Business Green

A new essay collection from Bright Blue argues that net zero will not require vast amounts of public spending, due to the momentum delivered to date on decarbonisation in the UK. She also calls for GDP to be abandoned as a metric of economic success - a radical approach that recent polling has suggested enjoys considerable public support.

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EU project aims to play leading role in addressing e-waste

Envirotec Magazine

Finnish technology research group VTT will develop sustainable materials and manufacturing processes for electronic products, as well as circularity enablers, namely smart tags as data carriers for digital product passports. A consortium of Finnish firms is among the line-up of contributors.

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Everything you need to know about the UK's landmark Energy White Paper

Business Green

However, today's publication of the Energy White Paper marks a significant milestone in the UK's net zero transition, representing the first detailed policy framework to be delivered in support of Johnson's new 'green revolution'. Previous unconfirmed reports have estimated a price tag for the Sizewell project of between £16-20bn.

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#Solar100’s Brad Bauer: The Captain James T. Kirk of Solar Finance

GreenTechMedia

” In his 15 years working in renewables, Bauer co-founded one of the industry's first private "YieldCos", raised nearly a billion dollars for one of solar's brightest burning stars, and started a new company built on the lessons learned from the last one. As one of the first investors in the U.S. Energy markets in the U.S.

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Status Quo is Not an Option: Environmental literacy and classrooms that can save the world

Green Technology

Andra has over 15 years of experience in education across public and private school systems, nationally and internationally. Next is community engagement, walking the talk of sustainability and working with the external community to have great community partnerships. She holds a B.A. Status quo will lead us to our extinction.

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? Spooky season for clean energy stocks #171

Climate Tech VC

In the ESG exuberance of 2021 and 2022, public markets and institutional investors piled into public climate tech companies and prices (valuations) reached all-time highs. Climate tech investment has followed the public market down, but there are still bright spots. 💼 Find or share roles on our job board here.