IBM is expanding its Watson-powered decision platform for agriculture and is launching a new global predictive agriculture solution for farmers. The offering taps into The Weather … Continue reading IBM expands AI-powered predictive agriculture solution with new tools
Opposition to World Bank’s climate-smart mining initiative grows The World Bank’s launch of its “climate-smart” mining fund has attracted criticism from conservation groups, as the demand … Continue reading Can mining be climate-safe?
Skyre, a company that has developed a proprietary electrochemical platform for transforming waste gases into other products, is making some of its technology available commercially to … Continue reading Skyre launches commercially-scalable platform to remove CO2 from atmosphere
The City of Newark, New Jersey has tapped Honeywell for an energy savings improvement project. Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and the city’s Department of Engineering … Continue reading City of Newark taps Honeywell for energy efficiency project
Climate change is beginning to interrupt business as usual. That’s according to Scott Mair, president of AT&T Operations, who said the growing threat of natural disasters … Continue reading AT&T commissions climate model to help combat future disaster costs
UK-based Aldersgate Group, an alliance of sustainability-minded leaders, has published a new report that calls for an overhaul of transportation systems in order to reduce emissions. … Continue reading Transportation needs a systemic overhaul to reduce emissions
Jackson, Michigan Mayor Derek Dobies unveiled the city’s vision for a “Smart Energy District” in downtown Jackson to promote sustainable and low-carbon city solutions. The city … Continue reading Jackson Michigan announces ‘Smart Energy District’
A team of researchers in Japan and China have created a new technology that could be used to capture and store atmospheric carbon in a solid … Continue reading Battery technology inspires a new approach to carbon removal
Local governments across China are pushing to adopt more smart infrastructure to leverage big data and improve efficiencies. Online retail giant Alibaba has established a reputation … Continue reading Alibaba marries carbon reduction with China’s ‘cashless’ trends
Israel start-up Sol Chip is creating a suite of Internet of Things (IoT) products that are wirelessly powered by its proprietary energy harvesting solar battery systems. … Continue reading Farmers Can Now Use Solar Energy to Power ‘Precision Agriculture’ Sensors
Wind power costs will continue to fall for several more decades, which could help spur global transitions to clean energy sources, according to a new report … Continue reading Wind Energy Costs to Drop 30% over Next 15 Years
Carbon capture systems used to reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere are much worse for the environment than renewable sources of energy generation, … Continue reading Renewables Are Clean but Carbon-Capture Systems Aren’t
Panasonic has partnered with Nomura Real Estate Development and the Tsunashima Sustainable Smart Town (SST) Council to build a “smart city” pilot community in Yokohama, Japan. … Continue reading Panasonic Builds ‘Sustainable Smart Town’ in Japan
City and local governments can serve as leaders in key sectors that’ll impact the global transition to a low carbon society. That’s according to a large … Continue reading Cities Can Be ‘Lighthouses’ for Curbing Emissions
In 2015, UPS became the largest user of renewable energy in the shipping industry, when it began using a source of natural gas that is derived … Continue reading UPS Drives Market for Drop-In Renewable Fuels
Despite Historic Paris Agreement, Money Is Still a Looming Uncertainty in Our Clean Energy Future Africa’s leaders attending the COP21 conference have called for the commitment … Continue reading Financing the Climate Paradigm Shift
Communities around the globe will feel the pressures of water scarcity in agriculture production in the coming years, according to a white paper published recently by … Continue reading UN, World Water Council Urge Governments to Invest in Technologies that Address Water Sustainability in Agriculture
