Business Green

OCTOBER 7, 2022

The roundtables are expected to take place on November 7-8 and will cover areas such as green hydrogen, water and food security, achieving a just energy transition towards renewables, and supporting vulnerable communities. Plans for world's largest green hydrogen hub advance.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 7, 2022

Reduce deforestation and restore biodiversity in our oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. Commercialize alternative energy resources such as hydrogen. Key information on Elemental’s application process: Deadline: April 8, 2022. We aim to: Ensure 24/7 renewable power generation and storage. Scale alternative proteins and crops.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 3, 2021

That is despite the Glasgow Climate Pact including a push for parties to come forward with more ambitious nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement in 2022. COP15: UN biodiversity summit meetings delayed over Omicron fears. Iberdrola and H2 Green Steel plot 1GW green hydrogen plant in Spain.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

So far, electrification and hydrogen-based options have struggled to achieve sufficient energy densities. Fuels are hydrocarbons, meaning they are long chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms strung together (sometimes along with nitrogen or oxygen). These lower-carbon fuels are only as good as their ingredients.

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Elemental Excelerator

MARCH 10, 2022

Learning about things like green hydrogen, long-duration energy storage, carbon capture and removal, and regenerative agriculture brings a sense of hope, and ultimately, individual agency that we should all continue tapping into. What areas in food, agriculture, and nature-based solutions are ripe for innovation in 2022?

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Grist

APRIL 4, 2022

Some countries have already made the switch to energy systems that are mostly powered with renewables, and there are a number of systemic solutions — smart grids, energy storage, green hydrogen — that can help others make similar progress. As one of the authors of the report, this moment culminates years of work. degree C rise.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

Demand for biofuels has seen significant tracts of land, much of it the Global South, repurposed for energy crop production, a trend that campaigners have blamed for driving deforestation and biodiversity destruction while exacerbating food insecurity. The advent of hydrogen-based fuels. Regulatory and industry momentum.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The European Biodiversity strategy, which is another core plank of the Green Deal, includes similar goals. At the same time, Yara claims to promote the deployment of “green ammonia”, which instead of fossil fuels would be produced with green hydrogen (hydrogen generated entirely by renewable energy).

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

The crucial COP15 UN biodiversity summit in Kunming, China, which had been set to take place in October is now facing yet another delay, with Covid-19 concerns now likely to now push back the critical nature talks into early 2022, according to reports. European Investment Bank announces green hydrogen partnership.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The phrases laid out below will also be in the back pockets of lobbyists, who doubled in number year on year in 2022 as an analysis by DeSmog revealed , and are expected to show up in force in 2023. All these methods work to improve the soil, reduce air and water pollution, cut emissions, and boost biodiversity.

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Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The plan includes an output target for one million zero or low emission models a year by 2025, backed by increased subsidies for buyers of electric and hybrid cars and support for research into hydrogen power and self-driving cars. New Zealand steps up plans to create 11,000 biodiversity jobs.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Even in the context of an eventful past five years, it is fair to say 2022 was another rollercoaster. And then, somewhere along the way, 2022 also found time for two major UN COP summits - one on climate change, the other on biodiversity - both of which proved momentous in different ways.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Moreover, The Commission is planning a 'New European Bauhaus', emulating the influential German art and design school of the early 20th century by establishing a network of five founding 'Bauhaus schools' in 2022 in different EU countries that would draw together designers and architects to "combine good design with sustainability".

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 19, 2023

Obsolete oil and gas infrastructure could give its owners a head start in a region rapidly emerging as a basin for wind farms; hydrogen hubs; and plans to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from northern Europe’s smokestacks and bury it under the sea. But it also serves the sector’s long-term commercial interests.

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Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 28, 2023

⚡ Advanced Ionics , a Milwaukee, WI-based green hydrogen electrolyzer developer, raised $13M in Series A funding from bp Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, GVP Capital, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. 🌳 NatureMetrics , an Egham, United Kingdom-based DNA-based biodiversity monitoring platform, raised $13M.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

MPs are urging the government to use the upcoming Budget to usher in a major transformation of the tax system to align the UK's spending plans with its net zero and biodiversity commitments, warning time is running short to deliver on its promise of a green economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Budget test.

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Climate Tech VC

MARCH 4, 2024

The US Clean Investment Monitor published its annual report for 2023, which saw clean investment total $239bn, up 38% from 2022. Winners include manufacturing, up 133% from 2022, and emerging climate technologies that saw a whopping 10x jump to $4.3bn.   Lots of spice for clean investment this week. of dollars put to work.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2023

But questions remain about the feasibility of scaling the nascent market for SAFs in line with demand from the aviation sector, as well as the biodiversity, land use, and food security implications of a rapid scale-up of these alternative fuels, which depend on energy crops or captured carbon and hydrogen technologies.

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Business Green

MARCH 12, 2020

A new £1bn Transforming Cities Fund - aimed at delivering a range of schemes across the country by 2022-23, including new cycling and walking routes, rail infrastructure, and bus funding in a boost for active travel and public transport.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

Meanwhile, fears are growing that these various pressures will serve to distract from the ongoing climate and biodiversity crises, as the momentum built up around the COP26 Climate Summit contiuning to dissipate.

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Business Green

APRIL 4, 2022

He urged countries to come forward this year - particularly richer nations in the G20 - with more ambitious national climate commitments ahead of the COP27 summit in Egypt later in 2022. "We

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

On top of that, she will also take control of the UK's net zero and biodiversity agendas as Europe struggles with an energy crisis largely spurred by the Russia's invasion of Ukraine and countries around the world gear up for the crucial COP27 and COP15 UN summits this autumn. — Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) September 5, 2022.

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Business Green

JANUARY 24, 2022

It is because climate is central to geopolitics, that the UK's Integrated Review established tackling climate change and biodiversity loss as the UK's top international priority. I have travelled on a prototype hydrogen bus in India. But this is as much a question of economics as security.

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Grist

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Allison Leidner, a scientist in the earth science division at NASA Headquarters, speaks about Earth’s biodiversity at NASA’s Earth Day event, Friday, April 22, 2016, at Union Station in Washington, DC. This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The Overview Effect on Feb 9, 2022. NASA / Joel Kowsky.

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Business Green

JULY 15, 2021

The plan also reaffirms existing commitments to provide £582m for plug-in car, van, taxi and motorcycle grants until 2022-23, continue providing green number plates for EVs, ensure "favourable" company car tax rates through to 2025, and ensure no vehicle excise duty (VED) is paid on zero emission cars and vans.

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Business Green

MARCH 31, 2023

Businesses leaders urge EU committees to champion Nature Restoration Law An alliance of 12 major business networks is this week urging key European Parliament committees to support and strengthen a proposed Nature Restoration Law, which if passed would set out legally binding goals for restoring ecosystems and biodiversity.

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Other circular approaches include making vanilla flavoring from discarded rice husks and reusing hydrogen peroxide for paper production. Since 2007, Cisco has reduced its GHG emissions by 55 percent since 2007.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

It also seeks to establish a committee to oversee the nation's decarbonisation strategy over the next three decades, as well as calling for a more ambitious 2030 emissions reduction goal, alongside a greater focus on enhancing biodiversity and protecting nature, Eco-Business reports.

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Business Green

JANUARY 9, 2023

On top of this, according to a Food Standards Agency poll from January 2022 , a third of UK consumers would be willing to try lab-grown meats right now. Actions that can enable a shift to truly sustainable and compassionate food systems are important if we are serious about reaching the global and biodiversity targets.".

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

The Brazilian company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange one year ago, sells beauty and biodiversity as intertwined. Other circular approaches include making vanilla flavoring from discarded rice husks and reusing hydrogen peroxide for paper production. Since 2007, Cisco has reduced its GHG emissions by 55 percent since 2007.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

— Jess Ralston (@jessralston2) September 23, 2022. As the Treasury-commissioned Dasgupta review into the economics of biodiversity showed, economic prosperity also requires a healthy natural environment, however. This includes the HyNet's hydrogen pipeline, hydrogen storage and carbon capture and storage infrastructure.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

In February 2022, the Independent quoted Clarke’s argument that “it would be positively irrational for us to resile from our net-zero commitments” in response to pressure from the Net Zero Scrutiny Group of anti-green MPs. He has strongly supported the government’s net zero target.

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 19, 2024

  Hydrogen Long-awaited guidance for the hydrogen production tax credit in the US (45V) could unblock the backlog of clean hydrogen projects in 2024.   Honorable mentions: Critical minerals, biomining, biodiversity, nature tech, precision fermentation, and synbio. And just for fun…the silliest: Tiny cars!

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2022

COP15 Biodiversity Summit reportedly facing further delays. The COP15 Biodiversity Summit that was slated to take place in Kunming, China in May could be delayed for a fourth time, according to reports in the New Scientist. However, the official decision on this has not yet been taken.". EDF announces plans for new Irish wind farm.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 30, 2020

Public Private Partnerships for Circular Cities (Panel Discussion): With a waste diversion rate of 75 percent in 2013 and a commitment to 100 percent diversion by 2022, the city of San Jose is a nationally recognized leader in effective waste management. These lightning talks will make the case for green hydrogen, nuclear and offshore wind.

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Andrew Winston

JANUARY 4, 2023

Let’s break down this shift with 10 big themes that emerged or evolved in 2022. 2022 midterms, climate finally emerged as a real voting issue , with 73% of Americans supporting the IRA. Like HSBC, many investors did flex their ESG muscle in 2022. And Tata Steel is selling Ford “green steel” made with hydrogen-based power.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  Or a red herring?

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