Singapore, 27 September 2022 – The Ecopetrol Group, Colombia’s largest company and one of the leading energy groups in Latin America, officially launched their office in Singapore during APPEC 2022, the premier oil and gas industry meeting in the Asia-Pacific region. In four months since operations began, the subsidiary has secured sales that surpass initially forecasted plans by 55%. This has been possible thanks to a specialized regional on-site team that has allowed the Company to seize opportunities in real time, develop close relationships with current and potential clients, as well as gain a better understanding of the local environment. “We are pleased to continue moving forward with Ecopetrol Group’s international operations plan through the opening of this new office in Singapore. Asia is our main export destination, and a physical presence here allows us to develop closer relationships with our customers and capture more and better opportunities,” announced Felipe Bayón, CEO of the Ecopetrol Group, during the first customer relations event organized by the company in Asia.
Dubai – UAE: 27 September 2022 – A selection of 30 innovative Agri tech and food tech start-ups from around the world, working to address food security challenges, were today named as shortlisted teams vying to win the global Food Tech Challenge that has a pooled prize of US $2 million.
The second edition of the Food Tech Challenge seeks to find the next wave of technology innovations on the cusp of transforming traditional agriculture practices efficiently and sustainably. Officially launched at Expo City in Dubai in March 2022, the competition is organized by the UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment and Tamkeen, with ASPIRE as the lead partner.
The 30 shortlisted start-ups have been selected from 667 submissions across 79 countries, representing a 52% increase in entries compared to the first edition of the competition, which saw 437 applications from 68 countries, with previous winners announced from Australia, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and the UK.
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According to the research, U.S Data centre’s use 40% more power than the entire UK. Though we constantly read articles on how harmful the combustion engines in vehicles are, we are losing sight on the hidden issues. We are moving into a new and very exciting era which involves the creation of smart cities, smart homes and internet based devices however, we are not looking eye to eye on the power consumption these devices produce. For example in 2018 there were more than 1 trillion of photos taken and 85% of them from our smartphones roughly 125 pictures per person which people are now storing these images on the cloud or in reality in huge data centres which is a huge concern that should be taken into consideration. (more…)
MAKING THE GCC GREENER, HEALTHIER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE A KEY FOCUS FOR THE FIRST URBAN DESIGN & LANDSCAPING SUMMIT
The first Urban Design & Landscaping Summit launched on November 28,2018 at the Dubai World Trade Centre bringing together landscape architects, municipalities, urban designers, property developers, parks and resorts to focus on the opportunities and challenges faced in turning the region green.
Tell us about your current role as Councillor in the Vancouver City Council.
I was first elected to city council in 2008 and then re-elected in 2011 and 2014. We are elected to serve the whole city of Vancouver so we have the whole city to think about in our work. And we also get portfolios (projects) from the mayor’s office if we’re in the majority party. So I have quite portfolios but the three that might be most interesting would be – greenest city, renewable energy, and energy generally, and economic development and innovation economy (i.e. digital technology, clean technology).
Food production is fundamentally linked to predictable seasonal weather patterns, which in turn, are the expression of stable climatic systems around the world. These systems are now shifting – thanks to the unrelenting emission of greenhouse gases and the gradual warming of our atmosphere. Fossil fuel combustion coupled to major disturbances of the world’s natural carbon sinks (forests, wetland, and peatlands) is now threatening global food security – just when there are more mouths to feed on the planet than ever before. (more…)
Tell us about your current role as Councillor in the Vancouver City Council.
