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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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

The group aims to co-ordinate the sharing of best practices to help accelerate the roll out of the carbon capture, hydrogen, green fuel, and electrification technologies that promise to decarbonise heavy industry. the Ordos-Envision Net Zero Industrial Park , and the Sanjiang New Area Industrial Park in China.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

At last year's COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow a new accord between the US and China saw the two countries promise to work together to accelerate clean tech deployment and tackle methane emissions and deforestation. WRAP backs South Africa circular economy project. Global Methane Hub and Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance announce $1.5m

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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. COP27: 40 countries planning to unveil methane reduction plans. off global warming by 2050, as methane's warming potential is 84 times greater than carbon dioxide over 20-year timescale.

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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. UN energy summit sees $400bn new backing committed to clean energy.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The Indian government this week approved plans for a new $3.5bn incentive scheme to help boost demand for electric and hydrogen fuel-powered vehicles and promote the manufacture of drones. South Africa mulls calls for coal power phase out. US and EU pursuing global methane deal.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Canadian Hydrogen. Hydrogen fuel gained significant traction as a climate solution in 2022, with governments and industry pledging billions of dollars towards new development projects. Last year, we mapped Canada’s hydrogen lobby and revealed how fossil fuel interests are pushing for blue hydrogen in Canada.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Fifty oil and gas companies pledged to achieve near zero-methane emissions by 2030 and a fund for methane abatement projects in emerging markets.   The UK announced a pioneering climate resilient debt clause to be deployed in Senegal, the first of its kind in Africa.  Read more about maritime decarbonization here ].

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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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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Countries and companies have also kicked off pledges to triple investments in renewables and nuclear, drive down methane emissions, and commit loss and damage funds. In deals, major funding includes $116M for hydrogen-powered aviation, $44M for sustainability software, and $75M in project finance investment for SAFs.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2022

Washington and Brussels team up in support of wide-ranging plan to diversify Europe's sources of LNG, ramp up renewables development, plug methane leaks, and boost energy efficiency. In Africa, it is even worse: 60 per cent of people lack coverage. EU and US team up for energy security push. Early warnings and action save lives.".

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The company also had the largest share of promos focussing on hydrogen, which made up 11 percent of its total output. Other themes identified in this category were biofuels and hydrogen, which collectively made up 6 percent of all promos. There are also doubts over the feasibility of rolling out these projects on a large scale. “In

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit President Sultan Ahmed al Jaber has called for a tripling of clean energy generation by 2030 and a doubling of low-carbon hydrogen capacity by 2030, as he used his first address since being appointed to lead this year's global climate talks to promise a "COP of action". target within reach. "As

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Business Green

JUNE 13, 2022

And here, energy efficiency will play a key role, alongside renewables and other clean technologies ranging from hydrogen to electric cars.". Fixing methane leakage is much easier and more cost effective than building a new gas field," he said. Under Birol's leadership, the IEA has undergone something of a transformation.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The IPCC’s Sixth Assessment, released in August, emphasizes that limiting climate change requires capping total carbon dioxide emissions, “reaching at least net zero CO2 emissions,” and making major cuts in methane and other greenhouse gas emissions. If emissions had peaked back in 2000 we would be skiing down a bunny slope toward 1.5C.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

is by highlighting how every tenth of a degree or warming matters, for instance to limit the damage to Australia's Great Barrier reef from warming waters, restrict creeping desertification in Africa, or avert worsening floods in Europe and severe wildfires in California. "No As such Peters argues that a better way of talking about the 1.5C

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Business Green

APRIL 28, 2020

Bilateral ODA (overseas development assistance) to least developed countries fell by three per cent in real terms from 2017, aid to Africa fell by four per cent, and humanitarian aid fell by eight per cent," the UN said. Over the last 13 years, it has grown into Africa's largest payments service.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 29, 2021

In an interview with The Africa Report earlier this year, Perenco’s managing director Benoît de la Fouchardière outlined the company’s deliberate shift to buying “mature fields” put up for sale by other companies, such as those in the North Sea. Read more about Tullow in its company profile.

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

While concern over climate change was building, Shell saw the heavily-polluting fuel as the answer to the world’s energy needs, and its coal business would eventually grow to span the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa. The post Lost Decade: How Shell Downplayed Early Warnings Over Climate Change appeared first on DeSmog.

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