GM and MIT Solve Announce Circular Economy Challenge Winners

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is eyeing off a $7.8 billion circular economy investment pipeline that could drive emissions from landfill down by as much as 60 per cent and create thousands of jobs in the regions.
The report, compiled with the help of global engineering services firm Arup, canvasses investment opportunities for Australia’s green bank in the recycling, organics, bioenergy and thermal energy from waste sectors.
According to the organisation, new and expanded infrastructure requirements to close the loop on key waste streams have the potential to generate between $4 billion and $7.8 billion in new investment up to 2025. 
Read the full article at: thefifthestate.com.au

The UK has made a legal commitment to reach net zero for greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2050. Some notable progress has been made, most obviously with power generation, but a greater push is needed soon in other spheres, such as home heating and transport. Indeed, pressure for more action is building ahead of this November’s UN climate change conference – or COP26 summit – which the UK Government will be hosting. If net zero policies are to achieve their goals, they must work effectively in rural, as well as urban, locations. All too often Government policies are designed around urban living, without proper thought given to the one in six of us living in rural settlements. Yet policy makers cannot take for granted that what works in an urban centre will also work in a rural location.

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