Reforestation is tricky business: it’s expensive, difficult to plan, and even harder to execute. And this is without all the associated environmental obstacles: weather, pests, and natural calamities.However, some countries have prioritized replanting their lost forests, especially in the last…
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The STI measures the capacity of 30 diverse economies to align global trade policies with long-term objectives for economic growth, societal development, and environmental protection. This fifth iteration of the Index uses 71 indicators grouped into three core pillars. Read…
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By 2040, just 38% of the automotive market will be made up of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). The problem is, this number needs to hit at least 65% in order to reach net-zero targets.The following infographic sponsored by KGP Auto…
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It is currently possible to drive a mid-size electric car 1.8 million kilometres using the same energy it takes to mine one single Bitcoin. If Sweden allow extensive mining of crypto-assets, there is a risk that the renewable energy available…
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The Next Generation of Climate Innovation By Kanika Chandaria, Marco Duso, Michel Frédeau, Jesper Nielsen, Dennis Pamlin, and Cornelius Pieper
28 September 2021Views: 771In September 2020, the president of China committed the country to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060—an enormous challenge for the world’s biggest annual carbon emitter—but a recent BCG analysis found that China has economically attractive and socially viable pathways to…
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Predicting what’s in store for 2021 on climate, energy, and the economy By Enel X North America
14 February 2021Views: 514A lot can happen in a year—especially one with as much change and potential global impact as 2021 will have. Here are four ways our collective efforts to grapple with climate change will impact society and the economy in 2021.…
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The growing list of countries committing to a net-zero emissions By Akshat Rathi
28 October 2019Views: 1,259After decades of work, scientists have finally agreed on a (relatively) simple answer to the climate crisis: Achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions as soon as economically possible. Here’s the running list of such countries, with help from the Energy and Climate…
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Billions of new trees could help stop climate change: Here’s how we get them By Adele Peters
14 July 2019Views: 770A UN climate report last year suggested that the world needs another billion hectares of carbon-sucking forests to have a chance of hitting the critical goal of staying under 1.5 degrees Celsius of global temperature rise\ Read more in Fast…
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Would you rather have a piece of protein grown in a vat from bovine stem cells, or a nice, juicy steak from a steer? And would you rather have a tall, frosty glass of cow’s milk, or a tall, frosty…
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The most polluted city on earth is Gurugram, a financial and industrial hub of nearly 1 million people situated about 30 kilometres southwest of New Delhi. There, average air pollution levels in 2018 were more than 13 times the level…
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