Renew Economy

MARCH 20, 2023

In case they missed the message from the IPCC, UN chief delivers the cold hard facts on climate and fossil fuels. The post UN says Australia must quit coal by 2030, reach net zero by 2040, no new coal or gas appeared first on RenewEconomy. Will Australia respond?

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Charged

JULY 19, 2021

New CEO Toshihiro Mibe has announced that his company hopes to go all-electric by 2040. Honda has already announced plans to sell only electrified vehicles in Europe by 2022, and to go all-electric in North America by 2040. According to Bloomberg, some Honda-watchers wonder whether the 2040 goal is realistic.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

The march of net zero commitments through the financial community chalked off another milestone yesterday, as leading research firm MSCI announced a goal to achieve net zero emissions before 2040. MSCI's commitment reflects our obligation to be good stewards of the capital that long-term shareholders entrust to our company.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

A Scottish university in “Europe’s oil and gas capital” has voted to sell all of its fossil fuel investments over the next four years. million invested in fossil fuels, according to campaigners. The post University in ‘Europe’s Oil Capital’ Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels appeared first on DeSmog.

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Clean Energy Canada

MARCH 14, 2023

government rules to lower emissions in the fossil fuel sector and create a new Clean Energy and Major Projects Office: “Today’s announcement signals a new direction for B.C.’s would simply not meet its climate targets with a growing fossil fuel sector. “We s emissions and its future economic competitiveness.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

Fossil fuel companies could face legal challenges over their misleading advertising, after a DeSmog investigation uncovered the extent of their “greenwashing” Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have put companies on notice with the publication of the Greenwashing Files. ExxonMobil – “Powering Progress”.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Fossil fuels, a vision of the future or something our children will see in history books? The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years. Projections range between 2020 up to 2040, but all outlooks seem certain of this event within the next years.

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Business Green

MAY 23, 2022

Volvo Trucks has announced that its heavy electric trucks are to soon include parts made of "fossil-free" steel, as part of the automakers' plan to slash the carbon footprint of its zero-emission vehicle range.

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Charged

JANUARY 5, 2021

Several of Europe’s largest truck manufacturers have promised to stop selling ICE vehicles by 2040. The chief executives of Daimler, Scania, MAN, Volvo, DAF, IVECO and Ford have signed a pledge to phase out combustion engines and focus on hydrogen, battery technology and “clean fuels.”. Source: Financial Times.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 8, 2023

New buildings must be zero-emission and have solar panels by 2030, and fossil fuel boilers to be banned by 2040 New buildings in the EU must have no emissions from fossil fuels by 2030, and boilers that use those sources will be banned by 2040 under a new deal on energy and homes.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 20, 2021

Fossil fuel companies are pressing ahead with new oil and gas developments, despite a recent warning from the International Energy Agency (IEA) that this will make the Paris Agreement goals impossible to meet, an analysis has found. o C report emphasised “the need for approximately $8 trillion of oil and gas investment through 2040.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Production Gap report reveals governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C. The third edition of the report concludes that despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic the fossil fuel 'production gap' remains largely unchanged.

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Business Green

MARCH 11, 2021

Banking giant commits to ending support for coal by 2040 after reaching compromise with shareholders. The board-backed proposal commits the bank to phasing out all project finance, corporate finance, and underwriting of coal-fired power and thermal coal mining by 2030 in the EU and OECD, and by 2040 globally.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

An Ikarus C42 aircraft piloted by Group Captain Peter "Willy" Hackett completed a 20-minute flight on the morning of 2 November using Zero Petroleum's ZERO SynAvGas 100 per cent synthetic aviation gasoline, as part of a joint mission to defossilise the RAF's fuel intake ahead of its 2040 net zero target.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has signed an executive order that sets the city on a path to electrifying its entire municipal vehicle fleet by 2040. In 2018, the city announced plans to electrify its public bus system by 2040, and in 2019, it bought 15 New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE electric transit buses.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Block Fossils Out' aims to block users from accessing websites and social media accounts belonging to firms which produce or fund coal, gas and oil. BNP Paribas has also recently moved to tighten its coal financing policies , with a target to end coal power financing in Europe by 2030, and also across the rest of the world by 2040.

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Business Green

MAY 19, 2020

In its latest forecast today, BNEF said fossil fuel car sales likely already peaked in 2017. per cent to global electricity demand by 2040, BNEF added. million barrels a day by 2040. million barrels a day by 2040. The addition of so many electrified vehicles to the global fleet will add 5.2

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Business Green

MAY 31, 2023

Hotel chain owner Whitbread sets out suite of measures to eradicate fossil fuel use and fully decarbonise UK estate by 2040

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Italian gas and energy infrastructure giant Snam has set its sights on becoming a carbon neutral company by 2040, pledging to invest €7.5bn over the next four years in hydrogen, biomethane, energy efficiency, and digitisation to help drive its transition away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2021

Swiss Re has announced it is to phase out thermal coal from its treaty reinsurance by 2040, in a move that has been billed by campaigners as a breakthrough for the global reinsurance industry. Reinsurance giants revs up coal phase-out as it pledges to reduce carbon intensity of equity and corporate bond portfolios by 35 per cent by 2025.

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Charged

MARCH 29, 2023

According to Volvo, the delivery is part of Volvo Trucks’ sustainability target of achieving a 100%-fossil-fuel-free supply chain by 2040. Fourteen vehicles from the new fleet will be used to transport goods to and from Volvo’s heavy truck assembly plant located outside the city. Source: Volvo

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GreenBiz

DECEMBER 2, 2020

accelerated its commitment to zero-emission vehicles from 2040 to 2035, and finally to just a decade away. Denmark set the same goal — phase out new fossil fuel vehicle sales in 2030 — and world-leader Norway plans to make the switch in 2025. isn't the only one. Why is 2030 the year for EVs to become the "new normal"?

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GreenBiz

JANUARY 27, 2021

The key solutions today are biofuels, only displacing a mere fraction of fossil fuels-based jet fuel, and offsets. Last year, Neste delivered its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel via pipeline for airlines refueling at San Francisco International Airport to use.

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altenergymag

MAY 27, 2021

All of us are probably aware of the UK's initiative to bring forward the ban on fossil fuel powered vehicles to 2030 from 2040 , to speed green recovery plans generated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This means that the days remaining to electrify the UK's road network are rapidly running out.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

Aviva has announced it intends to reach net zero emissions across its operations, supply chain, and investments by 2040, unveiling a number of new exclusion policies that will see the firm distance itself from the most carbon intensive fossil fuel companies.

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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. Renewables are already ridiculously cheap, with the cheapest forms of solar energy already at less than half the price of fossil fuels.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Carbon Tracker deep-dive into the risks facing oil and gas investments is corroborated by study in Nature that warns overwhelming majority of fossil fuel reserves must stay in the ground to cap global temperatures in line with global goals.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Dutch financial giant announces plan to triple renewable energy financing by 2025 as it cites COP28 agreements on clean energy and fossil fuels

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Business Green

JULY 6, 2022

Online pension provider Smart Pension has announced its plan to transition its default fund to a 'net zero' position by 2040, by ramping up its investments in firms working to boost energy efficiency, accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels, and deliver a more circular economy.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Mr. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo. If we spend 10 percent of that every year, two and a half billion dollars between now and 2040, we could provide universal access to clean cooking in the world. James – What is it that makes a fuel clean?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The Danish company unveiled the new plans this week, as part of its programme to decarbonise its supply chain by 2040. It'll be challenging to reach a carbon neutral footprint by 2040, and it'll require significant innovation in all parts of our supply chain," he said.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals. Green hydrogen is tipped to become competitive with other forms of hydrogen before 2040 in most countries.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

The study, published in the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) journal The Geographical Journal , highlights that global demand for sulphuric acid is set to rise significantly from ‘246 to 400 million tonnes’ by 2040 – a result of more intensive agriculture and the world moving away from fossil fuels.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The government has today confirmed all new heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK will have be zero-emission by 2040, as Ministers prepared to host Transport Day at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow. The report also details how global sales of zero emission vehicles (ZEVs) have more than doubled since 2019 from 2.1 million to 5.3

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Charged

DECEMBER 14, 2022

However, the war has provided the most powerful reminder imaginable of the importance of phasing out fossil fuels. The signatory countries (26 at last count, including the US) aim to phase out sales of fossil-fueled medium- and heavy-duty vehicles by 2040, and to eliminate carbon emissions from these vehicle classes by 2050.

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GreenBiz

JULY 8, 2020

Amazon has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, and says it will make sure half of Amazon shipments are net-zero by 2030. But the business of biofuels is a bit messier and — for bio jet fuel — at an earlier stage than procuring solar and wind energy or even purchasing electric vehicles. . Pull Quote.

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AGreenLiving

DECEMBER 10, 2020

The retirement contributions of New York state workers will no longer be invested in fossil fuels. The state announced Wednesday that it is removing oil and gas stocks from its portfolio, making it the world’s largest pension fund to divest from the fossil fuel industry. Via Huffington Post Image via Artem Sapegin.

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