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. Policy & Politics. isn't the only one. Technology advances, for one. Pull Quote.

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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

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

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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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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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. Swiss Re previously committed to apply its existing thermal coal exclusion policy and thresholds to treaty business starting in 2023.

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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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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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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

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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. The energy transition is dynamic.

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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

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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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Thanks to converging forces — including supportive policies, dropping battery costs and aggressive climate goals — transportation leaders at large and small organizations are increasingly turning to new zero-emission and low-carbon options that decarbonize fleets and in some cases save money. The top 25 most sustainable fleets. Media Source.

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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

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Major win for campaigners, as insurance giant further tightens fossil fuel underwriting policies. Zurich Insurance Group has promised to take "decisive" steps to reduce its exposure to fossil fuel projects and step up its support for the net zero transition, in a major victory for environmental campaigners.

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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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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

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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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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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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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

HSBC recently announced its intention to draw up a new coal policy by the end of 2021, and has committed to phase out coal financing for the first time. HSBC is among the world’s biggest backers of the fossil fuel industry and has provided an estimated $87 billion worth of financing to the industry since the Paris Agreement.

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Greenability Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The city of Kansas City, MO announced last week that it is committing to an all-electric fleet for new vehicle purchases as part of its’ pledge to reach climate neutral citywide by 2040. Kansas City has pledged to be climate neutral, equity-focused and resilient citywide by 2040.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The report was also shared by leading climate science denial groups, including Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation. It claims that the development of electric vehicles could cost 114,000 jobs, yet quoted a study that said the electric car market could support 246,000 jobs by 2040.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 12, 2021

HSBC recently announced its intention to draw up a new coal policy by the end of 2021, and has committed to phase out coal financing for the first time. HSBC is among the world’s biggest backers of the fossil fuel industry and has provided an estimated $87 billion worth of financing to the industry since the Paris Agreement.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Scientists, climate policy experts and campaigners had argued the mine was inconsistent with the government's own aim to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. But there could be a way to transform this potential embarrassment during the run-up to the Cop26 climate conference, into a flagship project for the world's net zero future.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

A critical renewable energy initiative to transition away from fossil fuel reliance is struggling to meet 2030 targets, according to a new report by offshore wind market analysts, 4C Offshore. “This decrease reflects continued policy-side delays and slow authorization processes in multiple countries. .

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 2, 2023

MANCHESTER – The Conservative chair of a parliamentary group on hydrogen has defended the body’s receipt of £70,000 in funding from fossil fuel giants including Shell and Equinor. He added: “[Firms] like Shell, BP, fossil fuel companies, they’ve got money. The companies include Shell, Cadent and Equinor.

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Greentown Labs

MARCH 19, 2024

The International Energy Agency states that “Colombia has emerged as a leader in clean-energy-transition policy making and is an inspiring example of a fossil-fuel-producing country committed to climate action, based on a long-term decarbonization pathway and a policy of energy and economic diversification and a just transition.”

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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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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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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The research, conducted by the non-profit Global Energy Monitor and shared with DeSmog, found thousands of cases in which high-profile corporations engage in lobbying in state capitols, hiring the same lobbyists that do work for powerful fossil fuel companies. A future that does have humanity living in harmony with nature.”.

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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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Clean Energy Canada

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Specifically, language on phasing out coal and fossil fuel subsidies was watered down at the last minute. Canada was one of 15 countries to agree to set targets to make 30% of new buses and truck sales zero-emission by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Canada has committed to stop financing fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2022.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

“We need more policy support than is available today. By 2040, total primary energy demand will be 25 percent lower compared to WoodMac's base case. Meanwhile, "the versatility of green hydrogen is remarkable, with three times the energy content compared to fossil fuels.

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GreenTechMedia

JUNE 22, 2020

Before the stimulus was signed off, a leaked document by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy (DG Energy) ran through a serious of policy plans to marry the European Green Deal and the COVID-19 recovery effort. We cannot go down a hydrogen path where we produce hydrogen from fossil fuels.”

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

With the start of the 28th annual United Nations climate summit, COP28, just two weeks away, a battle is brewing over the role of fossil fuels as nations try to stem the tide of climate change. Now, a new report shows that fossil fuel production by 2030 is set to exceed the level that would be compatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C

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