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Episode 221: Mapping biodiversity, repair and the circular economy

GreenBiz

Highlights from Circularity 20 Digital (32:45). Experts from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, ChargePoint, Smart City Columbus and the city of Oakland, California share tips at 1 p.m. This is climate tech. Registration details here.) Mark your calendar for these upcoming GreenBiz webcasts.

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IoT news of the week: May 27, 2022

Stacey Higginbotham

The primary difference appears to be the addition of AI to the mix of real-time sensing and digitization associated with Industry 4.0. The tag is solar powered (light in general, not necessarily the sun) and can connect to a retail cloud for price changes, inventory management, and more. However, in Industry 5.0 RCR Wireless ).

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Call for funding to fast-track smart communities

Sustainability Matters

This issue is something that the Australian Smart Communities Association (ASCA) President Laura Barker would like to see overcome and suggests it is a conversation that must be elevated to a national level. Globally, we see leading cities and countries reaping the benefits of the digital technology and innovation.

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Cleaning up cities with machine learning, AI

Sustainability Matters

As researchers we have a moral responsibility to investigate landfill, pollution, the way different materials contribute to climate change.”. His expertise lies in computational design, including AI and machine learning, digital and robotic fabrication, virtual and augmented reality sensor technologies and smart cities.

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US Coalition on Sustainability Partners With Leading Alliances To Create the World’s Largest Sustainability Action Platform

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: September 20, 2022 /3BL Media/ - The US Coalition on Sustainability, a startup nonprofit organization established in collaboration with the United Nations, today welcomes more than a dozen leading alliances to SustainChain, its digital technology platform for accelerating sustainability solutions and climate action. ?Launched

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Disrupting the Gospel of Tech Solutionism to Build Tech Justice

Stanford Social Innovation

Our fractured and deeply unequal society is facing compound, unprecedented challenges presented by climate change, rising authoritarianism, and ever-widening inequality. What if new technologies sold to solve social problems are simply ill-suited to the complexity of the environments where they are introduced?

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Fast-tracking the clean energy transition in Australia and NZ

Sustainability Matters

Post COP-28, the most recent United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Dubai in late 2023, it’s a question well worth asking. Under current national climate commitments, they’ll be 9% above 2010 levels by 2030; hardly the drastic reduction we desperately want and need. Doing more with digital So how can we do it?