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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

trillion in economic benefits by 2030. Governments, businesses, and non-profit organizations globally are implementing initiatives such as establishing protected areas, restoring degraded ecosystems and promoting sustainable agriculture and forestry practices. They’re also turning to a new perspective: “nature positive.”

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Renewable energy in action: Examples and use cases for fueling the future

IBM Big Data Hub

More than 110 countries at the United Nations’ COP28 climate change conference agreed to triple that capacity by 2030, and global investment in clean energy transition hit a record high of USD 1.8 In fact, world-wide capacity for energy from solar, wind and other renewable sources increased by 50% in 2023. trillion in 2023.

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Climate change predictions: Anticipating and adapting to a warming world

IBM Big Data Hub

Parts of Africa will be especially vulnerable, with agricultural yields declining by as much as 50% in some areas. In Europe, policymakers approved a law in 2023 setting nature restoration objectives for the European Union, including binding targets to restore at least 30% of degraded habitats in EU countries by 2030 and 90% by 2050.

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The Economy of Things: the next value lever for telcos

IBM Big Data Hub

The number of IoT connected devices are growing in practically every industry, and is even predicted to reach 29 billion worldwide by 2030. Vertical data platforms owned and operated by telcos and targeting a specific industry such as automotive, agriculture or financial services already exist today.

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Author Q&A: The ongoing role of fortified structures in military clashes — and cybersecurity

The Last Watchdog

billion by 2030.The The very ancient hillforts and palisaded villages built by those first humans to develop settled agriculture packed their strongholds with hand tools, ploughs, seeds, and livestock—everything that they needed to continue functioning as an agricultural society after an attack by their nomadic neighbors.

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