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2022 Decarbon8 AgTech funding round open now

E8 Cleantech Angels

Agriculture accounts for about 20% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions, including a major share of methane and nitrous oxide ( McKinsey ). Critical issues also include regenerative inputs, carbon emissions, productivity, water quality and scarcity, soil health, crop diversity, labour supply and food supply.

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? 2023’s Most Headliney-Headlines #178

Climate Tech VC

Although there are only a few countries that have the capacity to host such large gatherings, critics bash the decision as Azerbaijan is a massive O&G exporter and methane emitter and back-to-back petro state chosen as the host country. Clear(er) skies for IRA SAF tax credit. Nuclear makes a resurgence.

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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Just ask Luis Lombana, CEO of Ficosterra , a Spanish marine biotechnology company that makes fertilisers from an unexpected source: seaweed. Researchers have even found that certain types of seaweed used as feed supplement for cattle can reduce methane emissions from cow farts. Farmers as a group don't typically embrace change.

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Meat, Dairy and Pesticide Lobbyists Return in High Numbers to Climate Summit

DeSmogBlog

Meat and dairy producers in particular are coming under increasing scrutiny due to increasing pollution from cattle and sheep, which emit around a third of the global output of methane. Farming also drives deforestation and relies on synthetic fertilisers that are both fossil-fuel-based and emit greenhouse gases. and at climate summits.

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