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The Baltic Sea is evolving into a 'built seascape' Offshore wind farms, subsea cables, and digital monitoring systems are expanding rapidly.
Offshore infrastructure is essential for economic growth and sustainability, but it is also highly vulnerable.
Key challenge is ensuring that governance keeps pace with technological change.
By strengthening cross-sectoral collaboration and improving data governance, we can navigate the challenges of this new maritime era.
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Fondo de Impacto Social (FIS) has invested 15m into the Global Social Impact Fund II (GSIF Spain) GSIF Spain supports SME's contributing to the economic and social inclusion of vulnerable communities...more
Hannah: As the first legally blind student to attend the Harvard Graduate School of Design, I began Remarcation as a way to think about the accessibility problems I was facing in the built...more
Heat stress leads to a decline in milk yield across the US, resulting in substantial financial losses.Smaller farms, particularly those with fewer than 100 cows, suffered more significant losses than...more
Northwestern and Cemex team up to harness electricity and CO2 to grow sand-like materials in seawater.The resulting substances are flakier and more porous or denser and harder.Calcium carbonate...more
The Baltic Sea is evolving into a 'built seascape' Offshore wind farms, subsea cables, and digital monitoring systems are expanding rapidly.Offshore infrastructure is essential for economic growth...more
COMP0LIVE has crafted a strong business plan to scale its innovation.The LIFE programme and C2M (Close-to-Market) support played a crucial role in making the project viable.The team is focusing on...more
Real PM has built a strong reputation for delivery of project management and planning solutions in commercial, residential, hospitality, education, infrastructure, retail, and mixed-use...more
New state plan aims to capitalize on funding from an economic development bond bill.Plan aims to support companies developing climate-focused technologies.Massachusetts Clean Energy Center developed...more
Two immersive VR experiences offer Arizona residents an interactive way to explore advanced water purification, or AWP, plants.Viewers learn about state-of-the-art water recycling methods that were...more
The dune-dike solution is a hybrid system that pairs the natural buffering capacity of sand dunes with the strength of engineered dikes.It offers an adaptable and sustainable means of coastal...more
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Bixi Bikes – A Lesson for Social Enterprises
John Brothers, Principal of Quidoo Consulting, writes about the Montreal-based company Bixi who are mostly known for its Bixi Bikes. Just recently, Bixi filed for bankruptcy protection. The reason? Bixi is in major financial distress and its bikes have proven to be too “expensive to build, operate and maintain”.