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BLUETTI and UN-Habitat Forge Partnership to Promote Clean Energy & Sustainable Development Across Africa

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Credit to Author: Industry Sponsor| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:09:37 +0000

BLUETTI, a global leader in clean energy storage solutions, has entered into a strategic partnership with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) at the 12th World Urban Forum (WUF12) in Cairo, held from November 4–8. This strategic collaboration aims to accelerate clean energy adoption and sustainable development in Africa.  … [continued]

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ClimeFi Launches Global 1000 Carbon Removal Challenge With XPrize

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Credit to Author: Jonny Tiernan| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:30:30 +0000

Today, ClimeFi, in partnership with XPRIZE, formally launched the Global 1000 CDR Challenge at the 29th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP29 Azerbaijan) taking place in Baku. The challenge calls for immediate action by each of the world’s largest 1,000 companies to enter new purchase agreements for at least 1,000 … [continued]

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Many Of The Planet’s Vital Signs Have Reached Record Levels Due To Climate Change

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:41:02 +0000

Global leaders have promised to reduce their country’s fossil fuel consumption since the 2105 Paris Agreement. Yet, according to a United Nations report issued on Thursday, countries have essentially made no progress in cutting emissions and tackling global warming. The planet’s vital signs are weakening, to the point that countries … [continued]

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5 Things To Watch For At COP28 In Dubai

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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 04:43:24 +0000

The annual UN climate conference, COP28, is slated to take place from November 30–December 12 in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates … [continued]

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How The UN Xinjiang Report Will Impact The Cleantech Industry (Part 2)

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 19:00:48 +0000

In Part 1, I gave readers some very quick historical background on how the situation in Xinjiang came to be, and what the UN Human Rights office found in its investigation into the human rights violations. Now that readers have some familiarity of what exactly we’re dealing with, it’s time to explore how this affects […]

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How The UN Xinjiang Report Will Impact The Cleantech Industry

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2022 18:00:44 +0000

Since 2017, there have been many allegations of human rights abuses in what China calls the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, known by dissidents as East Turkestan. This disagreement over the region’s name stems from a long history of on-and-off Chinese involvement and control of the region. For the past two millennia, the area has seen […]

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The UN Is Finally, Maybe, Doing Something About Plastic Pollution

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Credit to Author: Jamie Leventhal| Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2022 13:46:49 GMT

About 10 million tons of plastic waste are dumped into our oceans every year—the equivalent of a garbage truck of plastic every minute. A new UN treaty is trying to fight that.

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