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  • Japanese knotweed. National trade body the Property Care Association has produced a 360° overview of all elements involved in the management of invasive weed control in its new Code of Practice. The ‘UK Code of Practice for the Management of Invasive Non-Native Plants’ offers a single point of reference for invasive weed control professionals, operating […]

  • The centre of the town of Rotherham in South Yorkshire suffered significant flooding following extreme rainfall in June 2007 and November 2019, affecting hundreds of homes and businesses, writes Helen Wilson, industry & infrastructure sales manager at Xylem. In response, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is undertaking a significant package of flood defence measures to protect […]

  • In what’s described as a landmark project for the construction industry, the first lower carbon concrete solution from sustainable technology firm, Recycl8 and construction materials company, Breedon, has been laid at Veolia’s Ling Hall Incinerator Bottom Ash (IBA) processing site in Warwickshire. Veolia and Danish recycling firm Meldgaard’s joint operation at Ling Hall is processing […]

  • A global treaty on plastics, which is being touted as the most important environmental treaty since the 2015 Paris Agreement, is set to be negotiated in South Korea over the next week. At the fifth and final scheduled session of the UN’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution (INC-5), member countries hope to finalise and […]

  • A liquid hydrogen-powered Toyota GR Corolla Car manufacturer Toyota has developed a concept model that explores how hydrogen gas generated while driving – “boil off gas” (vaporised hydrogen) – can be used, potentially increasing the efficiency of liquid hydrogen as an engine fuel. The company is seeking partners to take on the challenge of developing […]

  • Have you ever spent hours editing a long video, painstakingly cutting it down to find the perfect moments, only to feel overwhelmed by the process? You’re not alone. Over 250,000 creators have used Klap AI to do just that but in a fraction of the time! It takes your long-form content and turns it into […]

  • If the entirety of African nations cut their global emissions by 100%, that would only account for 4% reduction of the world’s emissions. That staggering fact is one I haven’t been able to shake after attending a panel discussion called “Just Climate Finance Requires a Regenerative Economy: a Black Liberation Analysis” featuring Analyah dos Santos.  […]

  • The world’s first oil well was built in Bibi-Heybat, Azerbaijan. This land has a deep history steeped in oil pipelines, fracking, and human right’s violations. Upon arrival the police presence paints a picture of a dystopian reality that many Azeris face daily. Lowly police officers are overshadowed by Azerbaijani soldiers in military gear proudly carrying […]

  • As I sit here, waiting to depart Baku, I am distraught, exhausted, disappointed, concerned, and ready to get the heck out of here. I usually don’t say that when traveling to foreign countries. While Baku (and Azerbaijan) is beautiful, the people are kind, and I am going next to another neighboring country for some respite, […]

  • Hopeful, discouraged. Energized, exhausted. My experiences at COP29 have been filled with dichotomies, these being just a couple. Hope. This was what I was seeking out, what I wanted to see amongst fellow observers. By the time the first few days had passed, I wasn’t really sure what hope meant to me anymore. Was it […]

  • “The measure of a country’s greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.” – Mahatma Gandhi It is no longer the question of whether climate change is real or not; as record-breaking temperatures, destructive floods, droughts, wildfires, and tropical cyclones occur around the entire world. Zooming in, the United […]

  • Developed nations have agreed to help channel “at least” $300bn a year into developing countries by 2035 to support their efforts to deal with climate change. However, the new climate-finance goal – agreed along with a range of other issues at the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan – has left developing countries bitterly disappointed. They were united […]

  • As the global conversation around assisted and automated vehicles (AVs) evolves, the MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT) Consortium continues to lead cutting-edge research aimed at understanding how drivers interact with emerging vehicle technologies.  Since its launch in 2015, the AVT Consortium — a global academic-industry collaboration on developing a data-driven understanding of how drivers respond […]

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into critical industries like healthcare, law, and employment, where its decisions have significant impacts. However, the complexity of advanced AI models, particularly large language models (LLMs), makes it difficult to understand how they arrive at those decisions. This “black box” nature of AI raises concerns about fairness, reliability, […]

  • Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This week COP crunch FINAL CALL: COP29 has entered its final scheduled day in Baku. Yesterday’s six-hour “Qurultay” meeting witnessed “unanimous” disappointment over the state of draft texts, with developing countries unhappy about the lack of numbers on climate […]

  • Product management stands at a very interesting threshold because of advances happening in the area of Artificial Intelligence. As the capabilities of AI evolve unceasingly, the traditional role of the product manager will be transformed in ways never dreamed possible, marking the dawn of a new era: that of the “Product Alchemist.” As a hyper-growth […]

  • John Brooks is the founder and CEO of Mass Virtual, a visionary technology leader with over 20 years of experience driving product and solution innovation across Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Augmented Reality (AR) for both commercial and defense sectors. Under John’s leadership, Mass Virtual has developed the MassXR platform, an advanced training […]

  • White House science advisor Arati Prabhakar expressed confidence in U.S. science and technology capacities during a talk on Wednesday about major issues the country must tackle. “Let me start with the purpose of science and technology and innovation, which is to open possibilities so that we can achieve our great aspirations,” said Prabhakar, who is […]