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Academic paper highlights AD’s current and future carbon footprint

Envirotec Magazine

Using real world data from 2019, the paper sets out the opportunity for massively improving the climate benefits of recycling food waste to produce renewable energy and green fertiliser for farmers. With COP26 looming, showcasing, and supporting, real action is critical and Bath’s study gives us compelling evidence to act.

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Report reveals the size of Scotland’s raw material consumption footprint

Envirotec Magazine

A new report reveals the true size of Scotland’s consumption footprint for the first time, says Zero Waste Scotland, the Scottish Government-funded advisory group behind it. Academics agree that a sustainable level of material use, which would still allow for a high quality of life, is about eight tonnes per person per year.

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

Today, all around the world, thousands of sustainability-focused private sector professionals, public servants and academics are grappling with the deep challenge provided by the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment report “Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis” released in August. Julia graduated with a B.S.

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From Net Zero to Net Positive

Sustainable Round Table

Today, all around the world, thousands of sustainability-focused private sector professionals, public servants and academics are grappling with the deep challenge provided by the UN IPCC Sixth Assessment report “Climate Change: The Physical Science Basis” released in August. Julia graduated with a B.S.

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Climate Talks - Episode 06: Both People and Planet

3BL Media

KRISTY DRUTMAN: Mostly it’s people who are not in the climate space, comedians or politicians or entrepreneurs and business people who don’t really understand how to communicate climate science to the public because they don’t fully know the issue because they don’t have the academic background.

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These 30 under 30 are leading a green youthquake

Corporate Knights

Or, as Redinger puts it, turning microbes in food waste “into miniature dye factories” that produce vegan colourants that are longer-lasting than plant-based dyes. million in financing so she can scale up her waste-diversion process to reach her goal of diverting 500,000 kilograms of waste from treatment and landfill by 2030.

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Key Messages from the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference 

Sustainable Development Network

After successful events at COP22 , COP23 , COP24 , and COP25 , this year, SDSN virtually hosted the Zero Emissions Solutions Conference (ZESC) , formerly the “Low-Emissions Solutions Conference,” on the sidelines of COP26 from November 1-5, 2021. Food waste should not really be seen as a waste but rather a resource.”