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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 26, 2024

Based on the results, they propose the creation of a national carbon credit fund to support sustainable waste management initiatives. million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent, for annual economic benefits of USD 44 million to USD 687 million in carbon credits.” “That would correspond to between 4.9 million and 57.2

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Grist

AUGUST 28, 2023

The Amazon rainforest was once one of the world’s most powerful carbon sinks, largely a result of its uniquely dense tree cover. The Amazon was even a net carbon emitter for the first time in 2021. In some ways, you know, it doesn’t seem that daunting, because we’re all on spaceship Earth together,” he said.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Building on the foundations of past conferences, especially Paris, to create a zero-carbon economy which will benefit our children and grandchildren. ??. In Glasgow, the world must ramp up momentum towards a zero-carbon economy. The next step is to translate these political commitments into on the ground action. ??.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Cross-party political support has driven the 'meteoric rise' of UK offshore wind industry, an approach that should be taken for other critical technologies, Tony Blair Institute contends. An efficient transition also depends on "strategic systems thinking", it adds. Reflection and learning are essential if we are to succeed," it states.

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Fairsnape

JANUARY 22, 2020

Once again Great Thunberg has shaken our thinking on carbon with her speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. With our focus on “net zero emissions” “low carbon economy” and “carbon neutrality” are we cheating and fiddling around with numbers? We don’t need a “low carbon economy.” Let’s be clear.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

DeSmog revealed in May 2023 that EnQuest had been awarded licences to explore carbon dioxide storage under the North Sea. There is no evidence that Deltic or Spencer used political contacts to secure the licences.

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DeSmogBlog

JUNE 8, 2023

At first glance, fish might seem like a climate-friendly alternative to meat for a world that needs to shift away from carbon-intensive cattle. This is thanks in no small part to excellent marketing that brands this fish as the ‘chicken of the sea’: low-carbon, easy to cook and sustainable.

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Smart Energy International

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A new report released by research company Wood Mackenzie highlights developments within the global carbon capture, storage and utilisation and green hydrogen markets. This year, COP27 will be held in Egypt and promises to be a radical turning point for climate policy in Africa. 2022 hydrogen market trends.

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Terra Infirma

JUNE 19, 2023

I try not to spread doom as doom is demotivating, but last night I tweeted on my political twitter feed about the heat wave currently underway in the North Sea, just a few miles from where I live. Ah, but many environmentalists cry, wasn’t the carbon footprint invented by BP to shift blame from the oil sector to individuals?

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Delivering on the promise of a carbon-neutral future will take passion, trust and innovation – and the benefits will be for our generations and those to come. a carbon-neutral future’?, Hitachi is also working on grid edge solutions like a microgrid in Cordova, Alaska, which was presented in a POWERGEN Plus session in November 2020.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – Only two of the 35 stalls lauding countries’ green credentials at the COP26 UN climate summit mention the need to cut fossil fuel production — the chief cause of the carbon emissions driving climate change. . South Africa, Australia, UK, and Germany. South Africa struck a deal on Tuesday for £6.2

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Engie is also actively building a customer base in Africa’s off-grid market. Through its Client Solutions business, Engie is also a major player globally in helping cities, companies and other entities set and achieve targets around energy and carbon emissions. Installed renewables, including hydro, are around 19 gigawatts.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Nature-based markets, including agriculture, voluntary carbon credits, conservation projects, and nature-based solutions for carbon sequestration, could be worth more than $7tr a year, making them equivalent to 8.6 per cent of global GDP. We are witnessing a tectonic shift of trade rules.".

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The first has to do with the carbon budget — the amount of carbon that can be emitted before the planet warms more than 1.5 The paper uses a carbon budget of 580 billion metric tons, an amount that is estimated to give only a 50 percent chance of stabilizing the global climate at 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial temperatures.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

For large middle-income countries, like India and South Africa, there were signs of progress on investments needed for developing clean energy. In the developed world, countries still have to internalize, politically, that bills are coming due – both at home and abroad – after decades of delaying action on climate change.

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Climate 4.0

MARCH 28, 2022

By having companies report their emissions – which in itself will enforce a discipline upon them to document and more closely manage their carbon profile across the scopes – investors and consumers can now witness and compare companies as they achieve progress (or not) with respect to their GHG emissions.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Comments come as new analysis suggests Africa could face GDP hit of 64 per cent as a result of escalating climate impacts. We need a global carbon market," he said. A carbon footprint and carbon price shouldn't be decided by one country.". A carbon footprint and carbon price shouldn't be decided by one country.".

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Business Green

JULY 26, 2021

These job gains would act to compensate for the job losses in fossil fuels, as the energy sources are replaced by low-carbon alternatives in the bid to limit global warming to under two degrees, it explains. The highest gains in jobs could be seen in the Middle East, North Africa and United States with increases of one million jobs by 2050.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Carbon Tracker study finds solar and wind energy potential is 100 times as much as global energy demand. As such, it warns these nations face "touch political choices" about how to tap their renewable resources most effectively over the years ahead. per cent of solar and 0.16 per cent of wind potential tapped thus far.

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The ad and PR industry cannot continue to be this far out of step with scientific and political reality and expect to avoid backlash.” Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations agency, had five fossil fuel contracts, including with French major TotalEnergies, which is building a controversial oil pipeline in east Africa.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Amid soaring energy, food, and living costs, he warned the world now faced rising inequalities, declining political trust, and worsening climate impacts that have left economies facing "rough seas". "A And it includes the massive public relations machine tanking in billions to shield the fossil fuel industry from scrutiny.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This is vital to give steel and cement makers, plus their financial backers, the confidence to invest the huge sums required to develop low-carbon production facilities. If the investment of political, industrial, and financial capital in this focused collaboration continues to grow, we could turn the corner sooner than you think.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

In his first speech after staging a stunning political comeback at Brazil’s presidential elections, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to halt the Amazon deforestation that surged under outgoing rival Jair Bolsonaro. In order to succeed, Lula won’t just need to face down farmers, loggers, and miners. He will also have to win a battle of ideas.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 3, 2024

Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group , WPP , Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe , Dentsu and Havas , 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, plastics, utilities, and aviation. Twenty-two are still serving in roles at such companies.

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Business Green

JANUARY 3, 2021

The technology also makes it easier for EU regulators to keep dirtier energy products and imports outside their borders, by applying methane emission standards and carbon border levies - a key part of the Green Deal. The political challenge, of course, is how to uncover polluters without raising the hackles of other global powers.

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Envirotec Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2020

They are also home to much of the world’s biodiversity, and regulate key aspects of the carbon cycle. Growing consumption and demand of commodities has already seen large scale corporate-led land acquisitions for industrial production of cattle, soy and palm oil in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia. Around the world, 1.6

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Amid myriad social, health and political crises, business sustainability is alive and well and living the Paris Agreement. From Amsterdam, Gellert oversaw the company in Europe, Africa and the Middle East for nearly six years, working before that at outdoor gear maker Black Diamond. Who's news.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

MAY 21, 2021

She has successfully delivered projects touching on sustainable supply chain, local economic development, political, social and environmental risk assessment, governance capacity building and non-technical risk management in developing countries. Christie holds a B.A.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2022

And, in addition to exploring the potential of a free trade agreement between the two nations, the agreement includes a number of commitments specifically focused on low carbon development, such as enhancing cooperation on carbon markets and CO2 pricing. The South Africa Just Energy Transition partnership is a great example of this.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

The authors combined the survey results with a literature review to make specific COVID-19 recovery policy recommendations that invest in: Renewable energy infrastructure (assets, storage, grid modernization) and carbon removal technologies. Habitat restoration and regenerative agriculture, especially in carbon-rich habitats.

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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. Several of these arguments reference the idea that grazing livestock can help maintain healthy soils which can store carbon. Just seven percent are based in Africa.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

And this all happened despite our very low carbon footprints. Ghana's President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, meanwhile, called for a "radical restructuring of global financial architecture" and warned that "no one will win if Africa loses". We need to act with courage, urgency and solidarity to solve climate issues."

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Grist

APRIL 8, 2022

Scientists identify the missing ingredient for climate action: Political will. Small-island states will be teetering on the brink of destruction; heat waves in the Middle East and Africa will be lasting and intense. “It doesn’t contradict the laws of chemistry and physics to get to 1.5 degrees of warming only to dip back down later.

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Elemental Excelerator

APRIL 21, 2023

Elemental Excelerator, a nonprofit investor driving climate technology for social change, announced today the expansion of its climate coaching team to encompass experts in project and carbon finance, policy and equity and access. “Prior to participation in Elemental, CarbonCure did not have a defined public policy strategy.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2024

Strong income reductions are projected for the majority of regions, including North America and Europe, with South Asia and Africa being most strongly affected," said PIK scientist and co-author of the study, Maximilian Kotz. Such outcomes would trigger huge geo-political risks that could impact the entire global economy.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 6, 2021

The investigation assessed the employment history and affiliations of 565 bank directors from the boards of major retail banks in the UK, US, Canada, Europe, South Africa, China and Japan. Banks are increasingly saying they will decarbonise by 2050, yet a large number continue to finance fossil fuels, the primary source of carbon emissions.

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