Join us on Friday, November 20th for the Cascadia Innovation Corridor’s next virtual forum, Sustainable Agri-foods and Agri-tech in Cascadia. The forum will explore COVID-19’s impact on supply chains for local producers, buyers, and our emergency food system and how the growing agri-tech sector is expanding opportunities for local farmers.
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Sims Recycling Solutions has moved to a larger facility in Jebel Ali due to high demand for services in the United Arab Emirates….
What role do businesses and households play in smart and climate-neutral energy systems? Why does this pose challenges for energy modelling? Diana Süsser (IASS) and Andrzej Ceglarz (Renewables Grid Initiative) shed light on this in their article. The Paris climate goals, the European Green Deal and the Energy Union Strategy call for a climate-neutral economy and society by mid-century. For this to happen, our energy system must be profoundly transformed: from electricity and heat to transport and industry. That is why it is particularly important that different actors – such as companies and households – actively participate in the energy transition.
To celebrate the inauguration of Green Pea, Italy’s first dedicated green retail park, Cristina Celestina of Pianca recently presented Calatea Green, a chair that follows a circular economy model. The piece is a redesign of the company’s Calatea chair, originally developed in 2017, with new, eco-friendly materials and organic aesthetics for a greener version of the classic chair.
PM Modi promised to crack down on single-use plastic from October 2019 with a plan to completely ban it by 2022.
BP’s chairman is assuring investors that the oil and gas giant’s strategy is in accordance with the Paris Agreement on climate change, and that a new level of transparency is on the way. In an editorial published in the Financial Times on Tuesday, Helge Lund wrote: “We recognise that the world is on an unsustainable path. We believe our strategy is consistent with Paris. And we welcome steps… that are supportive of a faster transition to a low-carbon energy system.”
Brazil’s ambition to become a palm oil giant could have devastating social and environmental impacts if the move is not carefully managed, say experts…