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Report: UK requires 'substantial and sustainable' behaviour change to hit net zero

Business Green

The public-private Energy Research Partnership warns all new decarbonisation incentives must include 'behaviour change enabling plans' for corporates and the public. Peer pressure is also a major factor in delivering behaviour change, the report notes, arguing that "visible positive behaviours" can trigger people to make low-carbon choices.

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The Inflation Reduction Act: Investments in Environmental Justice

Energy and Cleantech Council

On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which would provide about $369 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030 as well as reduce carbon emissions and invest in renewable energy. Allocated $1.10

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

GreenBiz

Clean energy for Native American communities. I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun," he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. Solar is a new technology to be able to do so.".

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Mitigating social impact in a low-carbon Singapore

Eco-Business

While companies such as Amazon, Nestlé, and Unilever have set targets for carbon neutrality, Microsoft just announced that it will become carbon negative by around 2030, and remove all the carbon the company has emitted since its founding in 1975.

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The World’s Top 10 Carbon Dioxide Emitters

R-Squared Energy

would cease participation in the Paris Accord due to the potential negative impacts on the U.S. China has gotten a lot of positive press for its investments in wind, solar, and electric vehicles. Nevertheless, China is also the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide by far. The Kyoto Protocol went into effect in 2005.

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The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30

AGreenLiving

Clean energy for Native American communities. “I just remember being super mad about knowing that the way society was operating could ruin something that should be so beautiful and fun,” he says of his first encounter with the idea that human activities negatively affect the environment. Planet-healing fast food.