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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Many countries have committed to reaching net zero by 2050, aligning with the Paris Agreement’s goal to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius. trillion to the global economy by 2050. And they could drive economic gains: Research shows markets for carbon-neutral goods and services may be worth $10.3

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

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The model could potentially be used to identify conditions that raise the risks of wildfires and predict hurricanes and droughts. The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) predicts people living in Africa, Australia, North America and Europe will face health risks due to rising temperatures and heat waves.

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How Kubota is changing the status quo in agriculture and sustainability with technology

IBM Big Data Hub

Simultaneously, it attempted to commit to its zero carbon city declaration, which aims to virtually eliminate carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. A few years ago, Kubota aimed to tackle operational efficiency challenges, water and sewage systems maintenance issues, and staff shortages that many local companies faced.

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Swiss energy services company uses machine learning to see the future

CIO Business Intelligence

That changed in 2017 when Swiss voters approved an energy act that would reduce the country’s dependency on fossil fuels by 2050. The increased transparency allows IWB to quickly mitigate risks and develop short- and long-term countermeasures. As solar PV systems are added, the calculation methods automatically adapt.

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AI Is Reaching New Milestones In Senior Care In 2019

Smart Data Collective

This figure is going to more than double by 2050. Addressing specific health risks facing seniors. Seniors face a growing number of health risks as they get older. Some of these risks are much more evident than others, but that does not mean that less publicized concerns aren’t equally dangerous.

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New DoE Program Drives Demand For Machine Learning Programmers

Smart Data Collective

However, the detailed findings of intelligent asset performance analysis allow financers to minimize risks and maximize expected returns,” the company reports. The Department of Energy should pay close attention to developments made by Kaiserwetter. They may find that funding similar projects will have the best results.

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National Grid’s energy transformation is fueled by IT

CIO Business Intelligence

These capabilities allow us to reduce business risk as we move off of our monolithic, on-premise environments and provide cloud resiliency and scale,” the CIO says, noting National Grid also has a major data center consolidation under way as it moves more data to the cloud.

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