Tag: Climate action

South Pole
Europe, Global

South Pole appoints sustainability leader Dr Daniel Klier as new CEO

February 28, 2024 03:00 AM Eastern Standard Time ZURICH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–South Pole, the leading carbon project expert and climate consultancy, is pleased to announce the appointment of sustainability industry leader, Dr Daniel Klier, as the group’s new Chief Executive Officer. Daniel joins from sustainability data and technology platform ESG Book, where as CEO he oversaw the company’s growth and established the business as global industry leader. … Continue reading South Pole appoints sustainability leader Dr Daniel Klier as new CEO

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Environmental
Africa, Europe, Global

A world united in environmental action

26 FEB 2024 SPEECH CLIMATE ACTION SPEECH DELIVERED BY: Inger AndersenFOR: UNEA-6 opening press statementLOCATION: Nairobi, Kenya My thanks to the members of the media for covering the sixth UN Environment Assembly, known as UNEA-6. The world has gathered here in Nairobi, the environmental capital of the world, to slow the triple planetary crisis: the crisis of climate change, the crisis of nature and biodiversity loss, and the crisis of pollution and waste. We’ve … Continue reading A world united in environmental action

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AWS
Global, United States

AWS to Launch an Infrastructure Region in Mexico

February 26, 2024 AWS Mexico (Central) Region will enable customers to run workloads and securely store their content in Mexico while serving end users with even lower latency New Region reflects AWS’s long-term commitment to meeting high demand for cloud services in Latin America AWS plans to invest more than $5 billion (approx. MXN $85 billion) in Mexico SEATTLE–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Amazon Web Services (AWS), an … Continue reading AWS to Launch an Infrastructure Region in Mexico

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Climate
Europe, Global, Middle East

Freshwater fish highlight escalating climate impacts on species – IUCN Red List

Press release – Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 11 December 2023 (IUCN) – Climate change threatens a growing number of species, from Atlantic salmon to green turtles, today’s update to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals. The update, released at the COP28 UN climate conference in the United Arab Emirates, also includes the first global freshwater fish assessment, and highlights the impact of illegal logging … Continue reading Freshwater fish highlight escalating climate impacts on species – IUCN Red List

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Zindi
Africa, Global, Middle East

Zindi, ITU and Huawei team up for Crowdsourcing AI Solutions for Climate Change event at COP28

By Business Desk – December 6, 2023 December 4th 2023, Dubai UAE // COP28 – The International Telecommunications Union (ITU), Huawei, and Zindi jointly announced the winners of the AI/ML for 5G-Energy Consumption Modelling Challenge solutions as part of an official COP28 side event, Crowdsourcing AI Solutions for Climate Change, The AI/ML for 5G challenge, coordinated by ITU, sponsored by telecommunications giant Huawei, and hosted on the Zindi platform for data practitioners, … Continue reading Zindi, ITU and Huawei team up for Crowdsourcing AI Solutions for Climate Change event at COP28

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COP28
Global, Middle East

Key initiatives on Nature, Carbon Markets,Renewables and more announced on Day Two of Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum at COP28

Dubai, 3 December 2023: Key business and philanthropy leaders joined with leaders ofmultilateral development banks and political leaders from emerging economies at COP28today, to announce a range of initiatives aimed at harnessing the resources of businessand philanthropy for climate action. The second day of the inaugural COP28 Business & Philanthropy Forum included keyannouncements on preserving nature, energy transition alongside a methane abatementaccelerator and an initiative … Continue reading Key initiatives on Nature, Carbon Markets,Renewables and more announced on Day Two of Business & Philanthropy Climate Forum at COP28

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COP28
Global, Middle East

Work Programme on Just Transition Pathways: Workshop Discusses Way Forward at COP28

1 December 2023 UN Climate Change News, 1 December 2023 – Earlier this week, more than 130 Parties and observers took part in a workshop to discuss the way forward on the work programme on just transition pathways at COP28. The work programme on just transition pathways, which was established at COP27 last year, is meant to assess, design and scale up pathways to achieve the goals of … Continue reading Work Programme on Just Transition Pathways: Workshop Discusses Way Forward at COP28

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COP28
Africa, Global, Middle East

At COP28, Kenya’s President Ruto convenes African Leaders to launch GreenIndustrialization Initiative, capitalizing on UAE’s Clean Energy Pipeline in Africa

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – December 2nd, 2023 William Ruto, President of Kenya, and the UAE have joined to convene African Heads of State and other prominent personalities in a landmark event at COP28 to accelerate Africa’s Green Industrialization. The launch event was attended by the Heads of State for Angola, Burundi, Djibouti, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal and Zambia; COP28 President Dr Sultan … Continue reading At COP28, Kenya’s President Ruto convenes African Leaders to launch GreenIndustrialization Initiative, capitalizing on UAE’s Clean Energy Pipeline in Africa

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