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Budget 2023’s clean investments don’t add up

Corporate Knights

After last year’s budget, I submitted a media request asking the Department of Finance and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change how much they were set to spend to address the climate crisis in 2022. The table below shows new budget funding to address the climate crisis and opportunity imperatives this fiscal year.

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The benefits of being a climate optimist

Corporate Knights

Year after year, renewable energy – wind and solar, primarily – has expanded at rates exceeding the estimates even of its boosters, driven by plunging costs; since 2015, renewables have made up the largest share of new electricity on grids worldwide. The past 10 years has seen the launch of a truly global energy transition.

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Guest Post – From Bytes to Robot Bees: AI’s Pivotal Role in Eco-sustainability

ESG Today

Smart grids and AI form part of the solution to these problems. A smart grid is an electricity network that uses digital technologies to monitor and manage the transport of electricity from all generations sources to meet the varying electricity demands of end users.

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Energy-Saving Water Technologies Could Bring the World Closer to Net Zero

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: Water is one of the most visible signs of climate change, whether it is too much or not enough. But until recently, it mostly was seen as primarily a climate adaptation and resilience concern. The fact is, however, that water also can play a powerful role in climate mitigation. Water and climate change.

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How European Climate Policy Can Bolster Energy Efficiency Measures

3BL Media

These are just a few of the nightmare scenarios evoked by UN Secretary General António Guterres following the publication in April of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on climate science. C target set out under the Paris Agreement in 2015. The findings could scarcely be starker.

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Unlocking the value of energy communities

Renewable Energy World

Innovation in renewable energy is obviously important but not only to fight climate change. Digital solutions are unshackling a growing number of ‘active consumers’ and prosumers, thereby accelerating the development of local smart grids and even helping to cost-effectively balance larger regional grids.

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Indonesia’s Climate Transition in the Balance

Chris Hall

“There is huge investment potential for the taking in Indonesia’s sustainable commodity supply chain for agricultural products, including in nature-based solutions (NbS) ,” adds Monica Bae, Director of Investor Practice at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change (AIGCC).