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Climate governance
ClimateICT
June 11, 2020

Blockchain technology to act against climate crisis

As much as the world faces a climate crisis, it also faces a climate governance crisis. We know what must be done, but we don’t know yet how to get there. New mechanisms are needed. Blockchain is one technology that has the potential to boost global cooperation for climate action.

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Source: The Conversation
Solar Impulse Foundation
Climate
June 1, 2020

500 solutions labelled after two years

Two years after launching the Efficient Solution Label, the Solar Impulse Foundation is halfway through its #1000Solutions Challenge. At reaching this milestone, the team took a closer look at some of the data collected through all applications and gathered some interesting insights.

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Source: Solar Impulse Foundation
Driving electric
ClimateEnergy
May 13, 2020

Plug-in vehicles help limit climate change

In countries accounting for 95% of road transport, plug-in vehicles emit less greenhouse gases than petrol and diesel models. That includes all operations over a car’s lifetime: the mining of metals or lithium for batteries, manufacturing, driving 150,000 kilometres and scrapping.

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Source: Climate Home News
Climate change mitigation
Climate
May 21, 2020

On track to fulfil CO2 storage scenarios

The current rate of growth in the installed Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) capacity is on track to meet climate change targets identified in IPCC reports. Research and commercial efforts should focus on maintaining growth while identifying CO2 storage space.

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Source: Imperial College London
Climate change data
ClimateHealthSpace
May 25, 2020

Adapting to diseases carried by mosquitos

As Europe warms up, it becomes a more suitable home for the Asian tiger mosquito. To help authorities understand related health risks, VITO used data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service to create a tool that shows how conditions help this virus spreader prosper.

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Source: Copernicus Climate Change Service
Sustainable living
ClimateHealth
May 6, 2020

Rethinking urban lifestyles following COVID-19

As COVID-19 has spread throughout the world, many have flocked to more rural open spaces to wait out the storm. ReGen Villages’ eco-village community model could meet a rising demand for sustainable living outside of dense major cities following the pandemic.

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Source: BUSINESS INSIDER