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Compensating for Carbon Emissions? Carbonsate Could Have the Answer

Are we burying our heads when it comes to climate change? German start-up Carbonsate is tackling the planet's excess CO2 by putting it underground.

Jessica Droujko bringt einen ihrer Sensoren am Rand eines Flusses an.
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“One sensor in every single river”: An Interview with Jessica Droujko of Riverkin

Jessica Droujko loves rivers. In order to better protect them, she founded the start-up Riverkin, which uses a special sensor to measure the health of bodies of water.

Reducing Food Waste With the Food Loss Climate Impact Tool

A new collaboration by several major institutions has produced the Food Loss Climate Impact Tool. It hopes to drive a more equitable and efficient global food system.

Crowd Impact

Crowd Impact Reduces Festivals’ CO2 Emissions by Providing Data on Attendees’ Transport Choices

The journey to a festival site is the biggest contributor to a festival’s CO2 emissions. Crowd Impact surveys attendees on how they arrived, giving festivals data they can use to incentivise more sustainable transport choices.

Earth as Seen from Space: askEarth Empowers Climate Monitoring with Satellite Analysis

Satellites might offer us to chance to understand the Earth from above—but what do we do with that data? askEarth makes processing satellite data a breeze.

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What Will My City’s Climate Be Like in 60 Years?

The climate in Hamburg? Comparable to today's Castelraimondo, Italy: Mediterranean forests and undergrowth. And Freiburg? Like Istria, Croatia. An interactive map shows the climate in every location worldwide over the next 60 years.

Consume Energy When It’s Cheap and Green With Dynamic Electricity Tariffs

When the wind blows and the sun shines, there is plenty of cheap, green energy. Tibber passes this on to customers with a dynamic electricity tariff.

OneClimate

OneClimate: The Duolingo of Climate Action?

OneClimate is an app that prompts users to take climate action via daily habits, tips and streaks, motivating individuals who will then inspire their wider communities to action.

How Digitalisation Can Help Neighbourhoods Share Electricity

More players in the market are key to driving the shift away from fossil fuels — and digitalisation plays an important role. However, digital technologies themselves are also energy-hungry. But there are ways to keep the additional energy consumption low.