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Ramping up wind turbines, solar panels and electric vehicles can’t solve our energy problem

Gail Tverberg

Unfortunately, this growing complexity reaches diminishing returns because the easiest, most beneficial solutions are found first. If products are less expensive, more people can afford to buy and operate them, so that total energy consumption tends to be greater. [2] Later innovations tend to be less helpful.

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Leveraging Big Data to Improve Mental Health After COVID-19: An Innovative Research Method Reveals Unmet Needs and Untapped Opportunities in Nigeria

James Militzer

But until now, research methods have lacked the richness of unprompted data from online conversations, which capture people’s real views and opinions on mental health issues in a way that conventional surveys or polls can’t always ascertain. Given that the global wellness industry represented a $4.5

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State of Corporate Conservation 2023: The Journey Towards Nature Positivity

3BL Media

As the only international NGO focused exclusively on enabling private sector action for nature, WHC has convened professionals working at the intersection of business and nature since 1990. And the reason we do the work remains unchanged: Nature needs our help, and today, nature needs our help more than ever before.

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The Fed Cannot Fix Today’s Energy Inflation Problem

Gail Tverberg

Without an adequate oil supply, it becomes difficult to maintain complexity because complex solutions, such as international trade, require adequate oil supplies. There is a reason for raising interest rates to try to fight inflation. This approach tends to squeeze out the most marginal players in the economy.

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Roundtable: In Pursuit of Value, not Values

Chris Hall

But global events were also front of mind, not just the outcome of the climate-focused negotiations which concluded last weekend in Egypt, but also the COP15 summit, convened in Montreal next month to finalise the Global Biodiversity Framework. Climate disclosure baseline. The SEC rule is going to create a standardised baseline.