COP27: Rishi Sunak urges world leaders to transition to renewable energy faster.

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The IBM Has Teamed Up To Help Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition for Vulnerable Populations.

At COP27, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) announced the new members of its global pro bono social impact program, the IBM Sustainability Accelerator.

This program will apply IBM technologies, such as hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence, and an ecosystem of experts to enhance and scale projects focused on populations vulnerable to environmental threats, including climate change. All new members will focus on accelerating clean energy projects.

IBM has previously announced, it plans to select five organizations for this program each year and expects to provide $30 million worth of services by the end of 2023.

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COP27: Rishi Sunak urges world leaders to transition to renewable energy faster.

Mr. Sunak (U.K's Prime Minister) traveled to Egypt on Sunday for the UN climate summit after U-turning his decision not to go. In his address on Monday, he stated that Russia's invasion of Ukraine "reinforced" the importance of ending dependence on fossil fuels.

COP27 follows a year of climate-related disasters and record temperatures.

Rishi Sunak has told leaders gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh not to "backslide" on commitments made at last year's COP26 summit in Glasgow intended to prevent global temperature rises to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

However, Petteri Taalas, secretary general of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), has warned that the 1.5C target is "barely within reach." His comment comes as the UN's weather and climate body released a report showing that the rate at which sea levels are rising has doubled since 1993.

The Quickest and Cleanest Weekly News.

• A baby bison has been born in the UK for the first time in millennia as part of a ground-breaking rewilding project. The happy surprise was discovered by rangers carrying out checks on a herd of bison in West Blean and Thornden Woods, near Canterbury in October. The calf’s mother and two other female bison were released into the woodland back in July as part of a wilding initiative between Kent Wildlife Trust and Wildwood Trust, to combat the climate and biodiversity crises. Link.

• Agrivoltaics - the practice of using land for both solar energy and agriculture - is on the rise across France. In the Haute-Saône region, in the northeast part of the country, an experiment is being conducted by solar-energy company TSE. It is hoping to find out whether solar energy can be generated without hindering large-scale cereal crops. Link.

• The world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor will be up and running by 2040, the UK government has pledged. The plant - which could theoretically provide near-limitless clean energy - will be built in Nottinghamshire. Link.