In 2014, before the Paris climate agreement, the world was on track to heat up nearly 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, an outcome widely seen as catastrophic. Today, thanks to rapid growth in clean energy, humanity has started to bend the emissions curve. Current policies put us on pace for …
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Image: Vodafone’s new recycled plastic SIM card is expected to slash the company’s plastic footprint by 320 tonnes a year | Credit:Vodafone New SIM card produced using recycled plastic to be made available across Europe from this month Vodafone is introducing Eco-SIM cards made from recycled plastic across its European markets, as part of the company’s …
(NYSE:DOW) and Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) today released a detailed manual on how to dye cotton more sustainably and more effectively than ever before using ECOFAST™ Pure Sustainable Textile Treatment. With this manual, Ralph Lauren and Dow are open-sourcing this improved dyeing process to encourage adoption in the textile industry and help standardize a more …
Picture Credit: SunBox is a Palestine-based start-up founded by Majd Mashharawi. Photo: Sunbox Majd Mashharawi’s inspiration for her start-up SunBox, which powers thousands of homes in Gaza city with cost-effective solar panels, stemmed from her own experience with the electricity crisis that mars the lives of those in the 365-kilometre blockaded enclave. Founded in 2018, …
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Picture Credit: A global transition to clean energy mustn’t suffer an investment deficiency (Photo: AFP) The economics of renewable energy has improved beyond recognition. Solar power is now the cheapest form of electricity in history. Over 90% of power-generation capacity added around the world last year was in renewables. But to stand a chance of limiting …
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