Knowledge CentEr
At COP26’s climate talks we have seen government officials, finance leaders, green activists and corporate icons on show. The world’s auditors and accountants have been underrepresented - And this is a great mistake.
International lawmakers, business leaders and activists convened in Glasgow, U.K. on Tuesday in the final week of the COP26 climate summit.
The River Rangers commenced at the southernmost end of the Hooghly River - a long distributary of the Ganges River when NetNada and Y-East decided to partner in an effort to tackle river sourced ocean pollution.
Caroline Pidcock shares her dilemma in deciding to go to Glasgow #cop26 and some of the things we need to think about as we embrace the future we need.
Recycled water for drinking, or “the drinking water of the future” has been in use in multiple countries and cities around the world – Singapore, Namibia, Perth, and San Diego. In San Diego, a simple water treatment system purifies wastewater into water fit for drinking.
A plan for the world’s most sustainable city has been designed and is expected to welcome its first residents by 2030. Proposed for construction in an undecided desert location in the United States, the city of Telosa is estimated to cost $400 billion and accommodate a population of 5 million.
Air company, which was founded by Australian Gregory Constantine has just won a huge award from none other than NASA! Air Company is a technology, engineering and design-based company in New York that participated (and won) NASA’s CO2 Conversion Challenge with a project that converts CO2 into sugars to create new resources on Mars.
The highly anticipated U.N. climate conference COP26 is at “high risk of failure,” according to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres. Planned to take place this November in Glasgow, COP26 intends to bring together global leaders to address the climate crisis.
The world’s largest plant designed to suck carbon dioxide out of the air and turn it into rock has started running in Iceland, constructed by Climeworks, when operating at capacity the plant will draw 4,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the air every year.
Vastly differing viewpoints exist between politicians and water practitioners regarding their sense of the likelihood of potable reuse uptake in the next 30 years.
Businesses by nature are problem solvers as they respond to supply, demand needs and wants in their markets. From a sole trader in a small coffee shop to the board of directors at Starbucks, each day brings a unique set of challenges and requires necessary changes.
Return on Investment (ROI) is the term that is thrown around to identify if and when a company’s expenditure will return a profit, either monetarily or non-monetarily. This is based on spending, speculation, expectation and forecasting.
Food waste is the elephant in the room. Actually, it is the million-ton elephant in the room! Millions of tons of food go unused in Australia every year and one-third of all food produced around the world is wasted.
As an attempt to capitalise on the growing demand for environmentally sound products, “greenwashers” aim to make their products or services seem healthier, more natural, less wasteful, recyclable, free of chemicals or made of natural resources.
The most crucial report card on climate change has been released and it is a concerning reminder we all need to make some changes.
Unconventional techniques can sequester carbon while improving the soil. A look into Canada’s advancements in regenerative farming techniques and their positive impacts.
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