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Midas Touch indeed. For, his track record is enviable to put things mildly. He started as a Chef – conjuring culinary constructs that have left a trail of gastronomic delights. Celebrity chef status had followed soon and the number of specialised restaurants that he has helped launch is legion. He was also, once the culinary …
Washington, DC As climate change shifts precipitation patterns, irrigation can be a powerful tool for increasing the worlds food supplyfeeding more than a billion additional people without converting natural spaces into farmland, according to a new study by Carnegies Lorenzo Rosa published in Environmental Research Letters. Population trends indicate that we will need to double …
New study finds tripling of current investments into nature-based solutions needed by 2030 to tackle the climate crisis, otherwise there will be a $4 trillion financing gap Today, just one tenth of 1% of global GDP is invested in nature-based solutions Scaling up of private capital for nature-based solutions is one of the central challenges …
We are happy to inform that the German Consulate General donated the profits from the Charity Christmas Market to a reforestation project in the Sundarbans by the German consulting agency SOCEO gGMBH. The yearly charity market has been successfully providing a platform to various NGOs and fair trade organization’s from Kolkata and outside to not …
United Arab Emirates targets 50% clean energy by 2050, as renewables become as cheap as natural gas; commits $1 million to circular economy initiative of World Economic Forum 60% of EBRD’s investments in the Middle East are in green projects; EBRD green investments to date total $30 billion, cutting 100 million tonnes of carbon emissions …
Washington, DC—Strategies for limiting climate change must take into account their potential impact on water quality through nutrient overload, according to a new study from Carnegie’s Eva Sinha and Anna Michalak published by Nature Communications. Some efforts at reducing carbon emissions could actually increase the risk of water quality impairments, they found. Rainfall and other …
By 2030, new emerging traceability technologies like IoT sensors, blockchain and food-sensing technologies could reduce food loss by 85 million tons according to new research. The report investigates the role of disruptive technology applications that can effectively help trace inefficiencies in food value chains. The new report supports the Innovation with a Purpose Platform, which …
Geneva, Switzerland, 29 November 2018 – Heads of 50 major global businesses representing more than $1.5 trillion in total revenue today publish an open letter to world government leaders urging greater collaboration to accelerate outcomes in the race against climate change. Leaders from the Forum’s Alliance of Climate Action CEOs are committed to using their …
Carbon-pricing mechanisms, including carbon taxes and emission trading systems, are falling well short of levels needed to achieve low-emission targets HOUSTON (September 24, 2018) – Despite potentially game-changing shifts in energy use and supply patterns during the coming decades, the world may not be able to reach a sufficiently low emissions pathway by 2050 to …
The World Economic Forum, the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation, will host its annual action-oriented Sustainable Development Impact Summit in New York on 24-25 September. The Summit, a unique platform, will connect and advance over 100 world-leading coalitions to raise ambition and turn commitments into action on climate change and sustainable development It demonstrates the …