Business Green

MARCH 14, 2023

The group behind the ranking, the Travel Smart Campaign, has warned that companies failing to tackle their aviation emissions footprint are missing an opportunity to permanently "lock in" the low-carbon travel practices adopted during the pandemic, and opening themselves up to reputational damage in the long run.

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Policy Aviation Transportation Demand 36

Business Green

JULY 6, 2021

Global demand for biomass is likely to exceed environmentally sustainable supplies in the coming years as the drive to decarbonise takes hold across different industries - a situation which risks undermining climate mitigation efforts and causing major damage to biodiversity and the natural world.

Sustainability 75

Sustainability Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Biodiversity 75

Business Green

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Proposed Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill would see international aviation, shipping, and consumption fall within the UK's 2050 net zero target, while putting climate assemblies on a formal standing. Based on the Paris Agreement goal to limit global warming to 1.5C

Climate change 101

Climate change Aviation Carbon-negative Government 101

GreenBiz

JANUARY 25, 2021

It is no surprise then that the World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021 identifies climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss, alongside infectious diseases, as the top global risks for the next decade in terms of impact and likelihood. As with COVID-19, perhaps so with climate?

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Plastics Government Waste Waste 429

Low Impact

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Over five weeks we’re publishing a range of Stay Grounded factsheets about various kinds of techno-greenwashing provided by the aviation industry. Alternative jet fuels or so-called “Sustainable Aviation Fuels” (SAF) are liquid hydrocarbon fuels that can be used with existing aircraft in place of kerosene produced from fossil fuels.

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Aviation Fossil fuels Waste Waste 69

Business Green

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Measures will be put in place to protect wildlife and to achieve 'biodiversity net gain', the airport said. The project is unlikely to win over anti-aviation campainers, however, who have long argued that efforts to curb emissions from airports, while welcome, are dwarfed by the carbon footpring of the flights they enable.

Aviation 36

Aviation Biodiversity Carbon Investment 36

Business Green

MARCH 7, 2022

Encouraging Certified Sustainable Palm Oil can help the industry tackle the world's climate and biodiversity crises and improve the livelihoods of millions of oil palm farmers, writes RSPO's Nicholas Hurt. per cent of the global aggregate, bringing it on par with global emissions from the aviation industry.

Sustainability 73

Sustainability Biodiversity Demand North America 73

Business Green

AUGUST 7, 2022

Demand for biofuels has seen significant tracts of land, much of it the Global South, repurposed for energy crop production, a trend that campaigners have blamed for driving deforestation and biodiversity destruction while exacerbating food insecurity. Now it's different.".

Aviation 68

Aviation Fossil fuels Waste Waste 68

Business Green

MARCH 25, 2021

Exclusive: Researchers have sought to calculate the external environmental, social and health costs of from fossil fuels, renewables, road transport and aviation.

Transportation 71

Transportation Electricity Fossil fuels Carbon-negative 71

Business Green

MAY 5, 2020

In an open letter, the group issued a "global call" for governments and organisations to "engage in the fight against the global threats of biodiversity loss and climate change". We all have the opportunity to engage in the fight against the global threats of biodiversity loss and climate change.

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Government Carbon-negative Climate change Biodiversity 100

Business Green

APRIL 12, 2022

There are also fears that - if poorly regulated and policed - nature-based solutions efforts such as tree-planting can have a detrimental impact on biodiversity, food and water security, as well as local or Indigenous livelihoods.

Technology 99

Technology Carbon Carbon-negative Demand 99

Climate Tech VC

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Tank-up of Tomorrow Transportation accounts for ~16% of global GHG emissions , and while passenger vehicles have likely gone the way of EVs, cleaning up the remaining 55% of hard-to-decarbonize aviation, heavy ground transport, and maritime shipping is still—well, hard! Engines are optimized for fossil fuels. Cleantech 1.0

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Transportation Carbon Building Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 52

Business Green

JULY 13, 2022

Existing portfolio companies include those working on synthetic biology and regenerative land use; new chemistries driving low carbon materials; direct and indirect electrification of transport; AI, geospatial analytics, and next-gen computing; carbon removals and biodiversity restoration.

Climate change 54

Climate change Aviation Transportation Biodiversity 54

Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

Advocates of so-called nature based solutions argue that they can deliver significant emissions reductions while also bolstering flood resilience and enhancing biodiversity. But that's where we are - we've delayed [climate action] for too long.".

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Government Carbon-negative Carbon Methane 79

Business Green

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

BCG's report also stressed the critical role alternative proteins can play in meeting climate goals, calculating that the nascent sector could deliver emissions reductions equivalent to decarbonising 95 per cent of the aviation industry if its global market share increased from two per cent today to eight per cent by 2030.

Aviation 36

Aviation Retail Biodiversity Agriculture 36

Business Green

MAY 29, 2020

The fledgling zero emission aviation sector took another step forward this week, with the successful completion of the first test flight undertake by an ell-electric Cessna light aircraft. New Zealand steps up plans to create 11,000 biodiversity jobs. Plus all the top green business news from around the world.

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Electricity Packaging Aviation Biodiversity 65

Business Green

APRIL 19, 2022

There are also fears that - if poorly regulated and policed - nature-based solutions efforts such as tree-planting can have a detrimental impact on biodiversity, food, and water security, as well as local or Indigenous livelihoods.

Carbon 36

Carbon Carbon-negative Fossil fuels Technology 36

AGreenLiving

MARCH 22, 2021

Related: Super trawlers ravage UK’s protected waters amid pandemic The study broke the ocean into 50-square-kilometer blocks and used collected data to measure how much each square contributes to marine life in terms of fish stock, biodiversity and salinity among other aspects.

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Carbon Aviation Pollution Biodiversity 28

Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2020

If you could double our forest cover - so we were at least on par with France - we could offset the entire aviation industry's emissions in the UK. For years the public sector and third sector have attempted to drive reforestation and biodiversity reconstruction, but this has been unsuccessful.

Carbon 72

Carbon Biodiversity Government Aviation 72

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

In an update released alongside Prime Minister Boris Johnson's speech on the government's economic plans, Number 10 said it was working to support the research and development of emerging DAC technologies that "could be deployed across the country to remove carbon from the air, helping sectors where it's tough to decarbonise such as aviation".

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Government Carbon Electric vehicle Investment 86

Business Green

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Microsoft will procure electricity from Shell's renewable energy portfolio as it works toward its 100 percent goal, and the two aspire to advance the use of sustainable aviation fuels. But there's a lot more to the relationship.

Business Energy Monitoring 58

Business Energy Monitoring Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Energy Monitor 58

DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Polluting UK power plant Drax – a former coal power station which now burns wood to generate electricity – was found to be at the heart of these lobbying efforts to dilute EU biodiversity rules that could limit its supply of wood. Big Ag Delegates More Than Double at COP27. Special mention: DeSmog Debunks….

Fossil fuels 70

Fossil fuels Global warming Natural gas Climate change 70

Grist

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Fossil fuels don’t go away entirely in this scenario — oil and gas are still used for chemical feedstocks and aviation past 2050. Secondly, the model that the authors used to arrive at their fossil fuel quota actually allows the world to emit more than 580 billion metric tons of carbon and for temperatures to temporarily rise to 1.8

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Fossil fuels Carbon-negative Carbon Natural gas 142

Grist

MAY 25, 2021

Carbon removal is also deemed essential because it will be difficult to halt all emissions from sectors such as aviation, farming and cement by 2050. The UK’s official climate advisers estimate the UK is likely to need to remove about 100 million metric tons of CO2 a year by 2050 to reach net zero. Large-scale tree planting.

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Carbon Soil Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring 121

DeSmogBlog

JULY 28, 2021

Padraic Fogarty, Campaigns Officer at the Irish Wildlife Trust, told DeSmog: “It’s been really disappointing to see how RTÉ are ignoring the climate and biodiversity crisis. Activists are constantly told that ‘we need to bring people with us’ but this is impossible so long as media refuse to engage with the issue.”.

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Climate change Biodiversity Agriculture Global warming 98

Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

The Strategy was also criticised for failing to provide sufficient detail on how the government planned to tackle emissions from certain sectors, such as farming and land use and aviation.

Climate change 61

Climate change Government Policy Biodiversity 61

Business Green

JANUARY 5, 2023

Building in' more nature: The impact of nature on climate change was highlighted recently during COP27 and COP15 Biodiversity summit which saw a historic deal agreed to protect nature. The transition needs to be just, which will involve innovative reskilling. It also needs to be fast.

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Business Energy Monitoring Fossil fuels Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 40

GreenBiz

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Readers devoured GreenBiz stories on the emerging technologies powering electric aviation and the companies behind them. Though the technology isn’t quite there yet, the certification process is long and the process is expensive, the electric aviation industry is still taking off. Close Authorship. Media Source. Shutterstock.

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Sustainability Plastics Agriculture Carbon-negative 540

Business Green

JUNE 14, 2020

Finally, the signatories write, the government should work with the international community to rapidly reverse the decline of biodiversity and nature.

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Government Climate change Packaging Resilience 68

Business Green

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

And he highlighted the importance of China's upcoming Biodiversity COP, which he argued represented "two halves of the same process" in conjunction with the Glasgow COP Summit and as such should provide a route to securing close co-operation with China and other major emerging economies.

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COP Government Technology Aviation 91

Low Impact

OCTOBER 31, 2021

But what we’re facing is not a normal problem – it’s not hyperbole to say that it’s the biggest and most dangerous problem that humanity has ever faced, and (when combined with biodiversity loss), the only one we’ve ever faced with the potential to make us extinct. Going for a walk? Conversation? No – it means human economic activity.

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COP Carbon-negative Climate change Government 113

Business Green

OCTOBER 19, 2021

A renewed commitmend to commercialise sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) made from everyday household waste, flue gases from industry, carbon captured from the atmosphere and excess electricity, with the hope these kerosene alternatives can meet 10 per cent of fuel demand from aviation by 2030.

Building Energy Monitoring 83

Building Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor Home Energy Monitoring Business Energy Monitoring 83

Business Green

JUNE 10, 2021

Responding to the criticism, Johnson said: "If you attack my arrival by plane, I respectfully point out that the UK is actually in the lead in developing sustainable aviation fuel. One of the points in the 10-point plan of our green industrial revolution is to get to jet zero as well as net zero.".

Building Energy Monitoring 71

Building Energy Monitoring Solar Energy Monitor Business Energy Monitoring Energy Monitor 71

Business Green

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

October's Convention on Biodiversity (CBD) summit in China will review the Aichi targets which seek to halt and reverse the catastrophic loss of nature and wildlife that our species is driving across the planet. Aviation is the fastest growing source of emissions worldwide.

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COP Aviation Sea level rise Climate change 41

Business Green

MAY 25, 2022

HVCs are responsible for up to two per cent of global emissions, equivalent to aviation, and double that associated with the aluminum industry. And while $759bn is hardly chicken feed, it is roughly one per cent of the $172tr estimated by BNEF to be needed to decarbonise the global energy sector by 2050.

Plastics 62

Plastics Demand Waste Waste 62

Business Green

MAY 14, 2021

After all, oft-cited data suggests that the impact of a company's supply chain is as much as 80 per cent of its overall greenhouse gas emissions footprint - and an even higher percentage of its impact on biodiversity and nature. Bringing other buyers along.

Innovation 78

Innovation Biotechnology Carbon Recycled materials 78

Business Green

JUNE 30, 2020

The UK leads the world "in the long term solutions to climate change, in wind, solar, hydrogen, CCS nuclear", Johnson said, and is now committed to leading the world in zero emission aviation through its new 'Jet Zero Council'. The UK has formed a "Jet Zero Council" to discuss its plan.

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Government Packaging Aviation Climate change 87