Business Green

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Plus 40 nations prep methane plans for COP27, Germany touts cheap transport tickets, and Saudi Arabia launches electric vehicle brand. World-first carbon-to-methanol plant starts production in China. COP27: 40 countries planning to unveil methane reduction plans.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

In island n ations that are losing their homes to sea-level rise, and in other highly vulnerable countries, there were bitter pills to swallow after global commitments to cut emissions fell far short of the goal to keep global warming to 1.5 More South Africa deals, please. degrees Celsius (2.7°F). As a former senior U.N.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

global warming pathway are to be kept alive. In snap analysis published yesterday, the IEA said it had calculated the impacts of the net zero pledges and emissions targets announced in recent days, and concluded that if national climate pledges are delivered as promised, the planet could potentially limit warming to 1.8C

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

New report warns world is 'heading in wrong direction' post-pandemic resulting in a 48 per cent chance the global 1.5C There is now a near 50-50 chance of global warming temporarily rising above the totemic 1.5C Prolonged and severe droughts in China, the Horn of Africa and the United States. of warming.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

methane) from animal and land management and land-use change, which make the biggest warming contributions in the agricultural sector.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New analysis warns national climate targets for 2030 point to dangerous warming of 2.4C, as rush for LNG capacity risks further undermining chances of meeting goals of Paris Agreement. Projected global warming in 2100 based on national climate targets announced to date remains at a worryingly high 2.4C by mid-century.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Au contraire, it is the reverse. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The remaining 20 percent represents investments outside of fossil fuels, in areas such as renewables, carbon capture and storage, and research into new green technologies. . The simple fact is that they are not reducing their polluting activities by the significant amount required to limit the worst impacts of global warming.”.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The text now calls on countries to accelerate the transition to low carbon energy systems, including "rapidly scaling up clean power generation and accelerating the phase-out of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for fossil fuels". The science is clear, there is no viable route to limiting global warming to 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. But Global North groups dominate. But its problems go well beyond the farm.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

Put a price on carbon. But today's agreement is a big step forward and, critically, we have the first ever international agreement to phase down coal and a roadmap to limit global warming to 1.5 Of course global politics shape these summits, but the Prime Minister has hindered not helped. Phase out coal.

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Our new APAC Network, Advisory Board and Singapore office will bring Asian finance to the heart of GFANZ to help solve this global challenge.". As home to fast-growing economies with enormous potential for clean energy investment, the region plays a critical role in the global effort to confront climate change.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

and 2C of warming. Interesting coal shares have reportedly slipped in the wake of the agreement, while carbon prices have jumped. Scores of countries have also independently pledged to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. The text sets out in no uncertain terms the huge gulf in impacts between a 1.5C

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Without deep carbon pollution cuts now, the 1.5-degree I am asking corporate leaders to support a minimum international carbon price and align their portfolios with the Paris Agreement. The public and private sector must work together to ensure a just and rapid transformation to a net zero global economy.

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Business Green

MAY 11, 2022

The intenational response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the outcome of national elections, and the drive to build integrity into carbon markets will be key indicators of progress on climate over coming months, argues Rachel Kyte. Russia is waging a war on European soil, with global implications for energy and food supplies.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This is not because food is more expensive in Africa than it is in the United States. One juicy hamburger for you equates to (about) 600 gallons of water consumed, 0.126 pounds of methane released, 13.5 Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 Au contraire, it is the reverse. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

In fact, physics tells us that for every 1 degree Celsius of warming, our atmosphere can hold about seven percent more moisture. As water vapor itself is a potent greenhouse gas, more water vapor in the atmosphere means accelerated global warming. Lot’s of Methane. Global (temporary) food shortage and climate refugees.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A pledge by more than 100 countries - including Brazil - to end deforestation by 2030, a critical first step towards carbon sink and biodiversity preservation. Another pledge by more than 100 countries to cut methane by 30 per cent by 2030, essential for reducing this potent and prevalent greenhouse gas.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

“Harmful Wastes” Shell’s knowledge of the risks posed by the build-up of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) from burning fossil fuels can be traced to at least the early 1960s. National Academy of Sciences that explicitly warned of the risks human-induced global warming could pose to earth’s weather and “ecological balances,” the U.S.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

US re-joins High Ambition Coalition, as snap analysis suggests commitments made in Glasgow could bring global warming trajectories down below 2C for the first time. warming pathway. if they aligned with a 1.5C

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including fresh WHO air pollution guidelines and global coal, methane and HFC commitments. More countries join global methane and coal power pledges. President Biden unveils plan to slash climate-warming HFCs.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next month is likely to fall short of putting the world on track to avert dangerous levels of global warming, but diplomats and analysts are cautiously optimistic it could deliver several breakthroughs and broadly deliver on the UK hosts' stated goal of 'keeping 1.5C goal within grasp.

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Climate Tech VC

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In either case, this wasn’t on our bingo card… In the news, the British government passed new reforms to speed up interconnection, Colombia launched a $1B biodiversity fund, the US released $6B in funding for climate resiliency, and the US and China made modest progress on methane reduction at APEC.  SPAC valuation ).

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

Campaigners say the trend towards private ownership in the North Sea is potentially “catastrophic” for the UK’s plans for an equitable transition towards low carbon industries. So who are these new North Sea players? Using data from the newly-launched interactive database Who Owns the North Sea?

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