GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In particular, our exchange explored how food systems can be made healthier and more sustainable as we look to a future in which we’ll need to find a way to produce enough food to nourish as many as 10 billion people while staying within planetary boundaries. Jennifer Ballen, head of global market operations, Indigo Ag.

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The Environmental Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Need for Sustainability. The need for sustainable e-commerce is growing as customers become more environmentally sensitive. The entire amount of greenhouse gasses (such as carbon dioxide and methane) produced by human actions is known as a carbon footprint. (Learn more about the overhaul of the food chain to reduce waste.).

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Envirotec Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Today, some 380 billion cubic meters (m3 = 1000 litres) of wastewater are produced annually worldwide – five times the amount of water passing over Niagara Falls annually – enough to fill Africa’s Lake Victoria in roughly seven years, Lake Ontario in four, and Lake Geneva in less than three months.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

"Our first priority is to avoid, then limit and minimise our direct carbon impact from our day-to-day operations, as well as create awareness to encourage positive sustainable behaviour among our stakeholders," explained Tanya dos Santos, head of Group Sustainability at Investec.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The funding will help the environmental consultancy showcase the latest sustainable construction practices across the region. South Africa mulls calls for coal power phase out. US and EU pursuing global methane deal.

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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.”. Sustainable farming campaigners such as the U.K. Sustainable farming campaigners such as the U.K. For example, while Brazilian meat giant JBS reported emissions of 7.14

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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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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.    One of the two (!)

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

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. Out of more than 200 groups currently listed on its website, 51 are from the United States and Canada, compared to only 11 from Africa. But its problems go well beyond the farm.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Chrysalix and Emerald Technology Partners from Europe; Factor[e] and Social Alpha from Africa/India; and Tsing Capital and CRCM from China. That was one reason it decided to shell out $900,000 for its first three years in the program, said John Schulz, director of sustainability integration for AT&T.

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Business Green

JANUARY 16, 2023

We're working with the energy industry on accelerating decarbonisation, reducing methane and expanding hydrogen. "As long as the world still uses hydrocarbons, we must ensure they are the least carbon intensive possible," he said. Let's keep our focus on holding back emissions, not progress.".

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

As underscored by recent flooding, heatwaves, and wildfires across parts of North America, Europe, Asia and Africa, the report makes clear that climate change is accelerating and intensifying across every region of the planet. The next one in 2013 went further, concluding that human influence on that warming was "clear".

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

A US-led sustainable farming initiative, which aims to raise billions of dollars to tackle climate change, has been criticized for favouring big business and promoting uncertain techno-fixes ahead of U.N. A focus on ag-tech is often hinged on profits for multinational corporations and not sustainable. Greener Cattle”.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Yet, nearly half (47 percent) of Fortum’s ads and posts focussed on climate-related plans and initiatives, including posts focussing on carbon neutrality and efforts to introduce sustainable heating for homes. The other major “green” topic that companies promoted was their involvement in efforts to make transport more sustainable.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

In addition, after the first text was criticised by NGOs for its omission of methane , a mention of the potent greenhouse gas has made it into the latest draft. The new text "invites" countries to "consider further actions" to reduce non-CO2 greenhouse gases this decade, with a specific mention of methane.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

For its natural gas business, it will adopt a new net zero by 2050 goal that includes upstream methane and carbon emissions related to purchased gas and downstream carbon emissions from customers' consumption. "As Policy changes and technological innovation are expected to play a key role in meeting these enhanced goals.".

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

From tackling deforestation to curbing methane emissions, the various multilateral commitments are focused on areas where they can have real impact.

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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 13, 2021

It is up to all of us to sustain our lodestar of keeping 1.5 The commitments and claims of the first week on finance, forests, end of public finance for fossil fuel, methane and cars must now be translated into real policy and incorporated in the new NDCs that has to be delivered by 2022. and coal is in the text.

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Business Green

JANUARY 20, 2023

The new partnership builds on the launch of the launch of Ocean 20 (O20) initiative at last year's G20 Summit in Bali, which is aiming to fast-track sustainable blue economies in the region. Indonesia is already a leader in the development of blue carbon projects and is home to the largest blue carbon resources in the world.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In particular, our exchange explored how food systems can be made healthier and more sustainable as we look to a future in which we’ll need to find a way to produce enough food to nourish as many as 10 billion people while staying within planetary boundaries. Au contraire, it is the reverse. Long-lived, profitable habits are hard to change.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Registered observer groups include global lobby groups – such as the pesticide industry’s main trade association CropLife , the International Fertilizer Association and the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef – as well as civil society NGOs. The technology-focused “sustainable farming” partnership, which is led by the UAE and U.S.,

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

GFANZ said it is to launch additional regional networks in Africa and Latin America in the coming months, with secretariat staff distributed across all major continents to reflect the global nature of the group. California unveils new Methane Accountability Program. The bland was broadly welcomed by green groups. "We

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The landmark $8bn-plus agreement with South Africa to support a just transition away from coal power also provides an exciting template for how emerging economies can be provided with support as they attempt to move onto cleaner development pathways. Methane faces a reckoning.

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

IMS does not make specific (quantitative) claims about emissions for meat companies or any particular organization — the main role of IMS is to promote sustainability, not certify or police it. The responses DeSmog received are published in full below. International Meat Secretariat (IMS). GLEAM documentation can be found here.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

Lot’s of Methane. Some of you might already be aware of the ticking time bomb called methane. In 2008, scientists found that a giant amount of methane (about 50 gigatons) is trapped in the form of permafrost in Arctic regions. Will this be our last chance for one final elfstedentocht in the Netherlands? + Further Viewing.

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The Verge: Energy

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

And during COP28, they’ll host a meeting to address methane pollution, an even more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. What we have is an empty bucket,” Mohamed Adow, director of think tank Power Shift Africa, said in a statement last year. But (why is there always a but?!) That’s what’s at stake now. “We

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Sustainable food advocates say Vilsack’s move from industry to government is indicative of a wider revolving door culture at the USDA, described as “extraordinary” by IPES-Food’s Molly Anderson. Africa has workable, sustainable alternatives right here at home.”. They include precision farming (e.g.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Lab-Grown Meat, Fake Meat & 3D Printed Pizzas Book Summary - There are currently several technologies in development that have the potential to provide the sustainable food of the future. Added to this are notes and additions from Mr. Sustainability. Introduction Climate Change. Deforestation. Loss of biodiversity. Water scarcity.

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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. Fluency in sustainability storytelling is a new kind of capital. A commitment backed by $130tr in assets for the net zero transition by GFANZ, the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

alive", it states that "rapid, deep and sustained" reductions in carbon emissions are needed, and crucially it quantifies those reductions, putting on the record that emissions need to fall 45 per cent by 2030 relative to 2010 levels, before then achieving net zero around mid-century, "as well as deep reductions in other greenhouse gases".

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Business Green

AUGUST 9, 2021

As we move forward to COP26 it is essential that global powers and major emitters heed the scientific evidence and take action to ensure an equitable and sustainable future for us all.". We know that these investments will drive sustainable improvements in growth, prosperity and living standards around the world.

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The City Fix

JANUARY 24, 2024

Last year shattered global heat records. The world witnessed the effects of rising temperatures in the form of devastating wildfires, severe flooding, extreme heatwaves and more. Poor countries and communities who have contributed the least to causing the climate crisis.

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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. The long-awaited FAO Global roadmap followed. This is especially true in the U.S,

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Over the course of her two-decade career teaching first and third grade in New York City public schools, Weiss infused nature and sustainability into her lessons. 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.

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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. Formula E preps launch of 'world's most sustainable racing car'.

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