Business Green

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Beijing promises to 'contribute more' on climate. China revealed this week that it is considering setting a 'carbon neutrality' goal in a move that has significantly raised expectations ahead of next year's COP26 climate conference. All the latest green business news from around the world.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 2, 2021

Over the past ten years, vocabulary moved from ‘global warming’ to ‘climate change’ to ‘climate crisis.’. launched its new “Decade That Matters” report, a deep dive into online climate discussions over the past 10 years and what these may tell us about where we are heading over the next 10 years.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

LED lighting giant claims its global operations are now powered by 100 per cent renewable electricity as it slashes CO2. This means that when it comes to sustainability, we will go beyond carbon neutrality and double our positive impact on the environment and on society in 2025.".

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Partner Content: In this exclusive Q&A with Shopify's Head of Sustainability, Stacy Kauk, reveals why reversing climate change cannot happen without support for the burgeoning carbon removal sector BusinessGreen : Shopify is a big advocate of carbon removal - where does the potential lie for this nascent sector?

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Climate 4.0

AUGUST 17, 2022

Carbon Neutrality, Sometime in the Future China’s government has pledged carbon neutrality by 2060. The US has pledged carbon neutrality by 2050. Its Congress has just passed legislation billed as the most significant in decades , even as it is littered with support of carbon-fuel power generation.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

National climate advisor Ali Zaidi holds a press briefing on Thursday, December 16th, 2021, in the James S. Image: White House Climate change is already taking its toll on the US economy , according to the most sweeping national assessment yet that was published earlier this week. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 26, 2021

utilities have promised to eliminate their carbon emissions by midcentury. utilities are on track to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80 percent by 2030 compared to a 2005 baseline, the target needed to prevent global warming beyond 1.5 Most of the biggest U.S. A new report from the Sierra Club finds that almost no U.S.

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Business Green

MAY 3, 2022

At the same time, emissions have rocketed, with global annual CO2 emissions rising to 36.3 Based on the global carbon budget of 400 billion tonnes between 2020 and 2050, identified by the IPCC in its 2021 Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), the new OECM research calculates carbon budgets for the highest emitting industries.

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Green Business Bureau

AUGUST 4, 2022

However, current net zero plans fall short of what is required to stop the effects of global warming, leading one to question whether net zero is truly the optimal solution. Carbon Positive- Business as Usual. Global warming is likely to reach 1.5°C Carbon Offsets. In the U.S.

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Green Living Guy

APRIL 21, 2022

Bedford 2030 addresses the urgent issue of climate change through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the preservation of natural resources. organize a grassroots effort in our community to achieve aggressive climate action goals identified in the Bedford Climate Action Plan.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 24, 2023

Susan Hall, the Conservative Party candidate for London mayor, has opposed key climate policies, backed the reintroduction of fracking and promoted articles online which spread climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. It is an “absolute delusion”, the article suggested, “that humans can control the climate with their CO2 emissions”.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Australian sheep meat is a “climate-neutral” product. The study found that an alternative method of quantifying the impact of methane emissions has led to a raft of industry-friendly findings that the livestock sector seems to be using to claim climate neutrality as they continue to pollute.

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Green Market Oracle

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Here are fifty recently published books on the subjects of global warming, climate mitigation and social change. Climate impacts 2. Climate action 4. From sunny day flooding caused by higher tides to a sewer system on the brink of total collapse, the city undeniably lives in a climate changed world.

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Rinexii

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

56% of Americans think climate change is something that should be addressed right now, according to a CBS news poll. 1 A more in-depth survey poll conducted by ABC news, Stanford, and the RFF found that 68% of Americans think the government should be doing a lot to stop climate change. It’s true. So what gives?

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Hydrogen Fuel News

JANUARY 21, 2024

Komatsu is aiming to reduce its global emissions by a whopping 50% by 2030, with a further goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. On the other hand, GM has set a target to achieve full carbon neutrality in both its products and operations by 2040. The mining industry is no exception.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2020

global warming trajectory. global warming trajectory. global warming trajectory. In addition, Steelcase said it also planned to engage with suppliers to help them set up their own Science-Based Targets by 2025, before driving its business towards becoming carbon negative by 2030.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2021

NetCarbon i s a French startup that has the aim to use space technologies powered by Artificial Intelligence to deliver carbon knowledge and have a big impact on climate change. This is an answer to two issues that are close to our hearts: tackling climate change and developing sustainable agriculture.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

Most notable are our warming winters , which are melting wonderlands under the brunt of climate change. In this Green Business Bureau article, we address the focal environmental challenge for the ski industry, namely climate change. Climate change challenge: Thawing winters threaten the ski industry.

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Michael Grossman

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

One of life's ultimate paradoxes is the nearly impossible task of changing a person’s mind while at the same time public opinion is never static. When it comes to climate change, we exist somewhere in the middle, painfully awaiting large swaths of the general public to accept proven facts. Reality Bites…Hard.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 29, 2021

Groups including the Warwickshire Climate Alliance have expressed concerns over councillor Butlin’s regular sharing of content from climate science denying groups on social media and remarks expressing doubt about climate change. He has been a county councillor for 12 years.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It is becoming increasingly clear that limiting global warming to well below 2°C, ideally 1.5°C, Within the supply chain alone, steel, aluminium and batteries are particularly carbon intensive - steel alone accounting for 20 per cent of the production emissions of an EV.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

An area of seagrass and rock on the seabed, Mediterranean sea, France: “Blue carbon” ecosystems could prevent approximately 1 gigatonne of CO2e from entering the atmosphere by 2050, says the report. Ocean-based climate action can play a much bigger role in shrinking the world’s carbon footprint than was previously thought.

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Business Green

JULY 20, 2021

In an open letter yesterday, chief executives of major wind players including Ørsted, Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, RWE and SSE - as well as trade bodies Renewable UK, WindEurope and GWEC - urged G20 leaders to throw their weight behind the burgeoning wind sector if the chances of limiting global warming to 1.5C are to be kept alive.

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Energy Innovation

MAY 2, 2019

My testimony outlined four federal recommendations to strengthen our communities and economy: Ensure the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is a merit-driven, technology-neutral organization, required to run the lowest-cost power system. Set performance targets for our grid, aiming at 80 percent zero-carbon electricity generation by 2035.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2021

The current supply chain of biomass giant Drax “makes the impacts of climate change worse”, a new study has claimed. Currently bioenergy is classified as a renewable energy source by the UK government, under the premise that it uses trees which can be replanted to recapture carbon and is therefore considered carbon neutral.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Regenerative Agriculture Often accompanied with: carbon storage, no till, crop rotation With host country the UAE spearheading a new “Regenerative Landscapes” project in close partnership with the likes of Pepsico, Nestlé and fertilizer giant Yara, the term “ regenerative agriculture ” is likely to be a hot topic at COP28.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2021

What’s the single word that fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil’s flagship environmental reports to investors and the public tie most closely to climate change and global warming? The risk of climate change and its potential impacts on society and the ecosystem are widely recognized ,’ says another the following year.”.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

To do so, they draw on friendly science, the promise of technological innovation and slick marketing campaigns – which promise “climate neutral” or “climate smart” meat and dairy – to create the idea we can continue eating vast quantities of the stuff while meeting our climate goals. They’re all getting bigger.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Global technology and engineering giant Hitachi has this week announced it is to strengthen its net zero strategy by extending its goals for carbon neutrality to cover its entire value chain. The company has pledged to meet net zero by 2050 in its external operations. The company will also invest ¥1.5

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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Green Market Oracle

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Five years after the landmark Paris climate agreement, most countries remain far behind on meeting their 2030 emission-reduction targets, and will now have to double or even triple their commitments in order to prevent dangerous levels of global warming this century.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 24, 2021

As nations gear up for a critical year for climate negotiations, it’s become increasingly clear that success may hinge on one question: How soon will China end its reliance on coal and its financing of overseas coal-fired power plants? Roughly 70% of the coal plants built globally now rely on Chinese funding.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Earlier this year, the company joined the SBTi, which works with businesses to independently verify reduction targets as being in alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement science, and it has now had its target validated as being in line with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

So they’re just going to try and squeeze out every last bit of profit they can and give it fancy new names like carbon capture and sequestration. It’s methane gas, which is 80 times more warming in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. It’s not new.” The greenwashing term for it is liquefied natural gas.

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Business Green

JULY 29, 2021

Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiate launches alongside consultation into how carbon credits should be embedded into business strategies. In a statement, the group said it planned to address "credibility concerns" surrounding carbon offset markets and close a "number of critical gaps in voluntary carbon market integrity".

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

The chairs of 14 major UK pension firms collectively managing £267.9bn of assets have come together to form a new net zero alliance, pledging to align their investment portfolios with the Paris Agreement's more stretching target of capping global warming at 1.5C.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2022

The new chairman of GB News has a history of sharing articles that dismiss the threat of climate change, sharpening concerns about the TV channel’s role as a platform for opponents of climate action. McCormick’s tweets about climate change, reviewed by DeSmog, mostly consisted of an article headline and a link without comment.

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