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Can fossil fuel lobbyists be barred from global climate talks?

Corporate Knights

The behemoth task of changing UN policy Figueress predecessor, Yvo de Boer, who helmed the UNFCCC from 2006 through 2010, sees it differently. They could have an amazing impact on accelerating decarbonization, but theyve decided not to do it. If we didnt have this space, wed have to create it. Is it perfect?

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How This IoT Device From Charity: Water Could Advance Water Access for Billions

3BL Media

Founded in 2006, nonprofit charity: water has shown an incredible commitment to ensure that more people have access to enough clean water. In late November 2021, charity: water shipped over 390 India Mark II sensors to Uganda. It’s already overcome the challenges of deployment at scale in very rugged environments.

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One Acre Fund: How a Mobile App Prepares Smallholder Farmers for a Successful Harvest

3BL Media

With the audacious goal of solving global poverty in mind, One Acre Fund (OAF) has been working since 2006 to supply smallholder farmers in Sub Saharan Africa with the resources they need to improve their harvests, raise their incomes, adopt environmentally friendly farming practices and diversify crops to increase resilience to disasters.

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DP World Callao Receives Corporate Diversity Award for 2024

3BL Media

CALLAO, Peru, October 15, 2024 /3BL/ - DP World , a global leader in logistics and supply chain solutions, has been awarded the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA International) Corporate Diversity Award for 2024.

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(Mountain) Lions, Jaguars, and Bears…Oh My!

3BL Media

From transporting animals through in-kind shipping to providing support for the Zoo to Community (ZTC) program, FedEx is proud to support the Oakland Zoo’s conservation and education efforts. FedEx and the Oakland Zoo have collaborated on multiple projects for over ten years.

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How this IoT device from charity: water could advance water access for billions

Cisco CSR

Founded in 2006, nonprofit charity: water has shown an incredible commitment to ensure that more people have access to enough clean water. In late November 2021, charity: water shipped over 390 India Mark II sensors to Uganda. It’s already overcome the challenges of deployment at scale in very rugged environments.

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Replenishing Natural Iron-Rich Dust Will Revive Photosynthesis, Feed Humanity, and Cool the Planet

Russ George

My 2012 Gulf of Alaska experiment, following two previous experiments at sea (2002 and 2006) became the largest and most comprehensive study of ocean iron replenishmentdemonstrated that dusting specific ocean pastures with iron-rich minerals can restore historical photosynthesis levels and sequester vast amounts of CO2.