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A global forum to catalyse India’s clean energy transition

Smart Energy International

Narendra Modi’s clarion call for becoming ‘AatmaNirbhar’ in energy sector, DISTRIBUTECH India 2022, together with POWERGEN India and Indian Utility Week, India’s leading Energy Business Platforms, will be organised from 12th-14th October 2022 in New Delhi, India. Have you read? ABOUT DISTRIBUTECH INDIA.

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New leaders at Patagonia, McDonald's, Netflix

GreenBiz

It's not necessarily that the game of musical chairs has intensified in the C-suite, but you'll note major executive moves at big apparel, food, energy, finance and technology corporations, some of which have enlisted a chief sustainability officer (CSO) or equivalent for the first time. The former U.K.

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Business Lobby Reaches Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks

DeSmogBlog

Representatives of business and industry groups more than doubled at the UN’s latest biodiversity summit, DeSmog has found, sparking fears over the growing influence of powerful private sector bodies. What you see here are two COPs,” he said. The UN said it was important to bring private interests to the negotiating table.

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At COP28, Family Farmers Who Feed the World Went Unheard

DeSmogBlog

These family-owned and often impoverished producers each manage only a few hectares of land, but they provide a third of the world’s food and up to 80 percent of food in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Yes, digital tools like crop monitoring can help farmers become more efficient. percent of climate finance.

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COP26: Fears grow over UN climate summit amid coronavirus fallout

Business Green

With travel bans in place across Europe, the US and Asia, airlines forced to cancel flights, and citizens in major economies including France, the US, and China either advised or forced to keep social contact to a minimum, huge swathes of the global economy are now heading into a state of lockdown.

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COP27: Unshackling the demand for renewables

Business Green

Powers, vice president for global cleantech and renewables at Schneider Electric, who explores how public-private sector collaboration can help unshackle the surging demand for renewable energy. I think a lot of the feedback that you hear from any of the COPs is we're not doing enough and we're not doing it fast enough.

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Understanding Biodiversity Loss In A Changing Climate

Energy Innovation

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. This recent COP, also a pillar of global progress on sustainability, focused not primarily on climate change but on biological diversity. However, a new review by John J.