Shipowners and operators may be able to decrease their fuel-related costs and pollutant emissions up to 30%, thanks to a new system created by Bound4blue. The Spanish company aims at delivering automated wind-assisted propulsion systems (also called wingsails) that can be integrated onto a wide range of vessels. The Beam … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. By Emanuela Barbiroglio Born and raised in the German city of Schönau, Sebastian Sladek learned the meaning of the word “community” quite soon. Words like “energy,” “power,” and “rebellion” immediately followed. “Our city was small and traditionally conservative, a rural area in the middle of … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. A new partnership between SOURCE Global and Conservation International will deliver sustainable, clean drinking water to the Binta’t Karis Indigenous peoples of Iraan, in the Philippines — a community with very limited water infrastructure and a history of water-borne disease. SOURCE will create more than … [continued]
Originally published in The Beam. By Giovanni Bordogna and Nico van der Kolk Blue Wasp is an engineering consultancy specializing in wind-assisted ship propulsion that offers independent technical advice to support the decision making of stakeholders across the shipping industry. Growing out of 10-year research experience specific to the topic … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. By Emanuela Barbiroglio The Greenland Ice Sheet (GrIS) is losing mass at an alarming rate, a new study published in the journal Nature has shown. The Beam interviewed Joshua Cuzzone, assistant project scientist at the University of California-Irvine and part of the team lead by … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. By Amy Nguyen Mitigating the environmental footprint of global production and decarbonizing supply chains is critical for environmental preservation and social stability. Through the case study of Indian cotton, how will the emission reduction imperative, in turn, protect workers from changing climate? Outsourcing value chain … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. By Emanuela Barbiroglio On the morning of August 12, train 1T08 Aberdeen to Glasgow derailed just northeast of Carmont, Scotland. After departing Stonehaven, an emergency radio message reported a landslip obstructing the line. The train had reached close to the 75mph line speed when it … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. By Alessandro Vitelli It’s hard to convey just how big a UNFCCC Conference of the Parties meeting is; how many different streams of events and themes each summit encompasses, how vast the organization of it is and just how important for the climate these meetings … [continued]
Originally published on The Beam. By Tawanda Karombo Climate change is creating rainfall pattern uncertainties for Moses Ngoni and other communal farmers in Zimbabwe as well as across sub-Saharan Africa. It has been one of hardest hit areas on the continent by extreme weather conditions, such as prolonged droughts, cyclones … [continued]
One year after our first chat, The Beam spoke again with Katherine Lucey, founder and CEO of Solar Sister, to see how 2020 changed things.
