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Gas sensor network provides early wildfire detection

Envirotec Magazine

The “solar-powered digital nose” in situ. The first live demonstration of the group’s Silvanet system of solar-powered gas sensors was recently conducted successfully in a forest near Berlin, says the firm. . By adding additional sensors, the network can also be used to monitor tree health and growth.

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Christmas tree detects Glasgow city centre air pollution

Business Green

EDF Energy erected a Christmas tree on one of Glasgow's main shopping streets this week that will change colour according to the pollution levels in the city. The lights on Buchanan Street's Christmas Tree-V are powered by an electric car and change colour based on live pollution data from the nearest Defra monitoring site.

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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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Danone's Eric Soubeiran: 'The food system is broken'

GreenBiz

Huge kudos to our shareholders after today's unanimous support of the change of Danone's by-laws to incorporate health, planet, people and inclusiveness objectives as part of our mission," Faber enthused. You showed evidence that finance can change the world. It is on us, boards and CEOs, CFOs to engage finance on what matters.

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COP26: Fears grow over UN climate summit amid coronavirus fallout

Business Green

We are monitoring the situation closely and will be guided by scientific advice in the run up to the event," a COP26 spokesperson said. Hearing COP looking increasingly likely to be cancelled/postponed. Those involved also argue that the timing re US presidential election was always troublesome.

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Danone's Eric Soubeiran on regenerative farming and fixing the 'broken' food system

Business Green

Huge kudos to our shareholders after today's unanimous support of the change of Danone's by-laws to incorporate health, planet, people and inclusiveness objectives as part of our mission," Faber enthused. You showed evidence that finance can change the world. It is on us, boards and CEOs, CFOs to engage finance on what matters.

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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.