A New Wave Of Algae Is Perking Up The Vertical Farming Industry
The Icelandic firm VAXA Technologies has perfected a modular, sustainable, energy efficient indoor aquaculture system for producing Spirulina algae.
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Migration From Central America Driven By Climate Change
Climate change is a major factor forcing Central Americans, left with no other option, to flee their homes, as the dual threats of drought and extreme weather have destroyed crops and productive farmland, Bloomberg reports. Central America is responsible for less than 1% of global carbon pollution, yet is one … [continued]
As COVID-19 Reveals Our Food System’s Flaws, Congress Can Boost Protection Now — And Resilience…
If we didn’t know it before — or had forgotten — the escalating pandemic and its widening economic ripple effects are hammering home the reality that our world is full of risk and uncertainty. Preparedness is paramount.
The Low Carbon Economy Index: Ambition And Reality
Leading world professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers released its sixth annual Low Carbon Economy Index report (Two Degrees Of Separation: Ambition and Reality), an analysis of economic growth rates and greenhouse gas emissions data for G20 economies), this morning. PwC’s sustainability and climate change team says that not only are the … [continued]
Feeding the World in a Changing Climate
The statistics regarding the production and subsequent consumption of food on our planet are staggering. With climate change affecting ecosystems the world over, including already-stressed regions, food security is a problem that is not going to go away anytime soon. On Wednesday, an independent commission of scientific leaders taken from … [continued]
