Grist

JUNE 5, 2024

Climate change, even combined with natural cycles such as El Niño, is not enough. Susanne Bauer, a climate modeler at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, says this “ turning point of the aerosol era ” occurred in the first decade of this century, and seems set to continue, as more countries seek to banish smogs.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 1, 2021

In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech. Mon, 03/01/2021 - 01:30. The only sure path to stop climate change is to zero out greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible. The total is expressed as an equivalent amount of CO2, using a single “global warming potential” for a 100-year window.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Photos I shot in 2022 for DeSmog capture damage from extreme weather events and the continued expansion of the fossil fuel industry — the dominant industry causing global warming. Industries reliant on methane gas continue to expand their footprint, despite bipartisan discussions about the need to develop climate solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Often valid concepts in and of themselves, the problem lies in how they are touted as enviro-friendly actions while companies fail to cut their contribution to global heating. The science is also uncertain around soil’s ability to store carbon, which can be easily undone through erosion, or changes in land use or the weather.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2021

Unfortunately, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's latest report makes it completely clear that this will not be considered an unusual year when it comes to floods, fires, drought and all the other natural catastrophes. Perhaps 2021 will go down in history as one of the better years. Global warming of 1.5

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 21, 2022

“It’s mind-blowing that JBS can continue to make climate claims to investors, even as the company massively increases its emissions,” said Shefali Sharma, Europe director for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), a nonprofit advocacy organisation, which calculated the estimates. In 2021 alone, JBS processed 26.8

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The analysis, which was launched today at the COP27 Climate Summit in Sharm El Sheikh, was produced in collaboration with consultancy Systemiq and NGO RMI and will now inform how the IKEA Foundation deploys the new €600m of funding through to 2025.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Hydrogen produced from water via electrolysis represents only a tiny fraction of the industry , and technology aiming to capture carbon emitted in the methane-to-hydrogen production process remains largely unproven. This is misleading for several reasons,” said Mark Z.

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Grist

MAY 18, 2022

“There’s not a whole lot being done about it,” said Rachael Kupka, executive director of the Global Alliance on Health and Pollution and one of the report’s coauthors. According to a 2021 estimate from researchers from the University of Chicago , a failure to meet international guidelines for PM 2.5

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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. Carbon offset program #3: Methane abatement. Some carbon offset projects focus on the combustion and containment of methane.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 9, 2021

A panel of leading scientists convened by the United Nations issued a comprehensive report Monday that contains a stark warning for humanity: The climate crisis is here, some of its most destructive consequences are now inevitable, and only massive and speedy reductions in greenhouse gas emissions can limit the coming disaster.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Did you realize that by throwing food out, you’re also wasting water and causing climate change? According to the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Food Waste Index Report 2021, roughly 17 % of the world’s food output is lost or wasted. Approximately 1.3 Considering Water Waste. Reduce Your Carbon Footprint.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Driven by rapid improvements in the cost and technical feasibility of clean energy, 83% of new US power capacity in 2021 came from renewables. Meeting energy demand and net-zero goals by 2050 necessitates a further global buildout of renewables infrastructure, which can increase energy availability without increasing emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2023

Including a racketeering charge in these lawsuits helps “tell a more robust and full story of what was really happening,” said Delta Merner, a scientist working on climate litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists. Joseph Davis, via DVIDSHUB , CC BY 2.0 More than two dozen communities across the U.S.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

This is the global temperature rise above pre-industrial levels targeted by the 2015 Paris Agreement. The hope is that limiting global warming to 1. The curbing of emissions to reduce the concentration of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the environment. Climate finance. Glasgow Climate Pact.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

For more information, read our full investigation into the meat industry’s messaging on climate change. Meat companies downplay their climate impacts by excluding the majority of their emissions. This factsheet is part of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database project. Sustainable farming campaigners such as the U.K.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

5, 2021, angry and impatient as the first week of the U.N. climate summit ended. I’ve been involved in the climate negotiations for several years as a former senior U.N. Research shows the world needs to cut global emissions 45% by 2030 to keep global warming under 1.5 Rachel Kyte , Tufts University.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 26, 2021

of global warming under national climate plans submitted ahead of next week's COP26 Climate Summit. COP26 must provide a clear route forward to accelerate emission reductions and ensure countries continue to ramp up their near-term climate action.".

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Sustainability Consulting

AUGUST 4, 2021

In 1988, when the changing climate was referred to as global warming , it seemed obvious that the main issue with a changing climate was that the planet was getting hotter. The losses will especially be felt in the southern states from California to Florida according to a study published in Climatic Change.

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DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 12, 2021

Developing carbon capture and storage (CCS) capacity is a key feature of the UK’s strategy to reduce emissions and hit its climate targets. CCS technology has been under discussion and development for decades and governments are increasingly relying on it to meet their climate goals. percent of global yearly CO2 emissions at most.

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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

On the plus side, the pact reaffirmed the central importance of 1.5C (our best chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change), mentions coal and fossil fuels for the first time, and calls for countries to “revisit and strengthen” 2030 climate pledges by the end of 2022 instead of waiting another five years. (If

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Business Green

JUNE 14, 2022

With respect to the warnings of the severity of climate change, this is presently far from the case. With regard to addressing climate change, the transition to a new renewable energy-based paradigm is the greatest economic opportunity of all time. The challenge. Gt CO2 that year.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Doing so is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and staving off most of the worst effects of climate change, experts say. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline How steel might finally kick its coal habit on Feb 3, 2021.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline , a new report from Global Energy Monitor, found that “China commissioned 76 percent of the world’s new coal plants in 2020, up from 64 percent in 2019, driving a 12.5 GW (gigawatt) increase in the global coal fleet in 2020.”. Can Coal Replace Natural Gas? In the U.S.,

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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. GWP* prioritizes the trend over the last 20 years. Credit: Matt Brown/Flickr (CC BY 2.0)

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Business Green

JANUARY 15, 2021

The survey, carried out in partnership with market research firm BVA, found that although most respondents are more worried about Covid-19 than climate change, 72 per cent of Europeans and Americans, and 84 per cent of Chinese people, believe their choices and actions can contribute to the fight against global warming.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The Looming Crisis and Awakening Opportunity 2020 was a brutal year and 2021 has been off to a rough start. While there’s reason to have hope for the future with multiple vaccines promising the end of the pandemic, we unfortunately have an arguably larger global crisis looming. Why Climate Intelligence?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Build resilience of vulnerable communities against the here and now impacts of climate change. And make good on the $100 billion climate finance commitment to support developing countries. "We Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation, said: "Paris is working. Phase out coal. Put a price on carbon.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The analysis , however, found that 63 percent of the more than 3,000 online posts and videos posted on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook by Royal Dutch Shell, TotalEnergies, Repsol, Eni, Fortum and Preem between December 2019 and April 2021 presented the energy companies as “green”. New challenges need new solutions.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 26, 2023

warming, we need to slash emissions dramatically – and at speed. Methane, a greenhouse gas which is belched out in high volumes by cattle, has been identified by the UN and world leaders as the quickest route to cut global heating. Animal production also emits 65 percent of global nitrous oxide emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

When Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) made its debut ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021, it looked like the kind of group that could meet an important but largely neglected area of global climate response. Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

The world cannot address climate change without finance," said GFANZ co-chair Mark Carney. Similarly, the global financial system cannot do its fair share without the leadership of the Asia-Pacific financial institutions. California unveils new Methane Accountability Program.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Major report highlights goals of Paris Agreement are threatened by weak climate ambition from countries and limited climate finance flows from rich to poor nations. The world is not remotely on track to limit global warming to 1.5C warming pathway. within reach.". he asked.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 1, 2021

In stopping climate change, time is as important as tech Jonathan Foley Mon, 03/01/2021 – 01:30 This article originally appeared on the author’s personal blog, and was written in that capacity. The only sure path to stop climate change is to zero out greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2023

Earlier this year , a campaign NCBA began in 2021 called “ Beefing up Sustainability ,” and a corresponding campaign targeted to kids , advanced to the final round. Both were part of NCBA’s multi-pronged PR campaign about how beef is actually a climate-conscious food.

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Green Business Bureau

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The objective of the convention was to: “ Stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climatic system.” – UNFCCC , What is the United Nations Framework on Climate Change? 30 years later came COP 26 (2021) – held in Glasgow.

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Grist

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Go above that, scientists warn, and the planet will be on track to deliver the worst ravages of climate change. Some 60 percent of experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change expect average global temperatures to get that hot, or even hotter, in 80 years. degrees C) over preindustrial levels.

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