Planet Pulse

OCTOBER 6, 2022

World leaders, CEOs, climate advocates, scientists and sustainable development specialists from around the world converged on New York City last week, for the annual, concurrent rituals of the United Nations General Assembly and ClimateWeek. Here are my four key takeaways: U.S. Domestic Climate Policy Gets Real. It aligns U.S.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs. In new funds, energy transition infrastructure is bringing in the big bucks with Brookfield's record-breaking $28B infra fund and Antin's $1.2B sustainable infra fund. 

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 26, 2022

On the southern coast of Africa, local community groups and environmental activists have been celebrating a significant legal victory over a major oil player. Dolphins and sharks are just two other marine species that could be negatively affected by seismic surveys through behavioral changes to get away from the noise.

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Business Green

JULY 24, 2020

UK, Germany, South Korea among nations offering up green stimulus measures but these are still dwarfed by carbon-intensive bailouts, according to Vivid Economics. Across 17 major economies, announced stimulus packages will pump trillions of dollars directly into sectors that have a large and lasting negative impact on nature.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

It said it will take action to slash its emissions and neutralise any remaining emissions with "additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially beneficial offsets" in order to achieve net zero annual carbon emissions by 2040, which is 10 years ahead of the Paris Agreement targets of 2050.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Climate change investment had been increasing since 2015 when the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were introduced and the Paris Agreement adopted by nearly 200 countries. Last year also saw a strong acceleration in renewable energy, as a number of governments placed climate action at the heart of their post-Covid recovery plans.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

These are likely to have major consequences – both positively and negatively – over the coming decade, says the group. They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. Around the world, 1.6 Changing rural demographics.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Animal agriculture is the largest emitter of methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide when measured over a 20 year period. Rodgers defends meat-eating as sustainable and has spoken against measures to curb its consumption in rich countries. Past marketing drives run by the AHDB include the £3.5-million

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Business Green

JULY 23, 2020

First, it must understand the labour market impacts of decommissioning fossil fuel power plants and reskilling workers to build and manage the new low-carbon economy. Second, it must also engage with the social impacts of new low-carbon energy systems and infrastructures, with an emphasis on equity and justice concerns.

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Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

Demand for biofuels has seen significant tracts of land, much of it the Global South, repurposed for energy crop production, a trend that campaigners have blamed for driving deforestation and biodiversity destruction while exacerbating food insecurity.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

There was a historic breakthrough in agreeing on a finance facility for loss and damage, but we failed to agree urgent action to help peak emissions in the middle of this decade and secure finance for an unprecedented ramp-up in renewable energy. Labour has also laid out a plan for an $8bn wealth fund from revenues from renewable energy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

Directors with affiliations to companies involved in extracting oil, gas and coal – the world’s most polluting energy sources – were well-represented across bank boardrooms, with 16 percent of all board members having current or previous roles in the polluting energy sector. Climate conflicted banks.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ahead of tomorrow's Net Zero Festival, Toby Hill explores how carbon offset standards are evolving in a bid to assure clients and campaigners that promised carbon savings can be delivered. To find out more about the role of carbon offsets in the net zero transition, sign up now for a free pass to tomorrow's Net Zero Festival.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Nearly two thirds of social media posts put out by six major European fossil fuel and energy companies since the end of 2019 present a “green” image of the company, despite the majority of their business activity remaining in fossil fuels, reveals new analysis by Desmog. Credit: Sam Whitham.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years. While it is expected fossil fuel demand will rise, the broad consensus amongst most outlooks is that the growth will eventually plateau due to energy efficiency and developments in renewables.

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AGreenLiving

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Circularity and equity in cities: Mark Chambers, director of the mayor’s office of sustainability for New York, and Jose Manuel Moller Dominguez, founder and CEO of Algramo, comment on how brands can participate in motivating systemic change. Today’s carbon-negative fuel. ESG values and a sustainable future.

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Business Green

MARCH 14, 2022

Many of the risks related to fats and oils, such as human rights abuses, biodiversity loss, carbon emissions and poor working conditions, are recurring features of agricultural commodity supply chains. So procuring sustainable fats and oils relies on a wider change in how we approach agriculture. Different mindset, different questions.

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

The report points to a "profound reduction in energy demand" as a result of the pandemic as a key driver behind the recent shift in demand projections, estimating it could take between one and four years for demand to recover, with electricity and gas demand set to rebound far more quickly than for oil.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

The main trends in human energy needs are population growth, an economic population shift towards the middle classes and energy efficiency. Population growth will plateau after 2030-2040, causing energy demand to stabilize and decline afterwards. causing major disruptions for the oil and gas majors.

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 21, 2020

ABU DHABI — The energy transition took on wildly different meanings here last week, depending on which room you were in. The contradictions and tension pervading Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week were both apparent and invisible. Even in the Middle East, there is plenty for clean energy advocates to cheer. Credit: IRENA).

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

billion people live in areas that are "highly vulnerable" to climate change, key ecosystems are losing their ability to store carbon, many low lying areas are facing a future of inundation, and millions of people face drastically increased risk of deadly heatwaves, floods, and droughts. As the report makes clear, between 3.3 billion and 3.6

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 29, 2020

of warming, our emissions need to immediately start reducing rapidly towards zero and then on to negative figures.We Although sustainable investments and policies are laudable, they are grossly insufficient. we are to have a chance of staying below 1.5C still have the future in our own hands. We can still avoid the worst consequences.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Meanwhile, the advance of low carbon alternatives to the hydrocarbon-driven economy has been far too slow to meet that challenge. Yet as the global economy emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic, emissions are on the rise once again, presenting a monumental challenge over the next eight years if the world is to keep to the 1.5C

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Business Green

MAY 20, 2022

African green hydrogen plans, new coal-to-clean energy deals, and worsening climate impacts. Paris Olympics plans to halve carbon footprint of meals served at the Games. French and sustainable cuisine in the spotlight during the Games. The Africa Green Hydrogen Alliance will go a long way in fostering these developments.".

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Sustainability as the foundation of value creation and route to survival leads to different thinking in business, explains Forum for the Future's Caroline Ashley. But right now, as explored in our latest Future of Sustainability report , we're seeing them all around us along with compelling signals of change.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

A recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that, while the market for carbon offsets is forecast to see rapid growth and reach over $1 billion this year, the “offsets” themselves can vary widely in their quality and effectiveness at actually reducing pollution.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 22, 2021

GreenFin 21 and the 5 cornerstones of sustainable finance. The question he put to me during his introduction gave me pause: "Do I need sustainable finance skills on my resume?". The question he put to me during his introduction gave me pause: "Do I need sustainable finance skills on my resume?". Heather Clancy. That is No.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Unfortunately, all kinds of positive (or negative?) As long as there is ice in a body of water, any surrounding heat energy is carried towards the ice to make it melt. In other words, the Arctic can store a lot more energy and heat when there is no more ice coverage. Sea Ice extent is going down. Lot’s of Methane.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. Added to this are notes and additions from Mr. Sustainability. Food is basically a combination of energy, water and nutrients.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

We need immediate action on energy. Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree Countries should also end all new fossil fuel exploration and production, and shift fossil fuel subsidies into renewable energy. We need to match our energy for climate action to the fierceness of our burning climate.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2021

GreenFin 21 and the 5 cornerstones of sustainable finance Heather Clancy Thu, 04/22/2021 – 02:11 Midway through our inaugural GreenFin event last week, during a break devoted to three-minute bursts of randomly selected networking conversations, I found myself paired with a university student attending the conference as part of his studies.

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AGreenLiving

APRIL 22, 2021

GreenFin 21 and the 5 cornerstones of sustainable finance Heather Clancy Thu, 04/22/2021 – 02:11 Midway through our inaugural GreenFin event last week, during a break devoted to three-minute bursts of randomly selected networking conversations, I found myself paired with a university student attending the conference as part of his studies.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Over the course of her two-decade career teaching first and third grade in New York City public schools, Weiss infused nature and sustainability into her lessons. There were also successful precedents, says Weiss, pointing to the decisions TRS made to jettison investments in South Africa in the mid-1990s, and firearms in the 2010s.

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Business Green

JANUARY 17, 2022

Driven by net zero, hydrogen could make up 12 per cent of global energy use by 2050, according to IRENA. The geopolitical ramifications of the green energy transition have long been contemplated by foreign policy wonks. But it isn't just cheap and abundant wind, solar and batteries which threaten the dominance of oil and gas.

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GreenBiz

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. The 2021 GreenBiz 30 Under 30.

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Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Or it could result in Russia's full-blown descent into neo-fascism, military stalemates and nuclear stand-offs (or worse), and a new era of energy and food insecurity. High gas prices will continue to focus ever more minds on energy efficiency. These two scenarios are not entirely mutually exclusive.

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AGreenLiving

MAY 17, 2021

Clean energy for Native American communities. Still others are driving sustainability at nonprofit organizations and consultancies. We’d like to express our appreciation to the World Business Council for Sustainable Business and Net Impact for helping to cast a global net for this year’s nominees. Planet-healing fast food.

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