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#MaritimeShipping is responsible for about 10% of transportation-related emissions.
To make the industry more sustainable, #AI tech startup Neptune Robotics focuses on where we would have never imagined: the hull or underside of ships.
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As #ClimateChange makes #smog and #bushfires more common, people will die from air #pollution at increasingly high rates β especially in densely populated cities, new research finds.
What can we do about #AirPollution ?
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Around 85% of investors indicate that #sustainability is a key consideration in their investment policy.
But are investors succeeding in aligning their investment portfolios with the #SDGs ?
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#SustainableInvesting
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The #EU has announced 40 commitments worth β¬3.5 billion to protect the #ocean and promote #sustainability .
Unveiled at the #OurOceanConference , this represents βthe biggest amount ever announced by the EU' since the conference was launched in 2014.
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85% of people worldwide believe the global #PlasticPollution Treaty should ban single-use plastics, according to a new survey commissioned by WWF & the Plastic Free Foundation.
#SingleUsePlastics now account for over 70% of ocean #PlasticPollution .
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The interdependence of #health between people, animals, plants and the #environment is undeniable.
#OneHealth recognizes this intricate web of life.
Here are five of the many issues Food and Agriculture Organization is tackling through the One Health approach π
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The rate at which people actively avoid the #news at least part of the time is skyrocketing.
#Compassion may hold the key to staying informed & trying to fix our troubled world.
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#Empathy #EmpathicDistress
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Just 78 corporate & state entities are responsible for over 70% of historical #CarbonEmissions , InfluenceMap's #CarbonMajors database shows.
The database also traces 80% of emissions in the 7 years following the #ParisAgreement to just 57 producers.
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The IKEA Foundation has injected $100 million into a new initiative by Drive Electric Campaign to propel #ElectricVehicle adoption in emerging markets.
The grant could avert around 43 gigatons of #CarbonDioxide equivalent emissions by 2050.
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#EVs
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#CleanEnergy and #transportation investments in the US soared to unprecedented levels in Q4 of 2023, reaching $67 billion according to a new report.
This represents a 40% increase from the corresponding period in 2022.
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#PlasticPollution poses a massive threat to human health & life-giving ecosystems.
With UN Environment Programme's #INC4 conference on the horizon, world leaders have an opportunity to honor their commitments to end plastic pollution with a strong #GlobalPlasticsTreaty .
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While #food & #agriculture are some of the most common sectors of investment, hardly any investor applies a #nutrition lens, as Access to Nutrition Initiative research shows.
Why are nutritionβs high investment returns ignored?
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