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2020 was the year that…

GreenBiz

2020 was the year that…. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 02:11. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we've published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. All links are to stories published on GreenBiz.com during 2020.)

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The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers

GreenBiz

The top 2020 trends in sustainability, according to GreenBiz readers. Mon, 12/28/2020 - 01:30. From an unprecedented pandemic to a global economic downturn to the intensifying impacts of climate change, we can’t say we’ll miss 2020. READ THE FULL STORY: 8 electric truck and van companies to watch in 2020. . Holly Secon.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

The big stories of 2020 were not just about a pandemic, a reckoning on racial justice, an economic calamity and the ever-imminent rise of climate change impacts. Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. Elsa Wenzel.

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2020 was the year that…

AGreenLiving

2020 was the year that… Joel Makower Mon, 12/28/2020 – 02:11 It was a very long year. To recall some of the key developments, as I have done each December for more than a decade, I’ve plumbed the nearly 1,300 stories, columns and analyses we’ve published on GreenBiz.com since the dawn of 2020 — a.k.a. Remember 2019?

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Sustainable Skiing Guide: 5 Tips for Eco Friendly Ski Resorts

Green Business Bureau

One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. A study by the Environmental Protection Agency showed that between 1955 to 2020, April snowpacks declined by 86%. Below we explore 5 ways ski resorts can reduce their carbon footprint. SUSTAINABILITY GUIDE FOR SKI RESORTS.

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Media brief: What are carbon offsets and how can they be used?

Clean Energy Canada

Offsets offer a carbon polluter (like the operator of a steel plant) an additional option to comply with government rules that limit carbon pollution. Carbon offsets have been enabled under international law in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol and were first used internationally in 2001. WHAT ARE OFFSETS? HOW ARE OFFSETS USED?

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'Unusually positive news': Does 2020 mark a turning point for delivering on the Paris Agreement goals?

Business Green

But then 2020 hasn't exactly been a normal year. As has been well documented, 2020 is expected to see an unprecedented peacetime drop in global greenhouse gas emissions as a result of the economic downturn driven by the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, achieving net zero emissions by mid-century is really only half of the story.