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Ahead of summit, more than 100 economists call on G7 countries to commit to shift their finance out of all fossil fuels this year, to enable a green pandemic recovery
On June 11-13, world leaders will gather at the G7 summit. There, they plan to adopt an agenda to
“build back better from coronavirus and create a greener, more prosperous future”. We, the undersigned economists, believe that this means decisively shifting finance out of fossil fuels, and into clean alternatives worldwide. We welcome the decision taken last month by G7 environment ministers to end international finance to coal-fired power in 2021. We call on G7 leaders to go further and shift their finance out of all fossil fuels in 2021.
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Artificial intelligence can significantly reduce company driving
Automated planning will help TDC NET’s service cars reduce the number of kilometers driven by 25 percent. The solution will later be extended to others with a lot of company driving.
Every year, approximately 4 million tonnes of CO2 are emitted on Danish roads according to the Danish Climate Partnership for Land Transport. This is a large part of the total CO2 emissions in Denmark.
With that in mind, DTU Management and DTU Compute, together with the software company QAMPO and TDC NET, and with support from Innovation Fund Denmark, have now launched the ambitious four-year project GREENFORCE. Through the project, the partners will develop solutions that can significantly reduce the total driven in TDC NET. At the same time, the solutions must be disseminated to other relevant companies that want to limit their driving.
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Danish researchers in the Department of Food Science at the University of Copenhagen have received DKK 56 million (US $9 million) to develop the fundamental knowledge required to invent a completely new category of vegan protein as a sustainable alternative to animal protein. The grant comes from the Novo Nordisk Foundation’s “Proteins for Tomorrow’s Food” program and is one of the largest investments in Denmark for research in food proteins.
The research, carried out in a partnership between the University of Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark and Utrecht University in the Netherlands, processes yellow peas and oats both crops of which are currently being used primarily for animal feed using a fermentation method and a combination of Bacillus bacteria and various molds, resulting in improved digestibility, more flavor, and a increased essential amino acid profile. The research suggests that the methods should be transferable to other plant crops, with
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