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  Estonia; Europe’s Silicon Valley, attracting Entrepreneurs from around the world

  Estonia is known as the world’s most advanced country in information technology, ranks first in the world in the number of start-up companies and unicorn companies per capita. This article features an interview Mr. Oliver Ait, from the Estonian Embassy in Tokyo, about the secrets of the Estonian start-up ecosystem and the ideal form of collaboration with Estonian start-up companies.

  
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  A challenge to the world food loss – The key is up-cycle of surplus food

  Why does the world have very contrasting problems – food that is lost or wasted and starvation? According to a 2020 United Nations report, it is estimated that the number of people suffering from starvation reached about 690 million in 2019, which was 10 million higher than that in 2018, and increased by nearly 60 million in the five years from 2013(*1)

  
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  Carbon intensity trends

  In the battle against climate change, many industries are facing intense pressure to reduce their greenhouse emissions. The oil and gas industry is being pressured from all sectors to transition away from fossil fuel production. Not only are carbon intensity regulations becoming stricter, but investors are increasingly becoming more interested in sustainable assets.
  In December 2020, the government of Denmark — the European Union’s leading producer of oil and gas — effectively declared an end to the fossil fuel era by canceling all future licensing for North Sea oil and gas exploration.