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. of warming.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

LDES also supports decarbonizing high-temperature industrial manufacturing, which currently relies on burning fossil fuels to produce heat.  To meet these targets, new policy mechanisms may be necessary to bridge current cost gaps. Long-term The food and chemicals industries alone account for over 20% of industrial emissions.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Population growth will plateau after 2030-2040, causing energy demand to stabilize and decline afterwards. The current overcapacity in the oil markets will ensure a lasting shift in fossil markets. The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

As it stands, blue and gray hydrogen derived from fossil fuels are cheaper than using renewable-energy-powered electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen from water. And Wood Mackenzie's research indicates that the cost of green hydrogen will fall by 64 percent by 2040 as the market scales up.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Now, the Dutch NGO that successfully sued Shell over its climate plans is taking those financial backers to court in a case that could help reverse the global banking sector’s support of fossil fuel firms and their activities. ING’s climate policy is miles away from what is necessary to achieve the 1.5°C Credit: Sabrina Bedford.

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Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This is according to DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook North America , which reveals a transformative shift in energy consumption patterns driven by policies and investments in renewables and electrification. However, policies have already been set in motion in both the US and Canada to rectify grid capacity limitations.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The IEA in a new report points to signs that grids are becoming a bottleneck to clean energy transitions and that delayed action means prolonging reliance on fossil fuels. This means adding or refurbishing a total of over 80 million km of grids by 2040, which is the equivalent of the entire existing global grid.

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Business Green

JANUARY 30, 2020

Influential think tank argues governments could soon be forced into an abrupt net zero policy shift that would threaten value of oil assets. We do not know when or how an inevitable policy response will come, which makes it hard for companies to plan," explained report author Andrew Grant, senior oil and gas analyst at Carbon Tracker.

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Policy Carbon Fossil fuels Government 63

Smart Energy International

MARCH 25, 2024

French TSO RTE has proposed investments prioritising developments of its network of the order of €100 billion by 2040. However, since then, the state has redefined its energy policy, including a revival of nuclear power, the acceleration of renewables and reindustrialisation through the development of low-carbon industrial zones.

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Business Green

AUGUST 13, 2020

One Nation Conservatives group of more than 100 MPs call for 2030 fossil fuel car ban, carbon tax and tree planting funding.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 13, 2020

There is currently twice as much installed hydro as there is solar, but PV could grow three times faster from now till 2040. Even the IEA’s middle-road "Stated Policies" scenario would require an 80 percent increase in grid investments over the next decade compared to the previous 10 years. Grid operators in China, the U.S.

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Global warming Hydropower Fossil fuels Investment 130

Envirotec Magazine

JANUARY 24, 2022

World leaders are missing the opportunity to achieve deep cuts in emissions by adopting circular economy strategies that reduce demand for resources, it warns, and it identifies a roadmap that it says could help them meet the target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. billion last year. of materials cycled. Gt of materials.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 30, 2019

New York recently announced its target of 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2040, joining California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington in passing substantive clean energy targets. Demand for energy resilience will spread across the country as the effects of climate change become more acute.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

“We need more policy support than is available today. WoodMac's report finds that peak energy demand will have to arrive in 2023. By 2040, total primary energy demand will be 25 percent lower compared to WoodMac's base case. What does a 2-degree-warmer world look like?

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

billion by 2028, India is set to emerge as a market leader due to significant uptake and favourable policy measures, according to Research and Markets. Additionally, the increasing costs of fossil fuels and gas have triggered significant adoption of electrical automobiles, propelling market enlargement. billion in 2023 to $120.65

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Business Green

JUNE 1, 2021

Campaigners welcome AGM vote but warn bank's commitment must be followed up by robust framework for delivering global 2040 coal financing phase out. The bank is the second largest funder of fossil fuels after Barclays in Europe and undertakes extensive work with the coal sector in Asia. targets that cover all financing.

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Fossil fuels Policy Asia Carbon 95

Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Power grids globally must be upgraded by 2040 to keep the lights on. While COP28 agreements to transition away from harmful fossil fuels and triple our collective renewable energy production by 2030 are noble, it will take intentional and strategic goalposts to help us get there.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 1, 2024

By denying, derailing, delaying, and deflecting meaningful discussions around the sector’s key issues, the agriculture industry is using the same tactics as the tobacco and fossil fuel lobbies. Misleading Ads The report pointed to widespread advertising campaigns that downplay the impacts of the animal agriculture industry.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 26, 2021

Despite net-zero pledges, banks used $750 billion to finance fossil fuels in 2020. Net-zero commitments may have ricocheted across banking sector over the last 18 months, but big banks' attestations of climate concern did not stop many from expanding financing for the world's top fossil fuel firms during the pandemic year.

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2022

Swiss Re has said it will no longer provide insurance for most new oil and gas projects, as the world's second biggest insurer unveiled plans to tighten its policies for providing cover to fossil fuel infrastructure as part of its annual sustainability report yesterday.

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Business Green

MAY 18, 2021

It provides direct advice to governments and its annual World Energy Outlook reports, which offer projections for future energy sources and demand, have provided the bedrock for major energy investment and policy decisions that help shape the trajectory of the global market. The death knell is being sounded for fossil fuels.

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AutoGrid

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Its electricity demand reached an all-time demand peak of 223 gigawatts (GW) this past June, and projections indicate it could hit 340 GW by the decade’s end. To put that into perspective, the electricity demand for Germany in 2022 was 200 GW. Asset Diversity: As is the case in the U.S.

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Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring 80

Business Green

MAY 13, 2022

Government confirms plans to begin phasing out new fossil fuel trucks from 2035 before ending sales completely by 2040. The government said ending the sale of new, non-zero emission HGVs before 2040 was "vital if we are to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and achieve net zero".

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Business Green

MAY 25, 2021

But researchers warn exponential growth of EVs needs a policy boost. It predicts that all car sales could be electric by 2040, if growth continues along the 'S curve' deployment trend seen by disruptive innovations in the past, such as the rapid shift from landlines to mobile phones. Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C

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Electric vehicle Electricity Automotive Policy 101

Smart Energy International

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

trillion by 2040 before dropping back to around $850 billion by 2050. To achieve this the investment in the grids to 2030 needs to reach US$680 billion, of which close to 70% would be for the distribution grids with the aim of expansion, strengthening and digitalisation. Have you read?

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nine global corporates back new ambition statement that sees them commit to transitioning their freight vessels to zero carbon fuels by 2040. In the statement, zero carbon fuels are defined as fuels that release no or very little greenhouse gases over their lifecycle, including no emissions at production stage. "The

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

The government is already running a £1bn CCUS Infrastructure Fund to help support projects, with an aim to have four low carbon capture clusters running by the end of the decade, and at least one fully net zero cluster by 2040.

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Policy Carbon-neutral Hydrogen Government 66

Business Green

MAY 5, 2021

Minerals such as lithium and copper are critical for EVs and renewables, but a lack of investment and policy clarity risks undermining the burgeoning market.

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E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs

AUGUST 31, 2022

Also, the proposed rule requires all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sales in California to be zero-emission by 2040. The following chart depicts the drop in ZET sales in California if the 100% zero-emission sales date is not moved from 2040 to 2036. California must act now to finalize the strongest ACF rule possible. like the ACF?—?that

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Global greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation are on course for a dramatic seven per cent drop in 2020 due to plummeting economic activity caused by the coronavirus crisis, setting the scene for renewables to dominate the recovery at the expense of fossil fuels. per cent today.

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Elemental’s Policy Lab team unpacked the major national, subnational, and private sector commitments that emerged from COP 26 for climate technology innovation in the United States and beyond. degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 23, 2020

In our Energy Transition Outlook (ETO), peak energy demand arrives in 2040; in the AET, it's 2029. For a 2-degree world, energy demand will need to peak much sooner — in just three years' time, by 2023. and finally, fuel-cell vehicles. and finally, fuel-cell vehicles. How could it happen so quickly?

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Business Green

AUGUST 21, 2022

In a paper published in The Geographical Journal , researchers warn that the global supply of sulfuric acid - a critical component in the production of fertilisers which is also used in the extraction of minerals required for lithium-ion batteries - is soon to be significantly outpaced by demand.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Banking giant says it will end financing for coal fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in EU and OECD countries, and by 2040 for the rest of the world - but activist investors remain unimpressed. The fact that HSBC has introduced a coal phase-out policy is itself a victory for shareholder engagement with banks on climate," she said.

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Fossil fuels Asia Policy Global warming 58

GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The newly approved changes will boost those targets dramatically for investor-owned utilities Arizona Public Service and Tucson Electric Power, mandating a 50 percent cut in carbon emissions from 2016 to 2018 average levels by 2032 and a 75 percent cut by 2040. are facing bigger and more devastating wildfires.

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Carbon Nuclear Power Packaging Policy 130

Elemental Excelerator

OCTOBER 18, 2022

And the regions that will see the most warming, and therefore the highest demand for cooling, are economies that are expected to stay reliant on fossil fuels through 2040. Here are some of my key takeaways: Expanding access to cooling is a key line of defense for adapting to increasingly harsh weather.

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