Climate [Impact] Newsletter 🌎

From biodGRADable: your pathway to impact

We are thrilled to welcome you to our community! The newsletter is finally out (after some technical issues), and your enthusiasm has been a key motivator in making this happen. We are grateful for your support. 🙏

Image above: Wind energy provided 24% of total electricity generation in the UK in 2020 .

This month:

  • Climate news 🌍

  • Climate solutions ⚡️

  • Jargon buster 🤔

Climate news 🌍

The bad…

Shell roll back their low-carbon initiatives (boo!)

As a worldwide leader in the energy industry, this will have a negative impact globally. Let's be honest though... Shell were never going to be the 'good guys'. Let's hope this incident remains isolated.

 

The mixed…

COP climate talks will be taking place in Dubai

Having Dubai as the host city is an interesting choice. With the UAE’s economy so reliant on the (environmentally devastating) oil industry, should we really be endorsing a nation and economy so heavily and overtly reliant on fossil fuels? However, countries that emit a lot have a wider scope to reduce emissions - a small dent in their % emissions translates into a lot of saved CO2. Furthermore COP talks may bring the topic of climate change back to the forefront of mainstream media. What we really want to see here is Dubai divest from oil - real, tangible change for a better planet - not more greenwashing.

 

The good…

Stockholm is literally BANNING CARS in the inner-city

You read that right, Stockholm, with a population of 2.5M people, will be banning cars in the inner-city (diesel and petrol) starting from 2025. This bold move is the perfect example of decisive governance that genuinely makes a difference. Policies like this not only reduce car transport but incentivise walking, public transport and the promotion EV ownership over their polluting counterparts. Reductions in emissions will benefit the environment, as well as human health, but it doesn't stop there; Oslo has proposed to undergo this same regulation change in 2025! Could this be the beginning of a larger trend across the Europe? Cars account for 61% of transport emissions in EU, if this trend continues, this will be a tremendous win for people and planet.


 

Jargon Buster: Circular Economy 🤔

Terms like ‘net-zero’, ‘offsetting’, ‘sequestration’ can be confusing. What do they all really mean? Each month we pick one term to de-mystify...

Circular economy: An alternative way of viewing ‘waste’ and the lifecycles of our products. The Circular Economy, intriduced by Dr. Walter Stahel (1970) encompasses a vast range of practices that aim to move from linear ‘take-make-waste’ model of consumption to one where existing products are shared, reused, refurbished, and recycled.

Climate solutions ⚡️

Continuing on with 'Circular Economy', here are some of our favourite industry examples:

  • Aeropowder- Using waste feathers as alternative to insulation - currently being applied for temperature control in food and pharmaceutical shipping.

  • Chip[s] Board - turning food waste into industrial building material.

  • IFarm - AI automated, vertical farming. This optimises conditions for higher yields with less land and water.

Updates 🎙

  • We made a how-to guide for SMART LinkedIn networking - view here.

  • New articles on our explore page

  • Creation of an instagram page, press here, content in production 👀

  • We have set up a Linkedin page for BiodGRAdable, where we will post insightful & useful content here

     

What can BiodGRADable do for you?

  • Re-ignite your passion for change

  • Explore 100+ Climate Solutions (high impact, BS FREE)

  • Connect with a community

  • Engage with a company

     

Let us know your thoughts and get meaningful discussions started using the CONNECT page!

 

Thanks for reading!

It was lovely to meet you all.

Feel free to reply with feedback 😊.
 

From the BiodGRADable team🌎🌿

 
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