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Why investors are putting biodiversity on the balance sheet

GreenBiz

The most dependent industries: construction, agriculture and food and beverage. . Given that we have less than a decade to address the double whammy of climate change and biodiversity loss, and given that the technology to monitor and track, for example, deforestation or overfishing already exist, the slow pace of progress can be maddening.

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Local Leaders and mayors call for power shift to meet net zero

Envirotec Magazine

A communiqué signed by UK mayors and local leaders calls for a ‘power shift’ from Whitehall so that local and regional authorities can deliver Net Zero. Call for powers and resources to shape local energy markets, decarbonise transport, and tackle emissions from homes and offices. Addressing energy market failure.

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An accidental life

Envirotec Magazine

The study, published in Nature in November, purports to show that cells can be ‘programmed’ to identify different chemicals, stimulating a measurable electrical current. Such “smart” devices could power themselves by scavenging energy in the environment as they monitor conditions in settings like rivers, farms, industry and wastewater plants.

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Using ‘Digital Twins’ to Boost Production, Cut Costs at Floating Offshore Wind Farms

GreenTechMedia

With assets installed far from shore in harsh conditions, offshore wind turbine manufacturers and project operators are turning to new digital tools to optimize performance, boost power production and minimize downtime. said in an interview. That "implies some serious interest in the technology," Barla said.

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Report details China’s complex energy landscape and its enormous green energy shift

Envirotec Magazine

Wind is China’s largest source of electricity after coal and hydropower, delivering 9.4% of the total electricity supply in 2023. The seeming enormity of the green energy shift taking place in China is given shape by what’s described as the most comprehensive English-language report on China’s energy transition.

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Why water companies choose LAISON for smart prepaid water meters

Smart Energy International

Recently, some water companies in the Middle East have started to tender for the STS prepaid water meter, arousing new discussion on smart water metering, as a solution for improving billing efficiency, in African countries and beyond. Prepaid water meters are not a new thing, even in Africa, but most projects failed before 2010.

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Planet Accelerates Deployment of Forest Carbon Monitoring System

Planet Pulse

Salo is a climate technology company that builds cutting-edge forest monitoring systems to measure Earth’s constantly changing ecosystems using artificial intelligence and multi-sensor Earth observation data. Salo Sciences’ global data on forest carbon stocks reveals tree-level insights.