Business Green

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In strongly worded address to UN General Assembly, Antonio Guterres aims latest stinging criticism at fossil fuel firms and 'their enablers' in the PR and investment industries. It must be the first priority of every government and multilateral organisation. The climate crisis is the defining issue of our time," Guterres said.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Production Gap report reveals governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than is consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C. The third edition of the report concludes that despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic the fossil fuel 'production gap' remains largely unchanged.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Thandiwe Maimane, director of communications for the South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), said in an email that there were "currently no updates" on procurement plans beyond what has already been posted on the government website. Ongoing crises at Eskom led the government to propose breaking up the utility in 2019.

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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.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

But, given the extraordinary correlation between donations to the Tories and valuable awards from the government, I wonder whether it would be more accurate to brand them as investments?” New licences were also awarded this week to fossil fuel giants Shell and Equinor. The Conservatives received £3.5

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Fossil fuels, a vision of the future or something our children will see in history books? The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years. What is up with the world? China and India will account for half of the growth in energy demand.

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Business Green

APRIL 22, 2021

Solar and wind power could push fossil fuels out of the electricity sector by the mid-2030s and out of the energy supply system altogether by 2050, as clean energy costs continue to plummet and governments pursue policies designed to ditch fossil fuels for cheap, home-grown renewables. per cent of daily sunshine.".

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

climate talks in Egypt demanded European governments halt a “dash” for the continent’s natural gas. German, Italian and other companies have been scouring Africa for alternatives to Russian supplies in the wake of the February invasion of Ukraine, raising fears that new projects will lock Africa into long-term dependence on fossil fuels.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 17, 2023

Salome Nduta, Africa coordinator for campaign group OilWatch Africa, said she believed she had been deliberately excluded from this week’s Africa Energies Summit, whose sponsors include Royal Dutch Shell, TotalEnergies, Chevron, ExxonMobil and Eni. “I Does the world really want Africa and Africans in climate processes?

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Business Green

JULY 27, 2020

The Prime Minister is set to order a review of the UK's support for overseas oil and gas projects in an effort to align the government's overseas finance strategy more closely with its domestic climate goals, according to reports. The government was not bounced into supporting the project.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2022

Oil prices may have surged in recent months, but investing in new fossil fuel projects risks 'catastrophic levels of value destruction' when prices fall, new Carbon Tracker analysis warns. are to be kept alive. The assessment is based on a non-linear demand pathway using a forecast policy scenario based on a 1.8C

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

He explained how liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is a cleaner alternative to many of the fuels used in developing countries. Today, we discuss the logistics of integrating LPG for cooking into the developing world, talk a bit about government programs that are pursuing this goal, and finally discuss some success stories around the world.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

The report warns that not only do 600 million Africans now have access to electricity, but around 25 million more people in Africa are living without electricity compared with before the pandemic. The report emphasises how Africa has huge untapped renewables potential.

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R-Squared Energy

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Mr. Rockall highlighted a major global problem in which the fossil fuel solution is clearly better than the status quo. Robert – I know a lot of people would raise eyebrows at the notion that a fossil fuel could be better than a renewable fuel in some instances. James – What is it that makes a fuel clean?

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Business Green

JANUARY 14, 2021

A new report from McKinsey predicts global fossil fuel demand 'will never return to its pre-pandemic growth curve', but warns the world is still on track to badly miss its climate goals.

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2022

UK Minister for Exports Mike Freer explains how the UK's export credit agency has been working to meet its commitment to end financial support for fossil fuel projects abroad. Just over a year ago, the UK ended financial support for fossil fuel projects overseas.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Opponents of climate policy say curbing fossil fuel emissions will kill jobs, but a new study showed that switching to renewables would actually create more jobs than a fossil fuel–heavy future will. Other reports have included adjacent or induced jobs such as fuel transport, government oversight, and service industry.

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The City Fix

MARCH 27, 2024

One of the conference’s focal points was how to rapidly and equitably transition away from fossil. At COP28, global climate leaders congregated in Dubai for the annual opportunity to review countries’ progress on emissions reductions and to increase climate ambition.

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Mr. Sustainability

APRIL 30, 2018

Renewables are already ridiculously cheap, with the cheapest forms of solar energy already at less than half the price of fossil fuels. The energy markets, broadly taken to be fossil fuels and renewables, have seen significant changes over the past years. People have yet to catch up on this fact. Source: BP Outlook 2018.

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Grist

JUNE 14, 2023

Today’s story, from news and politics fellow Akielly Hu, shares the perspective of one young person who witnessed the effects of climate change on the places she loved and decided to take what some might call a drastic measure — suing her state government. Now it’s time to think bigger, speak louder.”

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Business Green

AUGUST 28, 2020

Direct loan from UK Export Finance aimed at supporting Aqua Africa project that will provide clean drinking water to rural communities in Ghana. That is why we welcome wholeheartedly the investment in the Aqua Africa Project.". The project is now set to begin next month with community engagement exercises and a ground delivery plan.

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Business Green

JUNE 19, 2022

Alok Sharma travels to South Africa this week to confirm fresh funding for major sustainable development programme that experts hope could provide template for further deals. of support in 2022-2023 through the UK's Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (PACT) program.

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Business Green

MAY 27, 2022

The document sets out G7 countries' ambition to deliver near-zero carbon electricity grids by 2035, citing the need to respond to climate scientists' calls for a drastic reduction in fossil fuel demand so as to stabilise global temperatures. We also have the G7's first coal phase-out goal and endorsement of the Glasgow Breakthroughs.".

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Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, countries will likely need to set hard limits on the extraction of fossil fuels in addition to supporting the deployment of clean energy. The researchers set out to estimate how much of the world’s fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground in order to limit global warming to 1.5

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Nigeria becomes latest major emerging economy to set net zero goal, as South Africa teams up with industrialised nations for multi-billion dollar green investment push. — Chukwumerije Okereke (@chuks_okereke) November 2, 2021.

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Business Green

AUGUST 30, 2021

Leaded petrol is no longer officially being sold or used anywhere in the world, in a move hailed by the UN as "a huge milestone for global health and out environment" and an exemplar of successful multilateral efforts to phase out harmful fossil fuels. Africa's governments must give no more excuses for the fossil fuel industry.

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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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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This transition, however, will impact jobs in fossil fuel-based energy production and could, if not considered from a social perspective, negatively impact millions of individuals in emerging economy nations. Those at risk are countries whose society and economy are based on fossil fuels. Toward a just transition.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

A group of over 500 global investment managers with more than $39tr in assets under management have this week issued a new statement urging governments around the world to raise their climate ambitions in line with the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C ahead of the upcoming COP27 Climate Summit.

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Business Green

APRIL 29, 2021

The majority of these jobs will be in high growth wind markets, such as China, the US, India, Germany, the UK, Brazil, France, Sweden, Spain, South Africa, and Taiwan, according to the report. The predictions represent a significant acceleration of rates of job creation for the clean energy sector.

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Business Green

APRIL 20, 2021

Government export agency says its provided record levels of sustainable investments to developing countries last year. Campaigners have urged the government to enact this phase out quickly and back away from a number of fossil fuel projects in its pipeline, including £2.5bn of financing for a crude oil pipeline in Tanzania and Uganda.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

California, Portugal, and New Zealand are associate members of the initiative, having adopted policies to restrict fossil fuel supply but not yet banned licensing of further developments. The subject of fossil fuels has long been taboo at UN climate summits, with the landmark Paris Agreement omitting any mention of them.

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Energy Storage News

APRIL 19, 2024

This Friday Briefing looks at the rich prospects for putting batteries onto brownfield power plant sites, with regard to news stories from South Africa and New England, US.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 25, 2021

Standard Bank agreed last week to set plans to reduce its fossil fuel financing in line with climate goals, following pressure from three of its shareholders and activists at the South African non-profit Just Share. ” MOhamed Adow, Director of power shift africa.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 23, 2024

Nor is it the only link between the fossil fuel industry and the Bolloré family’s global business interests, which encompass multi-billion-dollar logistics operations servicing major oil companies, including Shell. Further, these are far from being the Bolloré Group’s only connections to the fossil fuel sector.

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GreenTechMedia

AUGUST 25, 2020

As it stands, blue and gray hydrogen derived from fossil fuels are cheaper than using renewable-energy-powered electrolyzers to produce green hydrogen from water. The EU has set a 40-gigawatt electrolyzer target and wants to support another 40 gigawatts of electrolyzers in nearby renewables hot spots, such as North Africa.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Thee government should aim to unleash commercial-scale heat pump projects instead of hydrogen for heating, argues Kevin Stickney, managing director of Erda Energy and part of the Pump It Up campaign. West Africa battled the tragic spread of Ebola while the West remained largely ignorant to the horror of public health threats.

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