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Mundo Verde Climate Leads Groundbreaking Transaction in the Global Voluntary Carbon Market

Mundo Verde Climate Leads Groundbreaking Transaction in the Global Voluntary Carbon Market

Deal reaffirms Mundo Verde Climate’s role as a leading global provider of carbon credits and helps to stimulate the voluntary market, which is set for a resurgence following COP28. Geneva, Feb. 05, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Mundo Verde Climate, a global player in climate finance and climate change risk management advisory, announced its pivotal role [...]

Researchers at KFSH&RC & KAUST Discover Gene Responsible for Reproduction of the Most Dangerous Malaria Strain

Researchers at KFSH&RC & KAUST Discover Gene Responsible for Reproduction of the Most Dangerous Malaria Strain

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 05, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – In a major scientific breakthrough, a research team from King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), in collaboration with King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), working alongside researchers from the UK, the US, and India, discovered a vital gene instrumental in combating malaria. [...]

International Barcode of Life Will Change the World

International Barcode of Life Will Change the World

Dr. Paul Hebert receives Benjamin Franklin Medal for revolutionary work Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 30, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Dr. Paul Hebert, the University of Guelph evolutionary biologist who pioneered the field of DNA barcoding, has won the Benjamin Franklin Medal for Earth and Environmental Sciences for 2024. Known as “the father of DNA barcoding,” Hebert [...]

Ecobat Appoints Thomas Slabe as Chief Executive Officer

Ecobat Appoints Thomas Slabe as Chief Executive Officer

DALLAS, Jan. 29, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Ecobat, the global leader in battery recycling, announced today that its board of directors has confirmed the appointment of Thomas P. Slabe as chief executive officer (CEO) and named him a member of the board of the company, effective immediately. “We have great confidence in Tom and trust [...]

The Sea Index and Yacht Club de Monaco’s Leadership in Eco-responsibility for Yachts

The Sea Index and Yacht Club de Monaco’s Leadership in Eco-responsibility for Yachts

MONACO, Jan. 18, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – A carbon footprint calculator for superyachts targeting the environmental objective to mitigate CO2 emissions in yachting. It is the Sea Index, a tool created in 2020 by the Yacht Club de Monaco to accelerate the diffusion of more sustainability in this sector. Basically, it evaluates the energy intensity [...]

First Ever Global Campaign to Improve Access to Assistive Technology Launched at World Economic Forum

First Ever Global Campaign to Improve Access to Assistive Technology Launched at World Economic Forum

First Lady of Pakistan, together with health and development organisations and the private sector, calls for world leaders to prioritise assistive technology access DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan. 16, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – A new global campaign, backed by the Honourable First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Samina Arif Alvi, was launched today at the World Economic Forum [...]

To Accelerate Decarbonization, Focus on the Power of Electrification and Digitalization, Schneider Electric Urges as Davos Meeting Kicks off

To Accelerate Decarbonization, Focus on the Power of Electrification and Digitalization, Schneider Electric Urges as Davos Meeting Kicks off

- Top Schneider Electric executives attending World Economic Forum annual gathering. – Sustainability and energy resilience at the top of the corporate and public policy agenda. Rueil-Malmaison, France, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Far greater deployment of existing technologies is needed to keep climate change from spiraling out of control, Schneider Electric, the leader in the [...]

Quantexa Partners with the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) to Intensify the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Quantexa Partners with the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII) to Intensify the Fight Against Human Trafficking

Quantexa to provide category-leading AI-enabled technology, training, and industry expertise to ATII to improve how data is used in the identification and investigation of human trafficking NEW YORK, Jan. 11, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Today, Quantexa, a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced its official corporate sponsorship and Advisory [...]

New Research Harnesses AI and Satellite Imagery to Reveal the Expanding Footprint of Human Activity at Sea

New Research Harnesses AI and Satellite Imagery to Reveal the Expanding Footprint of Human Activity at Sea

Study reveals 75 percent of the world’s industrial fishing vessels are hidden from public view WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 03, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – A new study published today in the journal Nature offers an unprecedented view of previously unmapped industrial use of the ocean and how it is changing. The groundbreaking study, led by Global Fishing Watch, uses [...]

The Yacht Club de Monaco Celebrates Sporting and Environmental Achievements of 2023

The Yacht Club de Monaco Celebrates Sporting and Environmental Achievements of 2023

MONACO, Dec. 22, 2023 (Korea Bizwire) – (LaPresse)  - To celebrate an eventful 2023 and the 70th anniversary of the Yacht Club de Monaco, Prince Albert II of Monaco, president of Yacht Club de Monaco, rewarded the Club members at the usual winter cocktail.  An event aiming not only to reward the Club’s ambassadors but [...]