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Decarbonisation urban environments
ClimateEnergy

Decarbonisation urban environments

The Urban Energy Pathfinder (UEP) is a tool developed by VITO/EnergyVille for helping local and regional authorities make the energy transition by integrating renewable heat into renovation plans. As a simulation tool for the built environment, it’s also useful to engineering and planning firms.

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Source: VITO
How technologies can save the world
Cross-thematic

How technologies can save the world

Technology is amazing but it has to be used in the right way. How do we future-proof the values and knowledge of people in a world defined by technology? We can learn a lot from indigenous people. They have always shared technological knowledge with each other and between communities.

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Source: Innovators Magazine
Female climate entrepreneurs are essential for climate change
ClimateGender

Female climate entrepreneurs are essential for climate change

When it comes to creating climate solutions, female entrepreneurs tend to have many attributes which make them better suited to the task than men. Yet the greentech industry has a woefully small percentage of women involved. How can this gender disparity be addressed?

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Source: World Economic Forum
Transforming the global food system to avert a mass scale crisis
Food

Transforming the global food system to avert a mass scale crisis

Cascading fallout from the COVID crisis may yet develop into a food crisis for many. World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab recently outlined four ways food systems need to be transformed to make them healthier, more sustainable, more equitable and fairer for all.

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Source: World Economic Forum
Iceland has world’s biggest carbon capture plant
Circular EconomyClimate

Iceland has world’s biggest carbon capture plant

The Orca plant, developed by Climeworks and Carbfix, combines carbon capture and storage technologies to permanently remove 4,000 tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year. It is a milestone for the direct air capture industry. This solution can be replicated everywhere and on ever larger scales.

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Source: Innovators Magazine
Why a nature-positive future is essential
Climate

Why a nature-positive future is essential

As the world emerges from the shock of COVID-19, Frans Timmermans, executive-president for the European Green Deal, explains why becoming nature-positive is essential to building a resilient future for all. The EU is leading efforts to get nature on the political agenda. Will the rest of the world follow?

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Source: The Guardian