Renewable Energy World

JUNE 25, 2021

On Tuesday, World Resources Institute (WRI), with support from the Global Environment Facility, UN Environment Programme and World Green Building Council, among others, launched the Zero Carbon Building Accelerator (ZCBA) to speed up the transition to zero-carbon, efficient buildings.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

“Many carbon credits will be created through the protection of forestry.” ” By Mike Edwards, Chairman of Ora Technology PLC (Ora), a company focused on carbon trading, and attempting to facilitate the process of buying, selling, and retiring carbon credits in the voluntary carbon market (VCM).

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Breaking down barriers between financiers and civil engineers could unlock vast flows of finance into low-carbon infrastructure projects, according to a new report from the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) published on 15 November. trillion per year between now and 2050.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 24, 2022

The UK has been ranked 5th out of 15 countries in its deployment of low-carbon hydrogen as a fuel source, according to a new analysis of countries that have branded themselves as potential leaders in the new hydrogen economy. The low-carbon hydrogen index explores countries with a strong potential for production or consumption of the fuel.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 30, 2021

A report published on 26 August by an independent group of experts warns that reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 is now “too little too late”, and will not achieve the long-term temperature goals identified in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C license ). C by the end of the century.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2020

South Korea will set its sights on becoming a carbon neutral country by 2050, President Moon Jae-in announced today, making it the latest major economy committed to ending its contribution to climate change as crucial momentum towards net zero gathers pace ahead of COP26. has today committed to #NetZero by 2050!

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GreenTechMedia

MAY 27, 2020

utilities in setting a net-zero carbon target for 2050, aiming to balance the emissions from its sizable fossil fuel-fired generation fleet and sprawling natural gas business with reductions to be gained by expanding its portfolio of renewable energy and energy efficiency. Counting on 'negative carbon' solutions.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Case in point: One week ago, GTM published a list of the major investor-owned utilities that had not committed to eliminating carbon emissions. But Entergy pulled itself off the list with an announcement made Thursday pledging net-zero emissions by 2050. Hinnenkamp offered a preemptive defense of new gas investment.

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 30, 2020

billion in new wind and solar investments in the next 12 months and is outlining plans for electric vehicle charging, energy storage and green hydrogen production pilot programs to meet its goal to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. billion, five-year capital investment plan from the multistate utility.

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Business Green

APRIL 25, 2022

Processes developed by Carbon Upcycling Technologies promise to reduce emissions by up to 30 per cent. Global cement giant CEMEX has invested $6.5m in Carbon Upcycling Technologies, a Canadian start-up whose innovative processes could reduce the emissions associated with cement making by up to 30 per cent.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Lizzy Almond and Caroline Bartlett of Emitwise , a firm which provides a platform for carbon management, offer a few thoughts. In 2019, the UK was one of the earlier countries to implement mandatory greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting through the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) regulation. What needs to happen?

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 3, 2020

Shell’s new Nature-Based Solutions business has made its first acquisition, with the Anglo-Dutch oil major announcing Monday that it will buy Australia's Select Carbon. Shell has a net-zero ambition for 2050 and has been upfront about the contribution that carbon offsets will make to that effort. Credit: Shell).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Jupiter Fund Management has committed to achieving net zero emissions by 2050 across its full range of investments and operations, citing the "urgent need" to limit global warming to less than 1.5C I am pleased at the progress Jupiter is making towards this at both an investment and company level.".

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

Pension and investments giant also takes aim at halving CO2 across its multi-billion pound portfolio by 2030. Royal London has committed to at least halving CO2 emissions across its entire investment portfolio by the end of the decade, and to achieve net zero financed emissions by 2050, it announced yesterday.

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Smart Energy International

APRIL 30, 2024

GE Vernova has invested $10.2 The Xlinks project is expected to help address electricity demand in the UK, which is expected to double from ~300 to 600TWh by 2050 based on scenarios published by the Climate Change Committee, in part due to the electrification of the nation’s heating, transportation, and industry.

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GreenTechMedia

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Duke Energy is the latest major utility to commit to a carbon-free future, with a plan to cut its emissions in half by 2030 and eliminate them completely by midcentury. It’s the first time Duke has pledged to zero out carbon-emitting resources from its fleet, albeit with a target deadline decades in the future.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

A longer-term 300 GW by 2050 target will also be established in support of the EU's net-zero carbon by the midcentury goal. But the EC can provide access to numerous sources of additional funding for grid investments, manufacturing infrastructure and equipping ports to serve the offshore wind sector. trillion ($2.08

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BeZero Carbon research points to growing commercial interest in carbon removals such as direct air capture, enhanced weathering and biochar. Over the last year, we have seen the market for carbon dioxide removal jump-started from relative obscurity to one of the highest potential growth industries in the world," he said.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 19, 2021

New research proves massively increased return for investment in renewables over fossil fuels. With 2050 targets requiring $4.4 trillion annual investment in low carbon energy, this can only be a positive for achieving climate goals.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Carbon Markets are Ripe for a Reset — Our Investment in Funga Photo Credit: Filip Zrnzević The carbon sequestration market has been heating up lately (no pun intended). This is fueling the growth of the carbon markets. degrees celsius. 2 gitatons. We also backed Funga because of their impressive team.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

Defined benefit superfund is also aiming to align its investments with Paris Agreement pathway by 2025. Pension fund Clara has today pledged to deliver net zero emissions across all assets held in its investment portfolios, including within the Clara Pension Trust, by 2050.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Xcel Energy, provider of electricity and natural gas services to nearly 6 million customers in eight Western and Midwestern states, has committed to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from its natural gas business by 2050. A study by the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University advocated for investments in the U.S.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

UK pension provider becomes the latest in the sector to commit to both 2030 and 2050 portfolio decarbonisation targets. Scottish Widows will aim to halve the carbon footprint of its investments by 2030 on the way to achieving net zero across its entire portfolio of investments by 2050, the pension provider announced today.

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Business Green

JUNE 22, 2021

New analysis from Good Energy and Energy Systems Catapult suggests transition to net zero emission energy system may require just £14bn of additional investment a year. This report is an inspiring vision of a zero carbon Britain which is greener, fairer and eminently achievable," said Juliet Davenport, founder of Good Energy. "It

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Business Green

JULY 21, 2021

Rothesay and RPMI Railpen have become the latest big investors to set out plans to reduce emissions in their investment portfolios and operations to achieve net zero by 2050. tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per full-time employee. This compares to a 160-tonne benchmark across the UK, according to 2019 data.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 8, 2020

This investment programme is going to breathe life into the UK economy - it's as much an economic policy as a climate policy, particularly over the next 10 years as we recover from the pandemic'. We're going to need to achieve a faster pace of emissions reduction over the next 30 years than we achieved in the last 30."

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Those subsidies are taking the form of massive new tax credits for carbon capture and storage (CCS), which is a technology that companies use to grow their extraction of oil and gas while burying a fraction of their greenhouse gas emissions underground. “I billion to $5.3 billion for CCS projects.

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Business Green

JUNE 20, 2021

The £61.5bn United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF) has outlined a range of climate targets it will look to meet as it transitions its investment portfolio to net zero emissions by 2050. With this ambitious commitment, we want to accelerate the transitioning of our investments towards a 1.5°C

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

The voluntary carbon offset market is rocketing, with the Ecosystem Marketplace reporting an annual market value of ~$1 billion in 2021, which was an all-time high. This can make things difficult for business leaders like you, looking to reduce their carbon footprint through purchasing offsets. The rules of carbon offsetting.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Paul Marshall is the chairman and chief investment officer of Marshall Wace, a London-based hedge fund that he co-founded in 1997. Marshall Wace is now one of the world’s largest hedge funds – an investment vehicle that bets on rising and falling share prices – with around $63 billion (£51.9 billion) in assets under management.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Pension provider also urges government to make it mandatory for all auto-enrollment pensions to reach net zero by 2050. Aviva has set a 2050 net-zero target for its own auto-enrolment (AE) default pension funds, and called on the government to make all AE default funds set the same goal. We believe now is the time to go further.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Petronas today announced an "aspiration to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050", asserting its intention to operate as "progressive energy and solutions partner enriching lives for a sustainable future". "As

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

Bosses from some of the world's largest real estate firms have pledged to reduce their emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 and deliver net zero emissions by 2050. Other companies which have also signed up to the net zero 2050 pledge include Edge, GPFI Group, Majid Al Futtaim Properties, Schneider Electric, and Signify.

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Business Green

MAY 26, 2021

Scottish power giant unveils investment programme for coming 12 months as it posts a rise in profits during pandemic year. It is seeking to shift away from unabated fossil fuels, although it is continuing to develop gas power plants teamed up with carbon capture technology.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 6, 2020

Mining giant Glencore has pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 by slashing its operational emissions, reducing its coal production, and ramping up investment in commodities crucial to the decarbonisation of the global economy.

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Smart Energy International

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is investing €450 million ($473.9 The investment will be used for a gigafactory operated by Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) beginning in 2025. The investment involves €337.2 The project involves a total investment of €1.3 million ($355.1 million ($118.8 billion ($1.4

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Climate change is on course to slash up to 18 per cent off global GDP by 2050, making the world trillions of dollars poorer if mitigating action is not taken and global temperatures soar to 3.2C By 2050, the world population will grow to almost 10 billion people, especially in regions most impacted by climate change. down to below 2C.

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