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Two Thirds of UK and Norway North Sea Oil and Gas Production has Lower than Average Greenhouse Gas Intensity, New Analysis Finds

New S&P Global Commodity Insights model provides unprecedented granularity to understand the variations in greenhouse gas intensity on an asset-to-asset level A new analysis of North Sea oil and gas production by S&P Global Commodity Insights illustrates the degree that greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity can vary from one oil and gas asset to the next,…

Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Trends and Predictions for 2023

The speed at which AI is being embraced across organizations will skyrocket 2022 became the year of Generative AI. From automating basic tasks to creating something unique. Social media platforms like Reddit and Twitter are filled with images created by generative AI or machine learning models such as DALL-E 2 and Stable Diffusion. Startups building…

Synthetic fibres discovered in Antarctic samples show the ‘pristine’ continent is now a sink for plastic pollution

The field research was carried out by scientists from the University of Oxford and Nekton (a not-for-profit research institute) during an expedition to discover Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship, the Endurance. The results are published in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science Fibrous polyesters, primarily from textiles, were found in all samples. The majority of microplastic…

GSMA announces innovation fund to anticipate and improve responses to humanitarian crises

NGOs, INGOs, humanitarian agencies, start-ups, SMEs and social enterprises with digital solutions that enable early action in humanitarian crises situations are invited to apply Organisations with mobile and digital solutions which anticipate and enable early emergency responses to humanitarian crises can now apply for the GSMA Innovation Fund for Anticipatory Humanitarian Action. This initiative, funded…

What to Expect from Black Friday Amid the Cost-of-Living Crisis

More than 80% of individuals around the world are anxious about rising prices, with 75% worried about the prospect of a prolonged economic recession Black Friday is coming at a time of global uncertainty and waning consumer sentiment. More than 80% of individuals around the world are anxious about rising prices, with 75% worried about…

Education and investments are cornerstones to transform tourism

Tourism leaders from every global region have met to advance plans to transform the sector against a backdrop of challenges old and new UNWTO convened its Executive Council in Marrakesh, Morocco, as the sector’s recovery continues to gather pace. According to UNWTO data released this week, international arrivals are on track to reach 65% of pre-pandemic…

The 5 Best Companies in the World of Quantum Computing

Physicists believe that quantum computers can count many, including the most important ones used, for example, to retrieve information in opaque databases or to encrypt We explore the 5 most influential companies in the world of quantum computing that are changing our world. Several technological advances have the potential to make as much as quantum…

Barcelona and Munich become zero waste candidate cities

The Zero Waste Cities Certification is a robust European third-party assessed certification standard, developed by the non-governmental organisation Mission Zero Academy (MiZA) and powered by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) The European cities of Barcelona and Munich have signed an official commitment to become zero waste, becoming the biggest cities in Europe that will get the certification.…

Lab-Grown Meat Is Safe to Eat, FDA Says

The “no kill” product cultivated from animal cells has only small regulatory hurdles left before it can be sold in restaurants In a first, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided that a meat product grown in a lab is safe to eat. The lab-grown chicken, produced by the company Upside Foods,…

Emergency measures on permitting are a step backwards

EU Energy Ministers are set to adopt emergency measures this Thursday 24 November. That sounds good. However, as they stand, these measures constitute a step backwards in the simplification of permitting. In a letter to Ministers, leading wind industry CEOs call for urgent changes Permitting is the main bottleneck for the expansion of renewables. 80 GW of…