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In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.

  • [New] With the UK lagging behind peer nations France, Germany and the US in productivity, we believe that raising the quality of people management across all sectors has the potential to boost productivity. CIPD
  • [New] Prices will remain relatively flat for the rest of the year before falling to $ 82/b by the end of 2025 as OPEC + supply cuts expire and production increases. investing.com
  • [New] The largest lithium reserves in North America, in Nevada, will be used to build a lithium processing facility to boost U.S. lithium production and reduce dependency on China. New Lines Institute
  • [New] For the aviation industry to reach net zero targets by 2050, a substantial increase in production will be needed to create the blend of 65% aviation fuel required to meet demand. Automation.com
  • [New] Value for farmers By integrating new production technologies, Arla Foods will enhance its operational efficiency and product quality, while also changing product development and delivery timelines. .foodingredientsfirst.com/
  • [New] Samsung reaffirmed its planned KRW 20 trillion investment in a memory-chip research center in South Korea in 2024, and expects $100 million in revenue from its new advanced chip-packaging products. MarketScreener
  • [New] Lenovo hybrid solutions, already optimized to run NVIDIA AI Enterprise software for secure, supported and stable production AI, will now provide developers access to the just - announced NVIDIA microservices, including NVIDIA NIM and NeMo Retriever. insideHPC
  • [New] Europe is halfway towards its target to use 25% of plastics from circular sources in new products by 2030, but progress will be undermined if increased amounts pf plastic are burnt in energy-from-waste plants. MRW
  • [New] The Weather Company plans to leverage Earth-2 APIs to create higher-resolution simulations and develop new weather modeling products, ultimately improving weather intelligence services for enterprise clients. DNyuz
  • [New] By embracing innovation, improving quality, and strategically marketing jute products, Bangladesh can effectively diversify its offerings to cater to diverse international markets, thereby unlocking significant export potential and contributing to economic growth. Press Xpress
  • [New] As part of the funding program, the world's leading supplier of large-scale alkaline water electrolysis systems will work with its long-standing partner De Nora to develop innovations that will enable automated manufacturing of gigawatt-scale AWE production lines for customers in the United States. Chemical Engineering
  • [New] Plant 2 in Mexico will serve as an essential production base to supply 2.72 million traction motor cores to Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America, which was contracted in September last year, while responding to the needs of customers for local production in North America. Magnetics Magazine
  • [New] Synopsys and TSMC are going to production with NVIDIA cuLitho, a computational lithography platform, to accelerate manufacturing and push the limits of physics for the next generation of advanced semiconductor chips. Automotive World
  • [New] No gunboat will be sent by the EU to China or Russia to enforce the cessation of fossil-fuel production and consumption. Dieter Helm
  • [New] With livestock remaining in the wet season grazing areas through early to mid-August, household access to milk will seasonally reduce as conception ahead of the 2024 long rains begins, but milk production will remain near average-to-average levels. Fews Net
  • [New] Maize production is expected to be around 80% higher than the five-year average, driven by the above-average October to December short rains. Fews Net
  • [New] NVIDIA AI Enterprise Powers Production-Grade Generative AI Across Cloud Solutions from SAP Once models are ready for deployment in cloud solutions from SAP, SAP plans to use NVIDIA AI Enterprise software, including NVIDIA NIM inference microservices and NVIDIA NeMo Retriever microservices. NVIDIA Newsroom
  • [New] Blackwell-based computers will enable organizations everywhere to build and run real-time generative AI on trillion-parameter large language models at 25 times less cost and energy consumption than its predecessor, Hopper. VentureBeat
  • [New] The United States could triple its current economy by producing more than 1 billion tons per year of plant-based biomass for renewable fuels while meeting projected demands for food, feed, fiber, conventional forest products, and exports. Tech Xplore
  • OPEC + petroleum liquids production will fall by 1.0 million b/d this year and then increase by 0.9 million b/d in 2025 after most existing production cuts expire. EIA - Energy Information Administration
  • The transport industry could see more hydrogen developments to reduce fuel consumption and carbon pollution over the next decade as the road to low and zero-emission heavy vehicles remains a long one. Canberra CityNews
  • Even if the world gets on track to stay under 1.5 o C, oil and gas production in 2050 will still be about a quarter of current production, largely for non-combustible uses (e.g., petrochemicals and hydrogen production). Pearls and Irritations

Last updated: 25 March 2024



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