Sustainability lessons from Iceland

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Over the past century, Iceland has built its expertise in geothermal energy, which has advantages and disadvantages.
64% : Arctic Green Energy was similarly created to export Iceland's leadership in geothermal and other renewables to the emerging markets of Asia.
62% : "Iceland has been harnessing renewable energy for over a century," explained Nótt Thorberg, director of the trade group Green by Iceland, which is part of Business Iceland.
62% :Reykjavik Geothermal, which was founded in 2008, has a focus on exporting its expertise to emerging markets that have ideal resources for geothermal energy, and it is currently constructing two projects in Ethiopia.
62% : The business teamed up with China's Sinopec in 2006 to create Sinopec Green Energy, which has become the world's largest geothermal district heating company.
59% : Currently, just 20 countries generate geothermal energy, and with its famous hot springs and geysers, Iceland is the poster child for the technology.
57% : From ORF Genetics, which is hoping to be a game-changer in the lab-grown meat sector, to Vaxa, which converts clean energy into nutrient-rich microalgae.
50% : Upon the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s latest publication, United Nations secretary general António Guterres told leaders that it was now or never, and he called on nations to invest in renewable energy and low-carbon technology to reduce emissions in order to hit net zero targets "as close as possible to 2040" - a deadline that is a decade before the 2050 goal most countries are aiming for.
42% : It is low cost and able to operate year-round at stable levels, unlike wind and solar power.

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