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Cleaner Air Causes Crop Increase Worth $5bn per year
A study conducted by Stanford University found that due to falling air pollution levels, soybean and corn crop yields in the US saw an increase of 20% between 1999 and 2019 - an amount that would add $5bn to the…
TotalEnergies, Veolia Partnership to Develop Microalgae-based Biofuel
Oil and gas conglomerate TotalEnergies has announced its partnership with French energy services Veolia, in a collaboration that will work to develop biofuel solutions using microalgae. The project will take place over the next four years, with a test platform…
Concrete and Cement Joins the Movement for a Net-Zero Future
On the 6th of July, the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and World Economic Forum launched ‘Concrete Action for Climate’ (CAC), a collaborative platform that will promote a carbon neutral concrete industry by 2050. According to the International Energy…
UK Promises to Stop Using Coal by 2024
By October 2024, the UK will stop using coal generated power, a year earlier than expected. In 2019, the U.K. passed a law to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 and has been inviting other countries to commit to…
Flying Net Zero Is Closer Than Ever
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the aviation industry was responsible for 2-3% of all GMG emissions. However, now that things are slowly starting to get back to normal in some countries, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) estimates that more…
Ghana Launches Partnership for Private Investment to Achieve SDGs
Ghana recently joined the World Economic Forum to work together on the first-ever Country Financing Roadmap (CFR) for SDGs. The CFRs is an initiative designed by the Sustainable Development Investment Partnership, which is in itself a partnership between the World…