Business Green

MARCH 22, 2021

Advocates of BECCS argue that by sourcing sustainable biomass feedstocks for power plants and then capturing the resulting emissions, the technology can deliver both reliable renewable power and negative emissions.

Policy 82

Policy Carbon-negative Carbon Government 82

Energy Innovation

JANUARY 28, 2020

Given the Paris Accord’s aspirations, the climate challenge facing humanity can be expressed in simple terms: halve annual carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions by 2030, halve them again by 2040, and again by 2050. Here we focus on some aspects of land-use and negative emission technologies (NET) dependent on the land.

Technology 59

Technology Carbon-negative Climate change Fossil fuels 59

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2023

Compiled by almost 9,000 botanists over the past 20 years, Plant Atlas 2020 dug up a raft of negative trends in British and Irish flora since the 1950s, most startlingly revealing that non-native plants now outnumber their native counterparts in the wild.

Energy Monitor 40

Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Agriculture 40

Business Green

APRIL 1, 2022

The tech giant has lifted the lid on its efforts to soak up more carbon than it emits. While other organizations are focused primarily on getting to carbon neutral for current emissions, Microsoft plans to offset its entire historical emissions going back to when the company was founded in 1975.

Carbon 46

Carbon Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Startups 46

Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

On the anniversary of its pledge to become a 'carbon negative' company, Microsoft has provided a snapshot of its decarbonisation progress to date, revealing it curbed its absolute emissions by six per cent last year while purchasing 1.3 million metric tonnes of carbon removal credits through its first offset tender process.

Carbon 48

Carbon Carbon-negative Policy Soil 48

Business Green

MARCH 6, 2023

There are high hopes the rock could play a major role in the industrial-scale carbon removal scientists have warned is required to slow spiralling global temperatures. But now an industry is growing around the promise of fast-tracking this natural carbon sequestration process to help tackle climate change.

Carbon 43

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative Soil 43

Business Green

JUNE 21, 2022

A series of five science-based targets to protect the world's wetlands by 2030 has been proposed by Wetland International ahead of the pre-COP15 negotiations in Nairobi this week. On average 200 new species are discovered in freshwater wetlands each year and these precious habitats store almost a third of global soil carbon.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Carbon-negative Packaging Soil 36

Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2021

Oxfam warns many net zero goals rely too heavily on forestation to offset carbon emissions, providing a potential threat to agricultural land. Too many companies and governments are hiding behind the smokescreen of net zero to continue dirty business-as-usual activities," he said. "A

Demand 72

Demand Carbon-negative Carbon-neutral Carbon 72

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 9, 2021

In its list of 2030 commitments to support the European Green Deal, CropLife said that it will “invest 10 billion euros into innovation in precision and digital technologies by 2030.” Similarly, CropLife Europe is ready to spend “4 billion euros into innovation in biopesticides by 2030.”

Building Energy Monitoring 98

Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 98

Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

  The whopping $30B fund will be split into “Acceleration” and “Transformation” and will target deploying $250B by 2030.  billion needed to reach its $250 billion goal by 2030. of oil and gas production by 2030 and total net-zero operations by 2050. in climate commitments.

Energy Monitor 61

Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Building Energy Monitoring 61

GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

trillion opportunity by 2030. . trillion opportunity by 2030. Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers. But these materials do more than strike awe and inspiration. Producing just 2.69

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Technology Building Energy Monitoring Packaging Carbon-negative 544

Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2020

The positive role that beavers could have in improving water-quality, with their dams acting as filters which trap soil and other pollutants from surrounding farmland. These include flood attenuation, water quality improvement, carbon storage, greater biodiversity and socio-economic benefits to local businesses through wildlife tourism.

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Government Medicine Carbon-negative Soil 165

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The targets are steep: to cut pesticides by 50 percent and fertilisers by 20 percent by 2030. Most important of all, academics, campaigners, and the European Commission , say the impacts of failing to act on the extinction crisis far outweigh any predicted negative impacts of green reforms. The EU Targets Ignore Science’.

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Europe Sustainability Agriculture Biodiversity 98

Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2022

Thanks to growing interest in environmental social and governance (ESG) funds, investors are rapidly moving into the sector, keen to improve the green credentials of their portfolios while also capitalising on the burgeoning financial opportunities provided by sustainable timber and carbon offsetting schemes.

Carbon 55

Carbon Carbon-negative Biodiversity Investment 55

GreenBiz

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040.

Sustainability 524

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 524

Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Tucked away in the report is this: “The available NDCs of all 191 Parties taken together imply a sizable increase in global GHG emissions in 2030 compared to 2010, of about 16%”. Has there been any progress in reducing global carbon emissions since Paris in 2015? And it’s not all about carbon emissions.

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COP Carbon-negative Climate change Government 113

Business Green

DECEMBER 1, 2022

According to the report, the figure falls drastically short of the levels required to halt biodiversity loss, limit global warming to 1.5C, and achieve land degradation neutrality, with estimates suggesting $384bn is required annually by 2025 and $484bn is needed by 2030.

Biodiversity 36

Biodiversity Government Investment Carbon-negative 36

Business Green

JUNE 16, 2021

So we read that there was no mention of adaptation and resilience in the UK's recently updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement, which saw the UK adopt a 68 per cent decarbonisation target for 2030. We cannot expect nature to mop up all that carbon if it's too dry for the trees to grow.

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Resilience Climate change Government Carbon-negative 101

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The hottest trend of the year was the electrification of transportation, which is on the precipice of a major upswing: Less than 1 percent of fleet vehicles were electric at the beginning of the year, but that number is expected to grow to 12 percent by 2030. . Eastman is one of the largest U.S. That includes two new technologies.

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Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

The good news, however, is that fighting to slash emissions before 2030, and achieving net zero CO2 by 2050, significantly reduces the chances of these sorts of events taking place. Natural carbon sinks become less effective as emissions rise. by the 2100. All major governments worldwide have backed the IPCC's findings.

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Sea level rise Climate change Ocean acidification Carbon-negative 101

Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The Sixth Carbon Budget report published today encompasses around 1,000 pages which offer the most detailed roadmap ever developed on how to transform a modern economy so that it delivers net zero emissions within the space of just 30 years. The Sixth Carbon Budget also brings with it a clear need to act in the short term.

Carbon 48

Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 48

Business Green

APRIL 1, 2020

Royal Society study author argues people 'should be as appalled' by badly managed soils as deforestation. Bringing together the latest evidence on the "diverse and underappreciated" functions soils perform, the science body's research points to many "win-win" benefits that arise from protecting and improving soils.

Soil 66

Soil Policy Health Agriculture 66

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. A hypothetical example would be saying that a diesel car causes zero carbon dioxide emissions. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Business Energy Monitoring 148

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 148

Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Due to ongoing melting of glaciers and polar ice sheets, sea levels are likely to rise by an average of 28-55cm by 2100 and potentially 76cm by 2150, even under a scenario which sees the world slash emissions to net zero by the middle of the current century, followed by shifts towards net negative emissions thereafter.

Sea level rise 81

Sea level rise Ocean acidification Climate change Global warming 81

Business Green

JUNE 29, 2021

Current levels of investment in negative emissions technology fall far short of levels required to cap temperature rise in line with Paris goals, new coalition warns. Most global pathways to achieving decarbonisation in line with 1.5

Carbon-negative 83

Carbon-negative Carbon Technology Global warming 83

Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2020

As burger wars wage in Brussels over whether plant-based products can deploy terminology traditionally used for meat and dairy, some of the world's most prolific meat producers have been gobbling up small plant-based start-ups in order to launch their own low carbon meat lines.

Carbon-negative 82

Carbon-negative Meat alternatives Innovation Biotech 82

Business Green

MARCH 1, 2023

Ultimately, all the targets should support the goal set out in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and the UK government's new Environmental Improvement Plan to reverse nature loss by 2030. Waiting another 10 years for further confirmation of these negative trends is not acceptable. the UK region.

Biodiversity 40

Biodiversity Government Carbon-negative Investment 40

Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 16, 2021

To this day, BP has still not recovered in value and has been branded a dirty oil company soiled in shame. A tarnished brand reputation and negative consumer perspectives. A hypothetical example would be saying that a diesel car causes zero carbon dioxide emissions. Legal conviction by The Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Business Energy Monitoring 78

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Plastics Building Energy Monitoring 78

Business Green

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Moreover, more than half of respondents to the Savanta ComRes survey claimed to be aware that the current food system had negative impacts on climate change, air, water and soil pollution, and that it can drive destructive land-use changes such as deforestation.

Business Energy Monitoring 40

Business Energy Monitoring Government Sustainability Health 40

Green Business Bureau

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Squandering finite resources, creating extravagant amounts of waste, and the excessive release of carbon emissions is causing our planet to belch at the seams. Carbon in our atmosphere is 280 parts per million (ppm). Carbon in the atmosphere is 310 ppm. Carbon in the atmosphere is 360 ppm. Our reality.

Business Energy Monitoring 158

Business Energy Monitoring Sustainability Carbon-negative Climate change 158

DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

It’s a recurring theme that somehow the livestock sector and eating meat is detrimental to the environment, that it is a serious negative in terms of the climate change discussions,” Hsin Huang, Secretary General of the International Meat Secretariat (IMS) , told his audience.

Pollution 98

Pollution Agriculture Carbon-negative Climate change 98

Green Business Bureau

APRIL 27, 2022

One study reported that the average carbon footprint per skier could be as much as 74kg CO 2e per trip. Sustainability pushes resorts away from the negative spiral, where high carbon footprints catalyze climate change – which could ultimately render the ski industry obsolete. The benefits of sustainability for ski resorts.

Sustainability 148

Sustainability Carbon-neutral Carbon-negative Climate change 148

Business Green

MARCH 9, 2022

Both natural and technological means of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere must be rapidly scaled up in addition to deep cuts in emissions in the current decade and beyond if the world is to stand a chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C, a fresh analysis today has warned. goal within reach, Energy Transitions Commission warns.

Carbon 36

Carbon Carbon-negative Global warming Investment 36

GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Attending conferences like GreenBiz 21 serve as perfect soil and ground to grow meaningful connections and partnerships! Learning about their ambitious emissions targets, not only to be net-zero but carbon negative by 2030, removing the carbon emissions they have generated since their start in 1970.

Sustainability 424

Sustainability Plastics Innovation Education 424

Business Green

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The latest BusinessGreen Webinar, hosted in association with Patch, reveals how there are good reasons to think the voluntary carbon market could be at an inflection point Voluntary carbon markets have endured a turbulent couple of years. I think you'll see a lot more positive stories in 2024 than you've seen in 2023."

Carbon 56

Carbon Carbon-negative Investment Global warming 56

AGreenLiving

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

trillion opportunity by 2030. trillion opportunity by 2030. ” Sourcing algae from sustainable seaweed farmers that capture carbon as they grow their crop, Loliware is working to manufacture a variety of bio-based polymers. But these materials do more than strike awe and inspiration. Producing just 2.69

Technology 28

Technology Packaging Building Energy Monitoring Carbon-negative 28

AGreenLiving

JANUARY 11, 2021

Many celebrated with their CSOs on meeting ambitious corporate targets for 2020, while setting audacious new goals for 2025, 2030 and 2050. The company, an early partner with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, has positioned water and carbon emissions as equally critical in the climate crisis. and globally by 2040.

Sustainability 28

Sustainability Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 28