We live on a beautiful, vibrant planet that rotates around our bright Sun, with our own satellite, the Moon, rotating around us. The gravitational forces of both the Sun and the Moon, along with Earth’s rotational motion, cause tides. In fact, tides are long-lasting waves that start in the ocean and move towards and away […]
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Energy, Environment, Science, Strategy, Sustainability
It’s important that every nation in the world faces the task of eradicating global poverty. Although poverty exists in all nations, roughly 60% of the world’s poor (in 2019) lived in Sub-Saharan Africa alone, while 81% of the global poor at the poverty line of $3.65 lived in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia. The causes
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Health, Human Rights, Innovation, Society
In recent years, solar energy has proven to be a great alternative to fossil fuels. It combats rising energy costs, electricity bills, and climate change, as well as reducing adverse environmental effects. Interestingly, community solar projects allow individuals without control of their own solar panels to benefit from solar. What Are Community Solar Projects? Community
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Energy, Environment, Innovation, Lifestyle
Our world is interconnected. Globalisation is the term that explains this interconnectedness. Both emerging and developed economies benefit significantly from increased economic performance due largely to globalisation. As these nations become more integrated into the global economy, they often experience increased industrialisation, urbanisation, and economic growth. This, in turn, leads to higher energy consumption and
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Business, Energy, Environment, Innovation, Science
Are advances in solar energy providing the answers we need as a planet? In view of the rising cost of non-renewable energy sources like oil, gas, and coal, heating bills have reached their highest levels in ten years. Economic and political conditions continue to limit energy sources, such as OPEC+ cutting oil production. The war in Ukraine caused
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Energy, Environment, Innovation
In an era defined by increasing urbanisation and environmental concerns, pursuing green growth in cities is more important than ever. Today, some 56% of the world’s population lives in cities. This number is expected to grow by 1.5 times by 2045 (World Bank, 2023). Cities are responsible for consuming a staggering 75% of global energy
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Business, Environment, Innovation, Society, Strategy, Sustainability
Amid growing concerns about how the construction industry impacts the environment and contributes to carbon emissions, the THRIVE Project has completed a significant study focussing on how construction materials affect the environment and shape the impact of buildings on nature. Here we explore Building With Purpose – Case Study Insights: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of
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Energy, Environment, Society, Sustainability, THRIVE News
Batteries are regarded as the core of electric vehicle (EV) technology. Unlike conventional car technology, EVs completely rely on batteries to deliver power (Hannan et al., 2021). In line with this, lithium-ion battery (LIB) technology is leading to a completely new and distinctive energy storage and application paradigm. LIBs have distinguished themselves as an essential
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Energy, Innovation, Science
The term ‘biofuel‘ is a type of fuel that is derived immediately from living matter (like corn ethanol). Biofuels are useful, sustainable resources that make a good alternative to fossil fuels (like petroleum). Historically, they have been manufactured from food crops, e.g., corn, sugarcane, palm oil, cottonseed, sunflowers, wheat and soybeans. Biofuels are carbon neutral
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Energy, Environment, Science
Very often climate change solutions and mitigation techniques focus on new technologies. For many reasons, technology should not be relied on for the answer. Nature-based solutions can be helpful and should not be forgotten; they might even be preferable for a variety of reasons: practical, ecological and philosophical. We often are caught up in the
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Environment, Science, Sustainability
