Business Green

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The findings further fuelled the cautiously optimistic mood that has built up during the first week of talks at COP26, which has seen a raft of new net zero pledges from emerging economies and a series of global deals to increase flows of climate finance, better protect forests, accelerate clean tech deployment, and curb methane emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 3, 2023

Critics of the push say carbon capture technology is still unproven, methane leakage could add untold greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere, and transport complications all make blue hydrogen a much dirtier fuel than the name implies. With pressure to decarbonise growing, oil executives are pushing the technology harder than ever.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Africa has workable alternatives right here at home, for resilient agriculture that works with nature.”. Just seven percent are based in Africa, and not a single group representing Indigenous communities is listed among Aim4C’s “knowledge partners”. Second, it would only reduce methane emissions from the cattle. Greener Cattle”.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

By 2030, 80 per cent of our electricity production will come from renewable sources, double what it is at present," he said. "At During the meeting, Thunberg and a group of youth activists from around the world presented a "cease and desist" letter to CEOs of fossil fuel companies calling for an end to new oil, gas and coal extraction. "As

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Analysis by DeSmog last year found that of roughly 300 partners, just seven percent were based in Africa. Campaigners have previously criticised the sprints for promoting industry friendly techno-fixes that are unproven at scale, such as the Greener Cattle Initiative, which aims to reduce methane emissions from cattle by changing their diet.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 2, 2021

It has conducted projects in the United States as well as South America, Central America, Africa, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. In contrast, Bluesource has seen their own advantages by conducting additional carbon project types, such as Ag Methane, Acid Gas Injection, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Carbon Capture.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The climate impact of farming practices are significant too - in the UK, agriculture and land-use are responsible for around 12 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, including almost half of the country's methane emissions. Food waste and the increasing cultivation of crops for bioenergy are both serving to further increase these impacts.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

But it also notes "with serious concern" that current national climate plans are seriously underpowered, and will at present lead to emissions actually rising by 13.7 Scores of countries have also independently pledged to cut methane emissions by 30 per cent by 2030. Adaptation, resilience, loss and damage.

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Business Green

DECEMBER 7, 2021

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. A pledge by more than 100 countries - including Brazil - to end deforestation by 2030, a critical first step towards carbon sink and biodiversity preservation.

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

Mohamed Adow, director of the Nairobi-based think tank Power Shift Africa, said: "Those of us living in Africa have been aware of the urgency of the climate crisis for many years. Key to keeping 1.5C ‘alive' will be a marked reduction in the release of highly-potent methane emissions, which could rapidly slow temperature rise.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2024

The three representatives all said there had been widespread recognition at the Dubai summit that agriculture was a “solution” to climate change, despite livestock accounting for over 30 percent of anthropogenic methane emissions. Meanwhile, smallholders and family farmers at the summit said they felt “drowned out”.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

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. It’s unclear how much of that total is invested in coal, oil, or methane gas. They found a way to do this and continue funding pensions.”

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 31, 2023

While the energy crisis meant car-free Sundays in the Netherlands or longer queues at the pump, it presented a serious threat to oil companies that were already contending with growing public unease over their environmental impact. Such reassurances were echoed by A.A.T. Such reassurances were echoed by A.A.T.

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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. I have asked the World Meteorological Organisation to lead this effort and to present an action plan at the next UN climate conference, later this year in Egypt.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 8, 2021

Ardern is being watched closely : Her administration has been criticized for being lenient on reducing biogenic methane from agricultural production — notably dairy cattle and sheep — which accounts for almost half of New Zealand’s greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 6.6 percent of its GDP. Essentially, to push reset. . LinkedIn | Twitter.

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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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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

Orcadian Energy did not respond when DeSmog presented these statements to the company, and Brown’s Twitter account was deactivated after DeSmog approached the company for comment. DeSmog has previously revealed social and environmental issues with Tullow’s activities in East Africa. Read more about Tullow in its company profile.

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