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Toyota Mobility Foundation: The goal of the USD 9 million global initiative is to help cities accelerate toward sustainable mobility, fostering healthier and safer urban environments while enhancing peoples ability to commute, work, study, and access services.

Canada spend billions each year procuring products and services, but Jackee Kasandy says that historically, barely any has gone to businesses owned by Black people.

At the 2024 Earth Day Colloquium at MIT, World Resource Institute President and CEO Ani Dasgupta stressed that systemic change is needed to bring carbon emissions in line with long-term climate goals.

The B.C.-based Black Entrepreneurs and Businesses of Canada Society is now offering a certification program to help Black business owners navigate the lucrative but complicated world of government and corporate procurement.

A study by IIT Bhubaneswar found that urbanization has led to 60% more night-time warming in over 140 Indian cities compared to surrounding non-urban areas. Cities like Ahmedabad, Jaipur, and Rajkot were most affected, with Delhi-NCR and Pune also experiencing significant warming. The urban heat island effect, where concrete and asphalt store and release heat, is the main cause. T

The environmental footprint of livestock is huge, and the need to tackle it increasingly urgent.

The environmental footprint of livestock is huge, and the need to tackle it increasingly urgent.

The environmental footprint of livestock is huge, and the need to tackle it increasingly urgent.

The environmental footprint of livestock is huge, and the need to tackle it increasingly urgent.

The environmental footprint of livestock is huge, and the need to tackle it increasingly urgent.