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In the news | Microsoft on the Issues
Closing the Sustainability Skills Gap: Helping businesses move from pledges to progress
Today Microsoft is publishing a new report. Thousands of companies around the world have issued climate pledges – but globally, we don’t currently have the workforce with the necessary skills to move from pledges to progress.
In the news | Data & Policy Blog
Forecasting Food Insecurity Levels in Near Real-Time Using a Machine Learning Framework
In this blog, Shahrzad Gholami and colleagues introduce their research recently published in Data & Policy: which demonstrated, in a case study in Malawi, the feasibility and accuracy of an early warning system for food insecurity.
In the news | Microsoft Stories
Tech workers turn their skills toward helping the world — one disaster at a time
Her children had grown up under frequent bombing in eastern Ukraine for the past eight years and would automatically — and calmly — run to an inner corridor for shelter whenever they heard the telltale whoosh. So when even they started…
In the news | Microsoft on the Issues – LinkedIn
Tech Issues Explained: Broadband Access
Take a minute and think: How you do your banking, get updates from friends, submit school assignments or even do your job? For billions of people, the answer is “through the internet.” Or in other words, with a fast broadband internet…
In the news | GreenBiz
Microsoft raises its voice on climate priorities
The technology giant declares energy and carbon policy goals, underscores role of digitization in speeding low-carbon economy transition.
In the news | Planet
This Atlas Wants to Map Every Solar and Wind Source in Your Country
Instead of time-consuming human surveys, these living maps are made by AI and satellites to help planners get things done.
In the news | Geekwire
How much solar and wind power is out there? A Microsoft effort using satellites, AI aims to find out
In the race to curb climate change, solar panels and wind turbines are being installed across the planet — but no one knows exactly where and how much renewable power is out there. So Microsoft is teaming up with The…
In the news | Microsoft News Center
Microsoft, Planet and The Nature Conservancy launch the Global Renewables Watch
Microsoft Corp., Planet Labs PBC and The Nature Conservancy on Thursday announced its plans to launch the Global Renewables Watch (GRW), a first-of-its-kind living atlas intended to map and measure all utility-scale solar and wind installations on Earth using artificial…
In the news | IANS
How Microsoft AI is helping India fight heat waves
NEW DELHI: Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith on Thursday visited SEEDS, a disaster response and preparedness non-profit organisation, which is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the impact of multiple hazards like cyclones, earthquakes or heat waves in…