April 22, 2020
On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, Thomson Reuters, which owns Reuter Events, announced that it will work to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 or sooner. The new targets align to worldwide efforts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the most ambitious aim of the Science Based Targets initiative.Image: Channels: Communications &
...April 22, 2020
The stunning array of technologies emerging to decarbonize the world and make it more habitable for flora, fauna and humans goes far beyond cleantech 2.0.
April 22, 2020
This is climate tech Heather Clancy Wed, 04/22/2020 - 01:50 Since mid-March, as the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic infected certain sectors of the U.S. economy, more than 200 U.S. startups have cut thousands of jobs. While they’re not immune to the forthcoming fiscal challenges, entrepreneurs developing solutions for addressing climate change — from
...April 21, 2020
But this may be the last stretch of typical clean energy procurement activity in a while.
April 20, 2020
Australian researchers have revealed that 2 m2 of solar window will generate the same amount of power as a standard rooftop solar panel. Semitransparent solar cells incorporated into window glass have been tipped by Australian scientists as a game changer that could transform architecture, urban planning and electricity generation, as outlined in a paper published in Nano Energy. Led by Professor
...April 20, 2020
Addressing biodiversity, like so many other things, seems to have been shunted aside by the coronavirus outbreak. It would make much more sense to keep it front and center.
April 20, 2020
Let this be the beginning, not the peak, of a corporate transformation journey, so that once society is beyond the immediate threats, we move into a refreshed approach to capitalism.
April 19, 2020
Australia is one of the biggest producers of municipal waste per capita in the world. Every year, Australia saves 25 million tonnes of waste from going to landfill. But it takes very little to make a truckload of separated waste unusable, which is the general waste problem. Even some of the most environmentally savvy people don’t fully understand where everything goes in our complicated waste and
...April 17, 2020
What’s implausible in 2020 may be plausible by mid-century.
April 16, 2020
It’s all about collecting and connecting data, which is part of the software giant’s DNA.