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Artificial intelligence is reshaping agricultural practices to address extreme weather and an increasing demand for food
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Researchers with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are at the leading edge of using artificial intelligence to improve agricultural practices and production. Scott Angle explains the innovations happening at UF that will help Florida and other southeastern states take an increasing role in the nation’s food production. Produced by Nicci Brown, Brooke Adams and James L. Sullivan. Original music by Daniel Townsend, a doctoral candidate in music composition in the College of the Arts.
As impact tech booms, the United Nations says it wants in on the action
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says it wants to deepen its ties to startups through work with accelerators and developing better measures of impact to tackle pressing social and environmental challenges.
The UN organisation said this week it’s strengthening its partnership with the Stockholm-based accelerator of the Norrsken Foundation for a second year, sending experts to the Swedish capital to work directly with founders. The eight-week programme targets startups working on issues such as poverty, disease, food waste, climate change, pollution, healthcare and mental illness. Last year, only 20 of 2,300 applications were selected for the accelerator’s first cohort.
Here’s How Climate Change Crisis Could Impact Business Operations And Policies In 2022
Pamela Chasek is a political science professor at Manhattan College where she chairs the political science department. She said that,“In 2022, there will be considerable pressure on both governments and the private sector to continue efforts to decarbonize operations, while making the necessary efforts to adapt their operations to an ever-warming planet.
“Governments cannot combat climate change and limit global warming to 1.5°C without the private sector playing its part. There will definitely be increased pressure on business and corporations in 2022,” she said.
Science, conscious consumers, and next-gen founders will drive ‘ESG’ innovation in 2022
If 2021 was the year when ESG (short for Environmental, Social, and Governance) went mainstream, 2022 will be the year that innovations and innovators propel it forward, say members of the Fast Company Impact Council—an invitation-only collective of leaders from a range of industries. Members say a number of business, regulatory, and cultural factors will motivate companies to keep advancing an agenda that places sustainability, social good, and inclusion on equal footing with profitability and growth. Edited excerpts follow:
3 New Year’s resolutions for climate tech
This article was adapted from Climate Tech Weekly, a free newsletter focused on climate technologies.
At this time last year, I was preparing for a low-key New Year’s Eve, feeling apprehensive yet optimistic about the prospects for climate tech in 2021. Since then, I have been disheartened by the firm grip the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have on everyday life. But I’ve been lifted by the surge of support for technologies intended to address and mitigate humankind’s climate-messing impact on the planet.