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Satellite mapping makes agriculture more sustainable
FoodSpace

Satellite mapping makes agriculture more sustainable

Satellite mapping, using satellite images to build a composite map of the Earth’s surface, offers a vital source of information. This allows farmers to better monitor their fields, manage their crops and ultimately improve yields and efficiency. This can lead to more sustainable farming.

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Source: Eco-Business
3 key insights a climate scientist has learned of COVID-19
Climate

3 key insights a climate scientist has learned of COVID-19

At the start of the pandemic on 11 March 2020, the planet already warmed by around 1.2℃. Human activity dropped as the world went into lockdown. Factories stopped operating and planes stayed grounded. This period has brought some entirely new and sometimes unexpected insights.

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Source: The Conversation
Flying robot uses Artificial Intelligence to pick ripe fruit
FoodICT

Flying robot uses Artificial Intelligence to pick ripe fruit

A flying robot uses Artificial Intelligence to locate fruit trees and algorithms to find the fruit among the foliage and classify its size and ripeness. After choosing the fruit, the robot works out the best way to access it and uses its picking arm to grasp the fruit. This way food waste will be reduced.

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Source: The World Economic Forum
5 urgent opportunities for the shift to a circular economy
Circular Economy

5 urgent opportunities for the shift to a circular economy

More than 100 billion tons of resources enter the economy every year: metals, minerals and fossil fuels as well as organic materials from plants and animals. Just 8,6% gets recycled and used again. To support our current resource use, we need 1,5 earths. So it’s high time to move to a circular economy.

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Source: GreenBiz
5 ways for organisations to achieve gender equity
EducationGender

5 ways for organisations to achieve gender equity

A move to skills-based talent practices has the potential to be an incredible leveller. It could change the way organisations hire, develop, pay and promote talent. Greater access to talent offers one of the few tangible opportunities to ensure cognitive and cultural diversity on critical projects.

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Source: The World Economic Forum
Hydrogen has a vital role in the global energy transition
Energy

Hydrogen has a vital role in the global energy transition

Green hydrogen is produced by the electrolysis of water using renewable electricity. The global hydrogen capacity increased to 26GW in 2021. The world needs almost 1000 GW by 2050 to meet the demand forecasts. And that’s just for the green hydrogen which will be 75% of global production by 2050.

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Source: Forbes