Envirotec Magazine

MAY 28, 2021

New study appears to find that a tripling of current investments into nature-based solutions is needed by 2030 to tackle the climate crisis, otherwise there will be a $4 trillion financing gap. Biodiversity loss is already costing the global economy 10 percent of its output each year. A total investment of $8.1

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Business Green

AUGUST 27, 2021

Colombia to host hybrid Biodiversity PreCOP. The Kunming Summit has been postponed repeatedly in response to the coronavirus crisis, further fuelling fears that governments are not doing enough to enhance biodiversity protection, despite the world missing nearly all the targets it set at the Aichi Summit over a decade ago.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

World leaders announce new biodiversity commitments as they declare upcoming nature summit a global priority. In addition, a new accelerator for action on biodiversity was announced by the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Colombia on behalf of the President of Colombia.

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Business Green

JUNE 6, 2021

Sustainable agricultural practices offer net zero and biodiversity benefits, the frozen chips giant claims. It's estimated that a quarter of man-made carbon emissions come from the production of food, and if we have to grow more food to feed more people, that will only intensify.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2023

While 2050 may seem distant, without an immediate step-change in implementation the UK will miss its 2030 target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 68% and be off track for the mid-century goal of net zero. These include council led insulation programmes and the development of heat networks.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 2, 2020

New climate target will be achieved by transitioning mining operations to clean energy, improving energy efficiency, developing proprietary carbon capture technology and purchasing offsets, company said.

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Fairsnape

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The biggest contribution we can make to the climate crisis is to urgently deliver buildings that are carbon sinks. The plethora of climate, carbon and biodiversity targets, visions and reports within, and beyond, the built environment, may seem to cause confusion, but there is a core, science based purpose.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

The GRSB said its members would work to reduce the net global warming impact of each unit of beef they produce by 30 per cent by 2030 through the adoption of a suite of best practices across the beef value chain. But many campaigners counter that beef consumption is likely to have to shrink if national net zero emissions goals are to be met.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

As such, with solar power costs continuing to plummet and UK solar projects having set a new all-time peak generation record of 9.68GW last April, the government should aim to set a minimum target for the sector to ramp up capacity to 40GW by 2030, the group said.

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Fairsnape

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The airline industry is in the news again with Ryanair being told by the advertising watchdog to stop adverts that claim it to be the greenest airline in Europe, The airline industry has become a focus of both carbon ‘anger and angst’, along with a reawakening of the carbon offsetting debate.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

New 20-year partnership with WWF aims to help roof window specialist offset 100 years of carbon emissions through global reforestation and afforestation projects. million tonnes of carbon dioxide - by investing in forest and biodiversity projects developed for Velux by WWF. Embracing a commitment aligned with a 1.5C

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Nature-based infrastructure solutions can influence 79% of all targets across the Sustainable Development Goals, highlighting the critical role nature can play in advancing sustainable development, climate action and biodiversity conservation, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), UNOPS, and the University of Oxford.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Industry Voice: Atkins' Kate Vincent shares her knowledge on carbon removal - one of the most discussed environmental topics of recent times. Carbon removal is one of the most discussed environmental issues of our times and high on the agenda of engineering, design and project management multinational Atkins.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

The university outlined a staggered approach to divestment through to 2030, and said it will invest instead in renewable energy. The University of Cambridge has committed to divest from all direct and indirect investments in fossil fuels by 2030, as the institution works towards its goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2038.

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

These new expectations go beyond the goal-setting and reporting process – it also is now expected that companies will have multifaceted sustainability goals and programs that encompass carbon but also water, waste and biodiversity and also are creating new tools and services to enable others to build on their work. .

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Business Green

MARCH 23, 2023

Yesterday, the Department confirmed the ban for the remainder of peat-containing products would now be brought in in 2030 - six years after the initial ban. These precious habitats are vital for nature and for our climate because they store vast amounts of carbon and are home to some of the UK's most special wildlife.

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Business Green

APRIL 30, 2021

The strategy, titled 'Building a Better World', sets a series of targets to curb its direct environmental impacts, alongside specific pledges to enhance nature on new developments, achieve science-based carbon reduction goals,;and make it easier for customers to live in a more sustainable way.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Demand for voluntary carbon offsets holds strong. We chat with Kristen Lang, senior director of the Ceres Corporate Networks about the new Corporate Roadmap 2030 , a blueprint for strategy, policy action and systems change. How to add considerations for equity and biodiversity into renewables procurement?

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Business Green

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Motorsport governing body FIA unveils plans for F1 cars to use greener fuel in next five years, as it sets sights on becoming net zero carbon by 2030. We are delighted by the momentum on sustainable fuels which perfectly aligns with our plan to be net zero carbon as a sport by 2030," he said. by the end of the century.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

With negotiations continuing through the weekend, Saturday has been designated 'Nature and Land-Use Day' and a raft of announcements are expected on how governments and businesses can ramp up efforts to expand natural carbon sinks, encourage greener farming practices, and bolster climate resilience across the agricultural supply chains.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 22, 2024

Figure 1: Energy-related emissions and net-zero carbon budget, BNEF’s Economic Transition Scenario and Net Zero Scenario (Source: BloombergNEF. The affordability of renewable energy, especially solar and wind, means that they grow rapidly in this scenario, to 51% of global power generation by 2030, and 70% by 2050. is buildings).

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Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 12, 2023

The study found, once the bulk of emissions have been reduced, countries plan to ‘cancel out’ the left-over difficult to decarbonise emissions, such as those from agriculture, by using forests and soils to remove carbon from the atmosphere. These mean forests and soils could lose their stored carbon back to the atmosphere.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Following a consultation last year, the government yesterday confirmed plans to bring in the new Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) requirements in a phased approach between now and the end of 2025, starting with local planning authorities this year before extending to major infrastructure projects.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A new paper from an independent group of climate experts emphasises “the critical importance of a comprehensive financial and regulatory ecosystem incentivising emissions reduction and removal, supported by a properly functioning carbon price.” An alternative approach to carbon pricing.

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Envirotec Magazine

MAY 17, 2022

Sella and Perkol-Finkel’s invention, ‘Concrete technology to encourage marine biodiversity,’ was judged by a panel of former award winners based on its contribution towards technical progress, social and sustainable development and economic prosperity. each year to 2030.

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Business Green

MARCH 2, 2023

The maker of Jim Beam and Maker's Mark is to pilot a cocktail of best practices designed to enhance carbon capture and water, waste, and energy efficiency in the agave fields near its Casa Sauza operations as part of a year-long pilot with environmental professional services firm Red BioTerra.

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Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

Legal & General has committed to making all the homes it builds operationally zero carbon by the end of the decade, a plan it says will slash customer energy bills and help the UK meet its 2050 net zero target. Yet on the basis of current Building Regulations and planning standards, none of these outcomes would be guaranteed.".

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Released yesterday, the influential analyst firm's latest projections on the burgeoning market for so-called sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) estimate that, under current policies, planes could be using up to seven billion gallons of SAF worldwide by 2030. But that figure could rise to 10.6 billion gallons - or 7.5

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

He said it was exciting to see the strong focus on forests at this week’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) underway in Egypt, with Australia joining world leaders in committing to halting forest loss and land degradation by 2030.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

In a communique published at the close of a three-day Energy and Environment Ministerial meeting in Berlin this week, the world's largest economies set out their priorities for tackling the intersecting climate, biodiversity, and pollution crises, and responding to the disruption to energy markets wrought by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Analysis highlights burgeoning market for technologies such as satellite rainforest monitoring, tree-planting drones, and carbon credit trading software. It covers innovations such as satellite rainforest monitoring, tree-planting drones, and carbon credit trading software.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2024

BusinessGreen rounds up the most widely read stories on the site this week And then there were two: England gets its second onshore wind turbine in the last 12 months AWGroup switches on new turbine in Bedfordshire - and calls on the government to make it easier to deliver the cheapest form of new power generation - by James Murray ( @james_bg ) UK (..)

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Launched only a year ago, Textiles 2030 has convened more than 110 leading businesses and organisations and brought the UK one step closer to accurately measuring and addressing the impact of the UK’s clothing and home textiles. The Courtauld 2030 Water Roadmap was published in partnership with WWF and Rivers Trust.

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Business Green

APRIL 12, 2021

Recent headlines suggesting the UK government might slap a carbon tax on burgers and the great British banger have reignited controversy about what tackling the climate will mean for our food. They also stress that lower carbon and more local diets need to be affordable for all.

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

This extensive, three-year farm-based programme intends to highlight opportunities for reducing the carbon emissions of barley production. Delivering on the three pillars of sustainability – environmental, social and economic – is a key priority of mine and is core to the Food Vision 2030 strategy I am implementing.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Consumer goods giant outlines plans to spend €1bn on ramping up carbon capture and utilisation technologies that will curb its cleaning and laundry product line's reliance on fossil fuel derived chemicals. The firm expects its new programme to reduce the carbon footprint of its product formulations by a fifth.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

The supermarket giant today announced plans to trial eight low carbon alternatives to fertilisers across 1,300 hectares of its field vegetable suppliers' farmland during this year's growing season, with a view to then scaling the approach up to a minimum of 4,000 hectares next year.

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