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WBA Assesses World’s 350 Most Influential Food/Agriculture Companies On Sustainability Commitments

Environmental Leader

Launched in 2018, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) identified seven transformations needed to take place to put society and the worldwide economy on a more sustainable path aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more ».

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WBA Assesses World’s 350 Most Influential Food/Agriculture Companies On Sustainability Commitments

Environmental Leader

Launched in 2018, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) identified seven transformations needed to take place to put society and the worldwide economy on a more sustainable path aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read more ».

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What Happens to Wind Turbine Blades at the End of Their Life Cycle?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The energy research firm Wood Mackenzie estimates that the number of blades using PET as their core material instead of balsa will increase from 20% in 2018 to 55% in 2023. Some strategies include: Ensure an ethical, sustainable supply of balsa wood. Can wind turbine blades be recycled?

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What next for India and coal?

Physics World

India’s current reliance on coal is inextricably linked with its development process, and a just transition to renewable energy requires stronger international support. Historically there has been far more focus on energy supply and little consideration of how changing energy demand will shape future emissions.

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Sounding Green vs Being Green: How to finance sustainability?

HumanNature

The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies. Developing countries need renewable energy investments of about US$1.7 Nature Clim Change 8, 161–165 (2018).

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‘La Acción de Cumplimiento’ as a Legal Mechanism to Implement Colombian Climate Change Laws

Law Columbia

Law 1715 of 2014 on non-conventional renewable energy sources. Law 1931 of 2018 on climate change action. Resolution 40807 of 2018 of the Ministry of Mines and Energy on the Climate Change Management Plan for the Energy Sector. Law 629 of 2000 on the Kyoto Protocol. Law 1523 of 2012 on risk management.

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Canada joins historic commitment to end international fossil fuel finance by end of 2022

Enviromental Defense

billion a year 2018-2020, the amount that flowed internationally and therefore is fully covered by this commitment is somewhere between CAD 2 billion to 9 billion a year for 2018-2020. . times more than G20 support for renewable energy, which averaged $26 billion per year. This was 2.5