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Smart grids vital to green energy drive

Smart Energy International

The global energy landscape is on the cusp of transformational changes as the migration to clean power gathers pace. With world leaders about to gather in Dubai, United Arab Emirates for the COP 28 climate summit, the transition to green energy will be one of the key topics on the agenda.

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Preparing for COP26

Envirotec Magazine

The UN Climate Change Conference is only a few months away, and to say that expectations are high would be an understatement. What are the big priorities for COP? She believed good progress was being made on Adaptation (the effort to secure protection for habitats and communities against the effects of climate change).

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COP26 Climate Summit: From fossil fuels to forests - 10 things we learned in Glasgow

Business Green

BusinessGreen brings you an overview of the key business takeaways from the Glasgow Climate Summit. After two weeks of intense negotiations and an avalanche of sectoral side deals, the COP26 Climate Summit was finally brought to a close by an emotional Alok Sharma late on Saturday night. Fossil fuels get named and shamed.

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End of new coal power 'within sight' worldwide, report claims

Business Green

Analysis by E3G and Global Energy Monitor calculates pipeline for pre-construction coal plants has plummeted 76 per cent since 2015. Moreover, it claims a further 16 countries only have one new coal power plant each in development, putting them just "one project away from a future without coal".

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Former COP26 President Brings Shell, BP, Equinor Reps Into Climate Conference

DeSmogBlog

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — The former president of the COP26 climate talks has brought a delegation including four oil companies and tobacco giant Philip Morris to the summit currently taking place in Glasgow, Scotland. O’Neill gave an interview to Radio 4 at the time claiming prime minister Boris Johnson didn’t “really get” climate change.

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COP26 sends a clear signal to businesses and investors

Business Green

Despite the tense, last-minute drama, the Glasgow Climate Pact sends a very clear investment signal to businesses and financial institutions, argues Nick Molho from the Aldersgate Group. This is understandable, but it should not detract from the very clear signals that the business and investment community have been sent at COP26.

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What Is Carbon Accounting? Standards, Frameworks, Developments and Challenges

Green Business Bureau

The aim is to help the entity understand its climatic impact. Carbon accounting is a must for any becoming business today. Such businesses better meet the demands of the regulatory environment while coming into alignment with investor, consumer, and employee preferences. And to do that, this Green Business Bureau is your guide.

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