Activist shareholders aim to limit carbon emissions caused by companies and make their energy usage more efficient or at least raising the companies’ ...
Big data platform of US West’s entire aquatic wildlife
The US Forest Service made an ambitious plan: to set up a database of all aqautic animals in the western states of the US by summer next year. The ...
Solar-powered smart sensors for the potato chips industry
Walkers Crisps has managed to cut its carbon footprint and water supply for growing potatoes by 50 percent. The company installed sensors that are powered ...
Tesla IoT “Killer App” to fight climate change
Internet of Things (IoT) puts computing intelligence into objects and systems and connects them to a network which is all embedded into a digital ecosystem ...
How the melt-down of the Arctic accelerates global warming
A new five-year study of the Arctic Council shows how the rapid melt-down of the arctic region is having unprecedented impacts worldwide. Due to the ...
Stadtplanung gegen den Klimawandel
Eine neue Studie des MCC und dem Fachmagazin Nature Climate Change zeigt die Rolle von Stadtplanung im Kampf gegen den Klimawandel. Die Art von ...
Totem Power devices to help making cities smart
The New York start-up “Totem Power” designed and has built a network of devices that generate zero emission power, provide internet access, ...
Eight African solar start-ups win 4m USD grant
In 2013 President Barack Obama launched Power Africa which is an initiative that aims at expanding access to electricity and sustainable development across ...
Harbors and ports in Central America prepare for hurricane
Ports in Panama are closing and general harbor movements throughout Central America are preparing for hurricane Otto. Heavy rain and flooding are expected ...
A disaster and climate strategy for sub-Saharan Africa
Extreme weather is occuring more frequent around the world due to climate change. As a response to that, the World Bank and the Global Facility for ...
