Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

There are risks to the long-term effectiveness of the government’s new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) policy, launched in February, according to a 17 May National Audit Office (NAO) report. Defra did not give local authorities additional money specifically to monitor or enforce on-site gains4.

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Envirotec Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Future pandemics will emerge more often, spread more rapidly, do more damage to the world economy and kill more people than COVID-19 unless there is a transformative change in the global approach to dealing with infectious diseases, warns a new report on biodiversity and pandemics by 22 leading experts from around the world.

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Biodiversity Health Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 181

GreenBiz

JUNE 17, 2020

That’s why in Demak, Java, a diverse group of residents, NGOs, universities and the Indonesian government are working together on the "Building with Nature" project to restore a 12-mile belt of mangroves. Countries around the world can harness the power of nature to adapt to climate impacts. Raise understanding of the value of nature.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

And in order to encourage the approach beyond its supply chain, Danone recently founded the One Planet Business for Biodiversity (OP2B) initiative, a cross-sector effort to improve the private sector's approach to biodiversity. If we protect biodiversity, we are basically protecting the diversity of DNA," Soubeiran mused.

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Biodiversity Agriculture Sustainability Carbon 344

GreenBiz

JANUARY 18, 2021

Ugbaad Kozar, senior policy advisor at Carbon180, discussed these disparities and the power imbalance associated with carbon removal measures. With industrial removal, some of the questions at the project site are: Are people happy with the industrial facility? Is it impacting them? … Buck said. . Courtesy of.

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Carbon Biodiversity Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 285

Business Green

JUNE 29, 2020

The brewing industry is among the nine critical sectors identified in a report published today by UNEP and the Natural Capital Finance Alliance that highlights need for banks, investors and insurers to set firm targets to reduce biodiversity loss. This report shows that banks, investors and insurers have a crucial part to play too.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Here are some of the latest commitments, along with perspective on progress so far: Procure most electricity from renewable sources by 2025 and decrease energy usage by 15 percent. Decrease water usage by 20 percent at high-risk sites and 15 percent overall by 2025 (per metric ton of product made).

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Sustainability Business Energy Monitoring Agriculture Building Energy Monitoring 386

DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 28, 2025

Unlike other feedback systems designed to drive immediate response think of the life-saving equipment in intensive care units, or even a cars fuel gauge the tools we use to monitor climate resilience and risk are dangerously, and indefensibly, outdated. Imagine applying that principle to improve climate resilience. This isnt theoretical.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Resilience 91

Terra Infirma

JANUARY 29, 2025

The fundamental principle in the planning system is: Presumption in favour of Sustainable Development This means that any proposed development should go ahead unless there is a clear breach of national or local planning policy (which tend to be identical – we have very little devolution in this country). But carbon emissions?

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Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 87

Hydrogen Fuel News

MARCH 6, 2024

With its bountiful resources and strategic position, the country aims to cement its place as a leader in the clean energy transition. This ambition sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead, each aspect contributing to the blueprint of a sustainable energy future.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 107

Planet Pulse

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Jon Powers , Vice President of Sales, said, The Planet Insights Platform is a big step forward in our quest for more accessible and actionable satellite data. It efficiently streamlines the monitoring, analysis, and reporting of changes within large volumes of Earth data sets.

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Asia Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Government 64

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 7, 2025

AI spurred clean firm power, Europe strengthened carbon markets, and emerging economies’ climate tech demand opened up. Hesitant investors now have more clarity around interest rates, geopolitics and policies, and exits (the good kinds, and the bad kinds). 🚗 Vertical: Energy came top in 2024 investment, up 12% to $9.4bn.

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 81

Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Spinoff benefits could include improved biodiversity; flood and erosion mitigation; increased crop yields (important in terms of a growing global population); better animal health and welfare; a reduced need for artificial fertilisers and therefore less pollution; and enhanced nutritional value of food produced.

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Soil Carbon Investment Energy Monitor 245

Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

As understanding of the climate crisis increases and the harm to ourselves, the environment, business, industry, and the economy that will follow, so a desire to not only reduce carbon but to be seen reducing carbon increases. Other offsetting projects enhance biodiversity, improve soil quality, food production or rainwater absorption.

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Carbon-neutral Carbon Policy Carbon-negative 111

Smart Energy International

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) launched the Global Initiative for Nature, Grids, and Renewables (GINGR) at COP28, aiming to empower governments, industries and the financial sector to achieve energy, climate and biodiversity targets.

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Energy Monitor Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Biodiversity 105

Planet Pulse

JUNE 21, 2021

In tandem, Europe has also launched a new 2030 Biodiversity Strategy which requires Member States to commit to important targets to restore biodiversity. Both initiatives are integral parts of Europe’s response to the current global climate and biodiversity crises. The panel included: .

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Biodiversity Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 75

Grist

AUGUST 27, 2024

Oh, and they want to build it on the moon. “In These vaults alone, Parenti argues, are no longer an adequate insurance policy. Solar-powered, automated, and without need of human maintenance, the proposed lunar biorepository would house cryopreserved cells, stored at temperatures so cold that biological activity is suspended.

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Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Climate change Energy Monitor 145

Green Business Bureau

JULY 1, 2022

Being more energy-efficient, reducing waste – through recycling, reuse, and reducing regimes -, and curbing scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the daily commute, all help your company save money. The initiatives given in this article will give you the foundation to then build a comprehensive green strategy.

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Business Energy Monitoring Startups Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 147

Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 19, 2024

As the quest for sustainable energy intensifies, biomass emerges as a pivotal player in the arena of renewable resources. This exploration into the realm of biomass energy untangles the complexities and delves into its multifaceted nature, uncovering the potential of plant-based and waste-derived materials as alternative sources of power.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 122

Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Authors: Christopher Anderson, David Marvin, & Maxwell Joseph As world leaders discuss climate solutions at Summit of the Future and Climate Week NYC, Planet is proud to announce the release of Forest Carbon Monitoring, a new data product for mapping forest change at high resolution worldwide. Why is this dataset important right now?

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Carbon 59

GreenBiz

MAY 29, 2020

The reality, though, is that any individual company must use a combination of strategies to inch or leap toward that goal — and the combination of what an organization is able to use will depend a great deal not just on its industry sector but also on its financial clout and support from the C-suite. .

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Carbon-negative Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Carbon 246

Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Energy & industry. Happy Monday!    Lots of spice for clean investment this week. 14% of total investment came from the feds, with $33.7B of dollars put to work.   Manufacturing.

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Investment Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 111

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Many of these arguments have been around for decades,” said Cóilín Nunan, a policy and scientific adviser to Alliance to Save Our Antibiotics, a coalition of health, sustainable farming, and civil society organisations. said the veterinary medicines industry had been working with regulators on farm antibiotics for 30 years.

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Building Energy Monitoring Medicine Health Agriculture 141

Planet Pulse

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

This future hyperspectral satellites will be named Tanager, a colorful and visually diverse family of birds in Central and South America, and are designed to deliver hyperspectral data at a resolution of 30 meters with over 400 spectral bands.

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Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Methane 119

Planet Pulse

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Since the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement six years ago, the nations of the world have slowly begun to bend the curve on emissions, due largely to spectacular advances in renewable energy. Our technologies are designed to monitor and classify changes everywhere on Earth, every day, in high resolution.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Climate change 105

Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Coal-fired power plants in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (image credit: Asian Development Bank , CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 It is estimated that today’s policy ambitions and targets would likely lead to global warming of around 2.7C license ). by the end of the century – a temperature that will result in the planet facing climate disaster.

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Carbon Climate change Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 130

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 12, 2021

New funding builds on unique partnership to tackle potent methane emissions between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Carbon Mapper, Planet, the State of California, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the University of Arizona, Arizona State University (ASU), High Tide Foundation, and RMI .

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Methane Climate change Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 115

Business Green

OCTOBER 6, 2021

UK government should introduce secondary legislation and guidance that can provide further clarity about how the biodiversity offset market will work and be policed, non-profit argue. To deliver policy efficiently and ensure clear market rules, it must include defined governmental roles and sufficient regulatory capacity," the document notes.

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Biodiversity Policy Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 41

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy affair swirling glasses of Portugal’s finest in front of a webcam debating the future of EU agricultural policies. Read more about the industry’s climate lobbying at DeSmog’s agribusiness database.

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Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Home Energy Monitoring 98

Energy Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. Mangroves, like these pictured in Singapore’s Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, are often considered a biodiverse-rich ecosystem that also affords climate protection.

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Biodiversity Climate change COP Energy Monitor 52

DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Policymakers met with fossil fuel and biomass producers nine times as often as with their renewable energy counterparts, DeSmog can reveal, raising fresh concerns over the depth of the government’s commitments to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. Our record on renewable energy speaks for itself,” they said. “In Carbon Capture.

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Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 98

DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2023

These relationship-building activities have helped to forge a powerful alliance in Brussels between select politicians from the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) and those with a commercial interest in slowing moves to more nature-friendly farming: pesticide manufacturers and farming unions linked to industry.

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Building Energy Monitoring Agriculture Law Business Energy Monitoring 145

DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

They say the proposed policy offers a lifeline for natural habitats in the bloc where one in three bees, butterflies and hoverflies are disappearing. “In In Europe we are in a critical biodiversity situation, which climate change is accelerating,” Daniel Hering, professor of aquatic ecology at the University of Duisburg-Essen, told DeSmog.

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Law Biodiversity Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 144

Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 23, 2024

L earn how governments and organizations leverage broad area management to monitor change across vast geographies and timescales. And use cases across commercial operations range from minimizing underwriting risk and increasing crop productivity to monitoring infrastructure development. This is where Planet comes in.

Energy Monitor 98

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Agriculture 98

Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 5, 2024

Now looking forward, interest rates are expected to come down, rules around policy incentives and regulation are emerging, and international competition has become a driving force for climate tech. 🚗 Vertical: Transportation and Energy investment declined, but remained on top. Removing Industry, the average was 34% down. 

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Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor 144

Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. In short, forests are vital in global and national efforts to combat climate change and biodiversity loss, and eradicate hunger and poverty. Around the world, 1.6 The five trends revealed by the research are: 1.

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Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Demand 147

DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 11, 2021

The question of Drax’s influence on national climate policy has come under renewed scrutiny after it emerged for a second time in two months that a senior PR executive advised on government climate strategy with an apparent conflict of interest. A recent study on biomass raised concerns over the energy source’s sustainability and efficacy.

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Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Energy Monitor Policy 98