Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By 2050, under its Energy Strategy 2050 , the UAE aims to increase clean energy to 50% of its total energy mix, and reduce the carbon footprint of power generation by 70%. COP 28 – the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference – will be hosted in Dubai this November and December.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Some commentators in the sustainability sphere report a dawning realisation that climate change can no longer be simply “solved”, in the sense of it being possible to slow it down to a degree that will allow our civilization to continue in a more or less recognisable form. A fair COP? Drought in Kenya.

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Envirotec Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

India – the world’s fourth largest CO2 emitter (after China, the US, and the EU) – did set a net zero target for the first time, scheduled for 2070 (compared to 2060 for China, and 2050 for the EU and US), and also pledged to get 50% of its energy from renewables by 2030. COP president Alok Sharma described it as “a fragile win”.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

UAE president Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan used the opening of the climate summit on November 7 to declare that his country – which sent over 1,000 delegates to COP27 – was a “responsible supplier” and would “continue playing this role for as long as the world is in need of oil and gas”. Credit: Adam Barnett.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Regardless of how interesting face-to-face meetings with heads of state may be, their speeches still are nothing more than empty words as they follow one another to the podium during the first formal plenary session at COP climate talks. This year is no different from past COP climate summits.

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Business Green

JANUARY 12, 2023

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has today announced the leadership team for the COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai later this year, confirming that the CEO of the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation (ADNOC), Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, has been appointed President-Designate for the conference.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

Anybody who’s watched the news over the past month will know that the effects of climate change are becoming too pressing to ignore. Put together by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the comprehensive report confirms that “it is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, oceans, and land.”

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Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

to a carbon free economy by 2050, experts at Bloomberg and Princeton estimate that the US will have to build enough solar and wind farms to fill an area roughly five times the size of South Dakota. First and foremost, there will be a much stronger focus on climate adaptation , rather than solely on mitigation. degrees Celsius.

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Business Green

JULY 1, 2020

The campaign - Make My Money Matter - was launched at an event yesterday and aims to build a movement of individuals, organisations, and pension funds to drive change across the sector. This could turn the existential risks from climate change into the greatest commercial opportunity of our time," he added.

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Business Green

AUGUST 11, 2021

So how is the UK public feeling about COP26, climate change, and what the opportunity for business might be? Climate isn't the sole preserve of business, government and activists, but we could be forgiven for sometimes thinking it is. COP26 is fast approaching, yet it feels as distant and difficult to grasp as ever.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

EY's Steve Varley sets out his expectations and hopes for the pivotal climate talks that kick off on Sunday. Another COP is coming - the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Despite this backdrop, it is vital that we have a high ambition for what we will achieve together.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Provincial Superior of the British Jesuits, Fr Damian Howard SJ, said climate change was "the most pressing challenge the world faces", and urged other organisations to follow suit with ambitious action to cut emissions and phase out investments in fossil fuels. COP 26 in Glasgow can be the right moment," he said. "We

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The UN climate talks hosted in Dubai this month will shine a bright light on the pivotal role national oil companies, like UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Company (ADNOC), can and ultimately must play in the fight against climate change – particularly the urgent need to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain.

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Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The IPCC recently conducted a study into the combined effects of all the agreed targets of the countries taking part in the ongoing COP talks. I wouldn’t be as impolite, of course, as to call what’s coming at COP26 an ‘ avalanche of climate b t ’, but here’s how I would put it. We can’t solve a problem within the system that caused it.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Anyone who remembers the start of 2020 will recall a time when there was to be a climate COP in the UK in November. So long ago was that pre-Covid time, that the COP would have finished by now. The UK has a legal commitment to decarbonise to reach net zero by 2050.

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Business Green

JULY 14, 2021

To tackle the environmental challenges we face from climate change and biodiversity loss, it is crucial that domestic natural environment projects are able to attract private investment alongside support from the public sector," said Environment Minister Rebecca Pow.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2020

O'Neill, a former Energy and Clean Growth Minister who stepped down from Parliament at the General Election last month, suggested the government "can't cope" with an independent COP26 unit and that there had been no dedicated climate change meetings within cabinet to date, despite Johnson's promise last year to begin chairing such meetings.

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EDF + Business

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Banks representing over 40% of global banking assets have already committed to aligning their portfolios with net zero emissions by 2050. A major theme of this COP — the international climate change conference — is the urgent need to transition from commitments to action.

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

One of the most important is our commitment to tackling climate change. Last year, the UK and New Zealand became two of the first countries in the world to commit to reaching net zero by 2050. We have worked together to drive climate action across the international community. degree target.

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Business Green

APRIL 7, 2020

The government has been urged by MPs to ensure climate change remains a top priority despite last week's postponement of COP26, as Parliament's Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) launched a new inquiry looking at the role of low carbon technologies in driving towards net zero emissions.

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2021

Women often don't have the same access to other resources - such as education, information, land and credit - that would help them respond to a changing climate. Climate change also worsens existing inequalities, increasing gender-based violence and the exploitation of women and girls, particularly for the most marginalised.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

In their letter, the environmental groups argued the government's thinking was flawed and turned a blind eye to basic climate science. The groups, which include Greenpeace, 350.org,

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Business Green

MARCH 8, 2020

As the UK readies for the upcoming COP26 Summit in Glasgow in November, the Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change urge government to deliver ambitious net zero strategy. This should include widespread engagement on the health, economic and environmental co-benefits of cutting food waste and changes in diet.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 3, 2020

British diplomats, the UK COP presidency team and Ministers would have been in a whirl of frenetic influencing activity globally (we hope) to drive up ambition, and drive out those new nationally-determined contributions (NDCs) from all the parties to the Paris Agreement. But these are not normal times, and the COP has been delayed by a year.

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Green Market Oracle

DECEMBER 3, 2019

My message here today is one of hope not of despair” said UN chief António Guterres addressing journalists at a press conference in the Spanish capital on Sunday, after revealing the key takeaways from the World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate report, due to be published during COP25. degrees “is still within reach.”

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

World leaders are gathering in Glasgow to debate, broker and hopefully achieve agreement on actions to prevent climate change. They provide an opportunity for international climate fairness and are a crucial technological solution to our changing climate. We stand at a breaking point of the climate crisis.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

A COP is the biggest global negotiation: 196 countries with very different agendas, very different political backgrounds; fraught with mistrust, with false rumours; highly technical and highly political - and alongside that a massive trade fair," explained Betts. Nobody has got the full picture in a COP. This is the risk of COP.".

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Elemental Excelerator

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This Conference of Parties (COP) was highly anticipated as a critical inflection point where our economies and societies set forth on an ambitious and clearly defined path to decarbonize by 2050 and keep warming below 1.5 degrees C to avoid the worst impacts of climate change — or continue with the status quo.

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Green Business Bureau

APRIL 12, 2022

Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that there will be a sharp increase in the amount of renewable energy generated between 2010 and 2050. Figures show that the current average will increase from 15% of the global energy mix to 28% by 2050. Carbon offset example: The Climate Trut’s Anaerobic Digester.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Tackling climate change is often presented as a complex challenge, and in many respects that's true. Failing to do so means missing our climate targets - and it means missing investment opportunities in sectors which could deliver major economic benefits and nationwide growth. The need for speed. From targets to delivery.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2021

It makes clear that most companies will need to cut at least 90-95 per cent of their internal emissions by 2050 to achieve net zero, in addition to setting near-term targets. Climate change is a stock problem, and the current projections from the IPCCC show that if action is not increased to the scale needed we will overshoot the 1.5°C

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

However, France, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, and Finland - all of which signed a Declaration on Zero Emission Shipping by 2050 at COP26 - did not endorse the resolution, despite advocating for the goal in principle on the conference floor. If the recent COP kept 1.5 This is unacceptable.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Green businesses, politicians, and environmental groups react to Court of Appeal's momentous ruling against a third Heathrow runway on climate change grounds. Heathrow has taken a lead in getting the UK aviation sector to commit to a plan to get to Net Zero emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Accord.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Despite 2030 and 2050 goals being considerably important, they are distant. Climate action across farming is complex and must be broken down. A roadmap can show exactly what the steps to meeting climate change goals, minimising impacts of the climate crisis and reaping business benefits. This goal is the ultimate.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Energy efficiency is essential for dealing with today's crisis, with its huge potential to help tackle the challenges of energy affordability, energy security and climate change.". gigatonnes of CO2 per year, meaning that emissions would fall by just 29 per cent by 2050. However, unabated coal, oil and gas would still emit 24.6

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

As such, he ruled the government had failed to meet its obligations under Climate Change Act 2008 (CCA) and ordered Ministers to update the plan and present it to Parliament by April 2023. This landmark ruling is a huge victory for climate justice and government transparency. We need to look at the plan.

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