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Six insights to accelerate the energy transition
Energy

Six insights to accelerate the energy transition

High energy prices, risks of energy supply shortages, and shortfalls in meeting climate goals now threaten energy affordability, security, access, and sustainability. Energy market volatility presents an opportunity to supercharge the energy transition by ramping up clean energy investments.

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Source: World Economic Forum
Diversity is key to a climate resilient food system
Food

Diversity is key to a climate resilient food system

The world’s farms produce only a handful of varieties of bananas, avocados, coffee and other foods. This lack of diversity in crops mass produced for food is making them vulnerable to climate change. If no action is taken, it will become increasingly difficult to grow crops, with devastating consequences.

 

 

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Source: The Guardian
How to expand our economy without carbon emissions
Climate

How to expand our economy without carbon emissions

Achieving the SDGs requires breaking the link between economic growth and fossil fuels. Our resource-hungry economic activity has to be de-linked from environmental pressures by decoupling GDP growth from the resources it requires and from its impacts down the line such as GHG emissions.

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Source: SDG Action
Leading innovative energy companies in 2022
Energy

Leading innovative energy companies in 2022

A fundamental shift is needed in the world of energy. Fast Company listed the most innovative energy companies that are finding new ways to speed up the transition. The startup Twelve, for example, turns captured CO2 into chemicals for manufacturing that are currently made from fossil fuels.

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Source: Fast Company
Al Gore: the skills climate leaders must build now
Climate

Al Gore: the skills climate leaders must build now

Tackling climate change is about changing policies. Net zero by 2050 can only be achieved by halving current emissions by 2030. “The actions that our leaders take right now, this year, and over the eight next years, will determine whether we’re able to keep this goal within reach.”

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Source: World Economic Forum
IPCC report: it’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1,5C
Climate

IPCC report: it’s now or never if we want to limit global warming to 1,5C

“Without immediate and deep emissions reductions across all sectors, it will be impossible,” said Professor Jim Skea, a co-chair of the latest IPCC report. We must stop our addiction to fossil fuels and harness the full potential of renewable energies if we are to end our journey to “climate hell.”

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Source: The Guardian