TechCrunch

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The world’s food supply must double by the year 2050 to meet the demands of a growing population, according to a report from the United Nations. “We have to double the amount of food we have to create by 2050, and if you look at where there are enough resources to grow food — all signs point to Africa.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Greywing now enables vessel operators to estimate the potential carbon impact of a crew change before it happens. Many vessel operators are committed to bringing down carbon emissions for ethical reasons; they also need to comply with the International Maritime Organization 2030 and 2050 Decarbonization Targets.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The change in technology in agriculture is enabling Uknes and Ward to do something that wasn’t possible 10 years ago because there was not enough compute or storage power to discover and sequence microbes. “We We don’t want to pollute the Earth, but we have to find a way to feed 9 billion people by 2050,” Obloj said.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

APRIL 18, 2022

About 430 million people suffer from moderate to complete hearing loss worldwide, a number expected to rise to about 700 million by 2050. Hearing loss can significantly impact multiple aspects of life, including the loss of the ability to follow spoken conversations.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

So it’s creating an internationally recognised standard for hourly certificates that allow energy users to verify the source of their electricity each hour of the day — which it says will enable accurate carbon accounting and support new market models, like nodel pricing.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

That’s a whole lot of potential mouths to feed; seafood consumption is poised to nearly double by 2050, per researchers at Stanford. Another part of me just can’t get over how fantastically bleak it is to essentially enable people to sell a part of their future net worth to investors. – Harri Weber. – Kyle Wiggers.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2021

It’s a relatively low number; we’re talking 2 to 5% range for the cities of 2050. And so our solution enables them to monetize their underground space.”. “I stumbled upon a paper that was analyzing how much food production capacity can we do in cities using rooftop greenhouses,” he said. “It’s

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 20, 2021

More than half the world’s population currently lives in cities – a proportion that will reach 70% by 2050 – which account for approximately 80% of GDP generated worldwide. But increasing inequality and exclusion in urban areas are undermining development progress – and threatening many lives.

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Dream It

OCTOBER 10, 2019

According to United Nations data, by 2050, one in six people in the world will be over age 65, up from one in 11 right now. Meanwhile, in Europe and North America, by 2050, one in four people could be 65 or older. Unsurprisingly, startups increasingly recognize opportunities to cater to this aging population.

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Impact Hub

AUGUST 19, 2020

The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. Technological leaps have enabled many (though by no means all) of us city-dwellers to sustain ourselves adequately, despite breaking our traditional connection with agricultural life.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

Ford reached a deal with DTE Energy to power its electricity supply in Michigan with clean energy, a step toward its goal to become carbon neutral by 2050. Hayden AI will be working with New York’s MTA to deploy 300 bus-mounted cameras , enabled with Hayden’s Automated Bus Lane Enforcement systems, on MTA buses.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2023

Countries worldwide have pledged to reduce their energy usage and reach net-zero energy targets by 2050. The steep environmental cost and looming deadlines inspired Energy X, a Seoul-based startup and marketplace that “enables the construction of zero-energy buildings,” from architectural design to completion of construction.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2016, Minna enables customers to manage subscription services via their existing bank’s app. IDC predicts that by 2050, 50% of the world’s largest enterprises will focus the majority of their businesses on digitally enhanced products, services and experiences. It has now raised $18.8 million (€15.5

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 29, 2021

If we don’t consider these questions, we risk failing to tackle the most important challenges of our lives.” . • “If the world needs to be net zero by 2050, all of us must start today. Does our business make the world better or worse? It is our moral imperative to do it now. The world is aligning. It’s a race to net-zero.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

According to UN forecasts, the number of people living in cities is expected to double by 2050, growing from 3.5 Nearly two years ago, we set up our first credit fund to provide products like asset and project finance and built out financial tools focused [on] asset-enabled businesses. billion today to more than 7 billion.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The full list of (known) backers include lead investor Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Esprit), Tencent, 2050 Capital, Alumni Ventures, Aster Capital, Entrepreneur First, InQtel, and the mighty Epic Games, which also happens to be a Hadean customer.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

“The first basic need is to have an infrastructure to enable information to flow more easily,” Liljendahl argues. “Then we make sure the information is shared with super transparency — who’s shared it, when, and so on, so you can also trace back.”

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

“That proximity is driven through an install base that’s in parking lots or parking garages… [and] that enables all sorts of companies to use its proximity as a platform. . “We’re building a platform of proximity,” says Ojalvo. To basically build their marketplaces.” As REEF acknowledges, cities are the future.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2022

“We see it as we become this Moody’s equivalent for the recycling industry and then that enables us to build the rest of the infrastructure that the industry needs to facilitate efficient recycling.” “I think this is the thing that gets us all super excited. .”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In its original guise, Papaya was mostly about enabling the management of existing EV and LEVs, but its overarching objective is to help companies transition from traditional fossil-fuel burning vehicles to emission-free alternatives. .” ” Papaya dashboard. Bringing down emissions.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Food production is both energy and water-intensive (“fun” fact: agricultural irrigation uses 70% of water worldwide ) and with the global population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 , it strikes me that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to use a bit less water to grow our food.

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