Battery 2030: Resilient, sustainable, and circular
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 15, 2023
Battery demand is growing—and so is the need for better solutions along the value chain.
How the aviation industry could help scale sustainable fuel production
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JULY 21, 2024
Demand for sustainable aviation fuel could outpace supply by 2030 without a significant increase in capacity. Forward-leaning aviation players use a combination of strategies to source SAF, including equity investments, to help scale the ecosystem.
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How two UK customers use AWS to support sustainability goals
AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 19, 2023
Sustainability is now an integral part of business strategy, even as the sustainability landscape is continuously evolving. Technology, data, and innovation play a fundamental role in helping governments, organisations, and society address sustainability-related challenges. This means thinking differently about technology.
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Striking the balance: Catalyzing a sustainable land-use transition
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Without a step change in action to increase land-use efficiency, growing demand for food, fuel, and natural capital may require additional land equivalent to the total cropland of Brazil by 2030.
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Positioning for success in the chemical markets of the future
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JUNE 4, 2024
European chemical manufacturers are in a difficult position, with overcapacities projected in several key value chains until 2030. Emerging sustainable product markets present a promising solution.
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Healthy people, healthy planet: Supporting sustainability in healthcare with the cloud
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023
To become more sustainable, the health sector is turning to the cloud. While sustainability in healthcare encompasses environmental sustainability, it also considers how to design a sustainable care delivery system. This will rise to 96% as Amazon drives toward being powered by 100% renewable energy by 2025.
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Shared mobility: Sustainable cities, shared destinies
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
JANUARY 5, 2023
By 2030, shared mobility could generate up to $1 trillion in consumer spending. New research reveals the trends and data to know.
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Materials ‘green’ premia: Trends and outlook to 2030
McKinsey Public & Social Sector Insights
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
With the markets for sustainable materials subject to recent headwinds, what will be the impact on green premia? A new survey paints a cautiously optimistic picture.
Helping governments and businesses pioneer sustainability initiatives: Top takeaways from the AWS Sustainability Conference
AWS Public Sector Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2023
Sustainability is increasingly taking up a prominent role across all sectors and industries. Sustainability is now a crucial part of organisational strategy and the sustainability landscape is continuously evolving. Sustainability also enhances resilience and prepares organisations for the future.
How using cloud technology can help your organization meet sustainability goals
AWS Public Sector Blog
MARCH 26, 2024
The right cloud technology leads to more sustainable IT and business operations. As a foundation for innovation, the cloud supports the delivery of sustainable products, services, and business models, and gives organizations the opportunity to transform themselves with sustainability at the core of their operation.
Overcoming Risk Aversion to Accelerate Green Investments: Lessons from Mexico, Brazil and India
The City Fix
MAY 31, 2021
By 2030, cities will house approximately 60% of the world’s population and already more than one in three urban dwellers lack access to at least one core service like reliable energy, clean water or affordable housing. Green, sustainable infrastructure, including. Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
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What Could Be: A 2030 Retrospective on Urban Mobility After COVID-19
The City Fix
JUNE 30, 2020
COVID-19 is a radical moment in so many ways. By disrupting urban systems so profoundly, it has thrust the question of urban futures before us in a way that we cannot ignore. Will cities recover? What will they look like? Continue reading on TheCityFix.com.
Innovating for a more sustainable future: Practical examples from two Nordic organizations
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Innovation is key in achieving sustainability goals across the public and private sector. Two Nordic-based organizations are using Amazon Web Services (AWS) to reach ambitious sustainability goals. Sustainability cannot be seen as an outlying or standalone department.”
40% of EU’s clean technology to be manufactured by end of the decade
Open Access Government - Technology News
MARCH 20, 2023
To increase Europe’s industry, researchers note that the EU’s plan is different from the US plan, as it looks more toward a stronger net-zero industry, aimed at creating sustainable investment. Boosting skills and diversifying trade and investments are also part of the plan, with the Commission proposing got set up specialised academies.
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5 Strategies for Developing a Local Green Jobs Plan
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 2, 2024
If bold climate action is taken by 2030, U.S. cities could create nearly 20 million sustainable jobs, of which most would be developed within cities themselves. Historic federal funding in a cleaner, more resilient economy coupled with global pressure to act necessitates a climate-ready workforce.
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‘Nature tech’ predicted to grow by $6 billion following COP27
Open Access Government - Technology News
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Nature4Climate and Capital for Climate released a landscape analysis report looking at profitable solutions to the climate crisis during COP27, predicting ‘nature tech’ to increase in investment by $6 billion by just 2030. What is nature tech?
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Engaging Youth Workforce through Sustainable Career Paths
NLC (National League of Cities)
APRIL 5, 2023
Moreover, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) forecasts that labor force participation among youth ages 16 to 24 will likely decline by more than 4 percent between 2020 and 2030. Meeting the needs […] Source
Analysis: Mainframe migration can save US federal government estimated $1B by 2030
AWS Public Sector Blog
DECEMBER 21, 2023
The five pillars of the AWS Cloud Value Framework are Cost Savings (TCO), Staff Productivity, Operational Resilience, Business Agility, and Sustainability. The organizational impact goes from tactical to strategic as you move from pillar to pillar.
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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing
Open Access Government - Technology News
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
By 2030 it is expected that 28% of people worldwide will live in a city with at least one million inhabitants, according to a report on urbanisation by the Government Office for Science. To manage the rising urbanisation of smart cities, city planners and managers must turn to real-time data processing. In England alone, 82.9%
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Helping micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises make economic and societal impacts with cloud technologies
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
From addressing disparities in access to quality healthcare, to fostering sustainability, our customers and partners are using technology to address some of the world’s biggest issues. million jobs by 2030, equivalent to 8% of the total employment on average across the 12 countries studied.
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Earth Day Part 1: DC isn't achieving its sustainability goals wrt waste diversion
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 20, 2024
According to the Washington Informer article, " DC's new plan to slash its trash ," DC is adding ten years, one decade more, to its waste diversion goal, from 2030 to 2040 That's 16 years!!!!!!!!!! Um, paying attention to me 11 years ago, probably means that DC would have achieved its waste diversion goals by 2030.
Re-imagining the future of mobility on islands
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 5, 2023
Digital technologies have the potential to make mobility systems more sustainable, intelligent, and inclusive. Islands, like other communities, are working to create effective and sustainable transport linkages. A key milestone for the EU’s mobility strategy includes large scale deployment of automated mobility by 2030.
Powering the generative AI era: What you missed at the AWS Public Sector Symposium Brussels
AWS Public Sector Blog
MARCH 21, 2024
Central to the event were the themes of generative AI, sustainability, security, and—importantly for Europe—digital sovereignty. Sustainability in the cloud There is increased recognition that sustainability cannot be a siloed approach within an organization. billion liters returned to communities annually.
Governments must prepare for quantum computing risks
Open Access Government - Technology News
DECEMBER 18, 2024
What began as a lone, small quantum device on the cloud running rudimentary experiments has evolved into a breakthrough tool used across industries and organizations to explore the frontiers of challenges in healthcare and life sciences, high energy physics, materials development, optimization, and sustainability.
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Reflecting on Earth Month: A Look Back at Sustainability and Climate-Focused Episodes — Episode 133
Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends
APRIL 4, 2023
I encourage you to check out some of the top ways that park and recreation professionals are creating healthier, more sustainable communities and tackling the world’s toughest climate issues.
SeloVerde uses geospatial big data and AI/ML to monitor deforestation in supply chains, powered by AWS
AWS Public Sector Blog
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Amazon provides grant funding to accelerate sustainability research and innovation through the RNCF and the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative ’s (ASDI) Promotional Credit Program. that it deployed in the AWS Cloud in 2023. SeloVerde 2.1’s The vision behind SeloVerde and CAR 2.0 [the Screenshot of SeloVerde 2.1, A SeloVerde 2.1
Transforming the performance of your built assets and estate
Open Access Government - Technology News
OCTOBER 1, 2022
Attaining the UK Governments Carbon Net Zero by 2030 and embracing new ways of building and operating built assets to build sustainably and reduce in-use energy consumption. Moreover, Glider is supporting the government’s sustainability goals. The UK Government is on track to reach net zero by 2030. info@glidertech.com.
Reimagining person-centered health and care with cloud-enabled technologies
AWS Public Sector Blog
JULY 31, 2024
The report presents cloud technology as a key enabler for more efficient and person-centered care, a population-based approach to health, research that drives innovation, and building resilient and sustainable healthcare systems.
Accelerating India’s digital future: MeitY empanels AWS Asia-Pacific (Hyderabad) Region for government workloads
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
billion) in cloud infrastructure in India by 2030 , the AWS Asia-Pacific (Hyderabad) Region is the second AWS Region in India to be fully empaneled by MeitY. billion to India’s total GDP by 2030, demonstrating the company’s commitment to catalyzing the country’s digital economy with the cloud. AWS’s planned investment of US $12.7
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Can Europe’s Climate City Contracts Shake Up Urban Climate Action?
The City Fix
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
That’s the goal of the European Commission’s EU Mission program, which aims to package together funding, research and policy changes to deliver “concrete results” on ambitious goals by 2030. These goals.
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The public sector cannot underestimate computing’s environmental impact
Open Access Government - Technology News
AUGUST 8, 2023
Under the Paris Climate Agreement, they have pledged to cut emissions by 68% by 2030, a mere 7 years away. Kubernetes could play a significant role in alleviating this because while it’s not specifically designed to be a ‘sustainability tool’, it is designed to manage and avoid hardware redundancies.
Deutsche Bank, Wake Technical Community College, and Google Cloud are building a cloud talent pipeline in North Carolina
Google Public Sector
DECEMBER 22, 2022
The world is facing a talent shortage, affecting more than 1 billion jobs by 2030 1. Talent will be one of the key factors in Deutsche Bank’s sustained transformation, particularly in areas like North Carolina where the bank’s technology hubs are.
India’s Shift to Low-Carbon Construction Must Not Leave Workers Behind
The City Fix
JANUARY 3, 2024
India aims to reduce the emissions intensity of its economy by 45% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels, and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2070. The country can’t achieve either goal without a radical transformation in its buildings and construction sector, which was responsible for around 17% of the nation’s.
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Highlights from the 2024 AWS Public Sector Symposium Canberra
AWS Public Sector Blog
AUGUST 6, 2024
Sustainability and renewable energy Levy shared how a recent study that was commissioned by AWS and conducted by Accenture estimates that AWS infrastructure is up to 4.1 In 2019, Amazon set a goal to match all of the electricity used across it global operation with 100 percent renewable energy by 2030.
5G and net zero: can the two coincide?
Open Access Government - Technology News
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
BCG (Boston Consulting Group) estimates that action by the ICT industry alone could eliminate up to 15% of all global emissions by 2030, more than a third of the total emissions reductions needed to meet global sustainability targets. With this comes a further sustainability dividend. The journey to sustainability.
Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety
AWS Public Sector Blog
OCTOBER 20, 2022
To achieve its goal of eliminating traffic deaths and serious injury collisions on city streets by 2030, the Bellevue City Council developed and approved the Safe System approach. To be eligible to receive funding, USDOT posed that grant applications should identify how proposed projects address the identified safety problem.
Modernizing tax systems with AWS
AWS Public Sector Blog
MARCH 16, 2023
Support sustainability goals AWS is on path to power 100% of its operation by renewable energy by 2025—five years ahead of its original target of 2030. Moving workloads to the cloud can assist tax agencies in meeting their sustainability goals. Architecting for sustainability ” blog post for more details.
Powering smart islands: How islands can pioneer scalable green energy solutions
AWS Public Sector Blog
FEBRUARY 20, 2023
The European Commission’s RePowerEU plan paves the way to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuel before 2030, with a focus on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and diversification. This, along with the European Green Deal and NextGenerationEU (NGEU) funding, is a potent combination for sustainable energy development.
Higher education institutions broaden learning opportunities with AWS Professional Services
AWS Public Sector Blog
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
These efforts are part of an ambitious statewide goal to close the educational attainment gap in North Carolina, ensuring that 2 million North Carolinians have a high-quality credential or postsecondary degree by 2030.
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10 ways that governments incentivize cloud use to accelerate digital transformation
AWS Public Sector Blog
JUNE 24, 2024
These incentives standardize processes and motivate behaviors that achieve the objectives of these initiatives in a way that can be sustained over time. The DGA goal and measurement support the Saudi 2030 Vision. They create an enabling culture for innovation and promote transparency and trust in digitized services.
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Green technology: A world of opportunity for better EPC ratings
Open Access Government - Technology News
MARCH 31, 2023
And in 2030, it will be unlawful to continue to let a commercial property with an EPC rating of below a B. By 2027, Landlords need an EPC rating of ‘C’ or higher and a ‘B’ by 2030, along with all other commercial premises. This can play a vital part in meeting a company’s sustainability policies and reaching net zero.
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Estimating physical climate heat risk with NASA Global Daily Downscaled Projections on ASDI
AWS Public Sector Blog
JANUARY 12, 2024
billion in lost revenue by 2030. AWS hosts National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Exchange Global Daily Downscaled Projections (NEX-GDDP-CMIP6) data through the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) on Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3).
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CFP: Entrepreneurship and Libraries Conference 2022 #Entrelib - Virtual November 1st and 2nd, 2022
A Library Writer's Blog
JULY 28, 2022
Libraries supporting social entrepreneurship that contribute to UN Sustainability Goals (actions to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that by 2030 all people enjoy peace and prosperity, etc.)
New report: The economic impact of the new AWS Region in the Middle East
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
New UAE Region strengthens sustainability efforts in the Middle East. The company is now on a path to achieve this milestone by 2025, five years ahead of the initial 2030 target. A key component of this commitment is powering our operations with 100% renewable energy. Further, AWS infrastructure was found to be 3.6
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