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Comment: Technology will be crucial to the success of vertical farms

Envirotec Magazine

According to the World Bank, agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and feed a projected 9.7 Water can be recycled, and pesticides are almost completely unnecessary. Again, accurate monitoring and control is vital. billion people by 2050.

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First home solar pavement installed on a driveway

AGreenLiving

Solar tiles aren’t just for roofs anymore. Platio, a Budapest, Hungary-based tech company, has just installed the first solar pavement for use on a residential driveway. Roofs are not the only surfaces that can be used for solar energy production,” said Platio co-founder and engineer Imre Sziszák.

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Sustainability Guide for Consulting Firms: Running An Eco Friendly Business

Green Business Bureau

Minimizing waste through reducing, reusing, and recycling and being more energy efficient will also lower your costs. You will also help the environment by reducing global warming, mitigating the waste of finite materials, and reducing pollution. Use energy-efficient versions of devices to reduce energy consumption.

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"Carbon-absorbing" vertical forest skyscraper nears completion in Taipei

AGreenLiving

Located in the financial district of Taiwan’s capital, the award-winning vertical forest building was created by the architects as an “anti-global warming and carbon-absorbing ecosystem” and will feature approximately 23,000 trees, shrubs and plants along the ground floor, balconies and terraces.

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How deeper global clean tech collaboration is needed to avoid net zero delay

Business Green

The global net zero transition risks being "delayed by decades" unless there is far greater collaboration between governments and businesses to accelerate the roll out of the key low carbon technologies required to deliver deep cuts in emissions before 2030, a major UN-backed report today warns.

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5 Government Initiatives from Around the World That Are Helping Reduce the Impact of Climate Change

Green Tech Challenge

The problem of global warming crosses geopolitical lines and boundaries, and thus must be addressed by humanity as a whole. The government essentially intends to hold manufacturers and retailers more responsible for disposing of and recycling their products.

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This is climate tech

Business Green

While they're not immune to the forthcoming fiscal challenges, entrepreneurs developing solutions for addressing climate change - from agtech to decarbonization to clean energy and more - are among those proving to be the most resilient. Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S.