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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

These events, made visible by the COVID-19 virus, have shown us the fragility of systems pushed to their breaking point by design constraints to maximize return on investment in the absence of resiliency. . Government policies that stimulated the growth of solar accounted for 60 percent of that price decline.

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Greentown Sector Pitch Day Explores Decarbonizing Existing Buildings?

Greentown Labs

Decarbonizing the key greenhouse-gas-emitting sectors will require collaboration across the climatetech ecosystem, with climate finance, policy, and justice leaders working in concert with technology entrepreneurs to scale solutions. Managing the ongoing environmental footprint of buildings.

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How digital technologies contribute to universal drinking water

Envirotec Magazine

Internet of things (IoT) technologies are used to transfer data from the meters and sensors into a central data platform, where it can be analysed by water managers. Digital water technologies provide cost effective solutions which can help utilities and municipalities become more resilient, not only to future challenges but now.

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Climate change policies are no longer a 'nice to have' - They must be at the heart of business practices

Business Green

Some of the things we are doing include implementing IoT solutions in our buildings to monitor CO2, humidity, energy usage, temperature and occupancy; installing solar panels and additional electric vehicle charging points; reducing our waste to landfill; and working with our suppliers to encourage them to adopt SBTs.

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Safeguarding battery systems and data in the age of EVs

Smart Energy International

While EVs promise a cleaner and more sustainable mode of transportation, their widespread adoption raises environmental and public policy questions. How can public policy strike a balance between environmental concerns and the need to expand EV charging networks rapidly?

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Conserving a Network of Climate-Resilient Lands

Climate 4.0

By Eric Aldrich The Resilient and Connected Network, an ambitious GIS mapping tool developed over the past 10 years by more than 270 scientists led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC), gives conservationists a way to save biodiversity for the future. Resiliency is directly related to having policies and governance already in place.

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Vodafone embeds environmental criteria into its supplier selection process

Business Green

A fifth of supplier selection criteria will depend on commitments to carbon reduction and circular economy principles alongside diversity, inclusion and health & safety policies, the firm said. It will ask suppliers whether they publicly report their carbon emissions to CDP, formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project.