Business Green

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

New analysis warns national climate targets for 2030 point to dangerous warming of 2.4C, as rush for LNG capacity risks further undermining chances of meeting goals of Paris Agreement. Projected global warming in 2100 based on national climate targets announced to date remains at a worryingly high 2.4C

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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.”. These come from deforestation, changes in soil carbon, methane emissions, emissions from fertilisers, manure, farm machinery, and animal feed production.

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Unsustainable

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

With all the changes that are happening rapidly to our environment and the very recent fires in Australia and floods in Asia, the so-called deception turned into reality. Then, there are also methane, nitrous oxide, and other industrial gasses, about which we seldom hear. Methane is a component of natural gas.

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Mr. Sustainability

OCTOBER 25, 2020

Shippers could send oil, gas and metals such as nickel and palladium to Asia more quickly, potentially shaving costs. But Rosatom won’t wait for global warming to run its course. It’s looking at year-round navigation starting in 2025, with help from more powerful icebreakers. and the Yukon territories in Canada.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The world is not remotely on track to limit global warming to 1.5C G20 countries have a critical role in driving action, the report notes, calculating that actions taken by these major economies alone could cap global warming at 1.7C, the lion's share of emissions reduction required to avoid catastrophic levels of warming.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 8, 2021

Boom and Bust: Tracking the Global Coal Plant Pipeline , a new report from Global Energy Monitor, found that “China commissioned 76 percent of the world’s new coal plants in 2020, up from 64 percent in 2019, driving a 12.5 GW (gigawatt) increase in the global coal fleet in 2020.”. In the U.S.,

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Between 1969 and 2019, global seaweed production increased to 35.8 Asia dominates the market with 97.4 The birth of what is essentially a new industry (outside of Asia anyway) doesn't happen overnight, and investors don't always have a lot of patience. million metric tons from 2.2 Then there's the issue of money.

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AGreenLiving

JANUARY 22, 2020

Related: Eating seaweed could reduce cows’ methane production Why is kelp a good idea for food sustainability? For one, Harvard University has documented that kelp plays a significant role in reducing global warming. Today, 98% of all seaweed is sourced from Asia, while AKUA sources 100% of its kelp from U.S.-based

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Business Green

JUNE 10, 2022

Flanders moves to ban gas boilers, GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific network, and New Zealand steps up efforts to tackle agricultural emissions. China tops EV market league table, as global demand continues to surge. GFANZ launches new Asia-Pacific Network. California unveils new Methane Accountability Program.

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Business Green

JANUARY 26, 2023

The report said that during the final quarter of last year major developments in the EU, US, Canada, and Australia signaled an increase in policy ambition in support of clean power, low carbon industry, sustainable transport, and green building development, with efforts to tackle methane from oil, gas, and agriculture also beginning to emerge.

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Mr. Sustainability

DECEMBER 25, 2020

With the Northern sea routes available all year, costs for transporting goods (especially from Asia to Europe and the U.S.) Just to give an example, for journeys between Europe and Asia, the Northern Sea Route can already be two to three weeks faster than the Suez Canal. Lot’s of Methane. And it will not only be regional.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

There's a lack of data in Southeast Asia, and there's only a few towers here in the tropics," says Sanders. "We One study found methane emissions were actually two-times lower from managed plantations than they were from natural, tropical peatland rainforest. It's different with methane.

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Grist

MARCH 4, 2022

The analysis found that about a fifth of land clearing in the tropics took place in mountainous regions, which are home to relatively high carbon stocks, especially in Asia. We must reduce deforestation to slow global warming,” said Yu Feng. Deforestation and forest carbon loss are accelerating.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

US re-joins High Ambition Coalition, as snap analysis suggests commitments made in Glasgow could bring global warming trajectories down below 2C for the first time. warming pathway. if they aligned with a 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Rees-Mogg was also the first cabinet minister to endorse the campaign to reverse the UK’s ban on fracking, spearheaded by the backbench Net Zero Scrutiny Group (NZSG), the parliamentary wing of the UK’s principal climate science denial group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF).

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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. President Biden unveils plan to slash climate-warming HFCs.

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Unsustainable

MAY 1, 2019

Photo Credit: REUTERS While some politicians and citizens continue to deny the existence of man-made global warming, the evidence supporting it continues to grow. The UCSUSA points out that “Consequences of global warming include drought, sea level rise, flooding, extreme weather, and species loss.

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Sustainability Consulting

MAY 5, 2021

With the world’s focus on cutting CO2 emissions to slow global warming, cutting methane emissions is often overlooked. But with more potential to warm the planet in the short-term, it’s time to tackle methane gas emissions. Why Focus on Methane? C off the average global temperature in 2050.”

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

The COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow next month is likely to fall short of putting the world on track to avert dangerous levels of global warming, but diplomats and analysts are cautiously optimistic it could deliver several breakthroughs and broadly deliver on the UK hosts' stated goal of 'keeping 1.5C

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DeSmogBlog

MARCH 9, 2022

gas is heading more and more to Asia, where petroleum conglomerates can sell for a higher price.”. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned late last month that we are on the verge of “irreversible” impacts of global warming and that there is a “brief and rapidly closing” window for action.

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